Alright, I was watching CNBC (I think that's the one.. hmm) last night.. and it started out with 6 confirmed deaths.. about 2 hours later they had 7 confirmed.. (that happens obviously)... but I went to sleep.. woke up and when I turned the TV on they said 4 confirmed deaths.. okay.. what 3 people don't count anymore? The ones last night were CONFIRMED.. so, how would you say they could get 3 less in the morning?
I'm just curious.. and I don't hold fault with the news anchors or anything.. (although one of them last night was pretty bad.. kept making guesses that would leave a conspiracy theorist with plenty of fodder) and I realize that it is a chaotic environment.. but that is why the importance of confirmation is important.. (As I recall one of the doctor's also confirmed the 6.. but after that update he said they weren't having another briefing that night)
With the hundreds of questions about this event, I didn't want to add more, but I didn't notice one about this.
2007-08-02 07:27:16 · 11 answers · asked by kaijawitch 7 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Okay, there are a few sarcastic/mean answers in here... I STATED IN THE QUESTION that I don't BLAME the anchors for it.. I am curious to know about the "error" because after watching for another hour not ONE word was said saying why the number was different.. I understand that the number will most likely still go up.. but confirmed normally means CONFIRMED.. not just a guess.
I am not a reporter, I looked into it.. and one thing I know after watching the aftermath of 9/11 was that they be careful not to say something was confirmed until it has been.. Hence my question.. Yes, it is stressfull, yes, it is chaotic, and I don't expect that they know everything.. I was curious about it.. not ATTACKING the anchors. (although the one guy that finally got me to the point where I shut it off was horrible.. it wasn't due to his count)
Homelesspheonix: Interesting.. I should use that in D&D..oh wait.. I don't play anymore..
2007-08-02 11:45:58 · update #1
the news media is not at all at fault for the number of dead being changed from 9 yesterday to 4 today. The local offical resposible for reporting the news to the media is resposible. he apologized saying he included a few people who were missing...not dead.
2007-08-02 07:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The reporters only report what they are told. In the diaster last night it is easy to get what was said mixed up.... One place could be telling them information. I really don'y know what happens with that just wait for a few days and then believe what those reports say. They still have like 30 people that they have no clue where they are. They know that their is more people because there are cars under the large cement pieces that they know still have people in them.
2007-08-02 14:42:17 · answer #2 · answered by QueenBethies 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I actually looked into that as well because it was thouroghly confusing. For some reason they said that that was the police and emergency respondants "best estimate" (of the confirmed dead? yeah i know) and that they are only able to now confirm four dead, with approximately 20 people missing. I still don't really understand it but thats how much was explained
2007-08-02 14:36:25 · answer #3 · answered by bluedevils2302 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
One thing that might have had something to do with that was a reporter on the newschannel I was watching (I can't remember which one I was on at the time) who told the anchorperson that he had spoken with a police officer on the scene who told him that he himself had seen 7 dead at that point. Maybe that they just took him at his word and started reporting that. I remember thinking at the time that they should have confirmed that before putting it on the air.
2007-08-02 14:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Tallulah 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Reverend Jackson ran to the disaster sight to see if he could blame the collapse on racism. While he was there he raised 3 people from the dead.
2007-08-02 15:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by Homeless in Phoenix 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
They got better! Just kidding....the reporting stank completely... 5 hours of the same 4 lines of sparse information on every network. What BS! ts
2007-08-02 14:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Knick Knox 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
I noticed Mika brzezinski on Oberman's MSNBC show last nite is one mighty fine looking Polish Woman!
2007-08-02 14:41:33 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Tomak 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
they are getting info from so many called sources on the scene. orgi. the death toll from 911 was at 25,000 then down to less than 3000.
chaos does that. what you think you could do better?
2007-08-02 15:10:35 · answer #8 · answered by CCC 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
That puzzled me, too. Maybe they had to back off saying some were dead because they hadn't contacted next of kin yet?
2007-08-02 14:40:51 · answer #9 · answered by lillllbit 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Ya i noticed that too. The reporting is quite fishy..
2007-08-02 14:33:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋