Maybe everyone has heard about the Navy Yard Shooting in Washington D.C. by now. And it's a tragic thing that had happened that shouldn't have. But when you read articles or watch the news about it, shouldn't the information they give you be facts and be important? Well of course! I had ran over an article about this topic and this is what I found.
For one, the news report posted with the article had mentioned that 13 were killed during the shooting while the actual article had said only 12 were killed, along with many other websites and sources with articles on the same topic that were very similar. All had said 12 were killed.
This problem could easily be fixed by just finding out more specific details before writing or airing the story. Or the journalist could just look at others' articles they wrote and published.
In this story they had made the interesting important. There weren't enough concrete facts about what really happened, only what Alexis's life had been like with mental issues and physical traumas he lived through that might have attributed to why he went to the navy yard and shot. The important thing was where, why, how and what happened because of it. This article gave too much interesting that actually made the story boring and not enough fact.
NBC news should make sure their editor is looking over what stories are going out and the information that goes with them. It would make people more likely to read it more and also make the website more credible. This article was very unreliable.
The link is below to share or to compare to other articles.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/17/20542864-navy-yard-shooter-aaron-alexis-was-not-happy-with-america-friend-says
It's a followup article that builds upon previous reporting and so does not require repetition of all the previously reported facts.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even realize that. I never thought of it being a follow up. Thanks!
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