If you stumbled through yesterday afternoon not knowing whether Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, the first black congresswoman from Ohio, had died — she did, eventually — you're lack of breaking news knowledge isn't to blame. The press is, which first said Tubbs died after being found unconscious in her car, when in fact she was still alive. At around 2:10pm yesterday, says WaPo's Capital Briefing, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the Associated Press, and CNN (we also saw it on MSNBC.com for a smidge) said Tubbs had died, with anonymous sources providing the info. Except at that time, she was still alive, albeit barely. So while their sources got the story wrong, they did predict the future, and aren't those the best kind of sources?

Aug 21, 2008 · posted by david · Link · Respond

It's always fun when elected officials don't have time to answer questions about the decisions they made that affect, like, the people who elected them. It's even more fun when they say "Don't play me like that" and give you reason to file battery charges.

Reporter Sharyl Attkisson: Insta-awesome.

Oct 8, 2007 · posted by andrew · Link · 1 Response