ABC: The 'Runaway' Story That Wasn't (criticism of corp media?)

[UpInArms]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=740214&page=1

May 9, 2005 — Why would a young woman fake her kidnapping just four days before her wedding?

Why would the news media give the story 24/7 coverage and still continue to report on the story even after it turned out to be a hoax?

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What's perhaps most disturbing is that while the national news media was giving every minute detail about Wilbanks there was a sharp rise in bloody attacks on soldiers and civilians in Iraq. At least a hundred were killed, many more maimed.

In the end, what is going to have more impact on your life? The war in Iraq or that Jennifer Wilbanks ran away and jilted her groom? Is there any contest? Come on, folks.

...more at link...

[ixion]

1. yeah, ABC, c'mon... you can be the first

start reporting the truth. Start practicing journalism again.

It's something I'd truly love to see, but I don't think is gonna happen.

[Demit]

2. Classic bad journalism--milking a story by tsk-tsking coverage of the

story. It's so predictable. Watch for ABC, etc to do reports, etc on "Was the Media Wrong to Pay so Much Attention to the Runaway Bride Story?", thus guaranteeing more attention to the story.