BOSTON MARATHON

I have to agree with Brandon, there were so many conflicting reports and stories about what happened that to put trust in organizations like Fox or CNN was just laughable.

Coverage on the Tea Party and Occupy Wallstreet were both so selectively covered that you never truly got the unfiltered story. The amount of coverage reddit provided after the bombing was simply stunning, you had instant access to real updates versus the CNN & Fox pundits speculating for a full 30 mins before throwing out another "exclusive" title behind what I read a full half hour before.

Couple this with the easy access to scanners online and you had a completely (hate to keep using this lexicon..) unfiltered story of what was happening.

This particular news story didnt garnish much controversy however, the story of Christopher Dorner had a much more 1:0 ratio of coverage.

CNN,FOX and even Reuters refused to address the very real allegations of police corruption in the LAPD both before the civilian shootings of (Insert any truck name/color) and after the scanners recorded "starting fire in room 1" during the final standoff.

CNN in this Boston Bombing instance was announcing "suspect 1 has been found" through John King and his exclusive source. Minutes later when the BPD announced something to the amount of "umm no we dont have anyone now", CNN made sure to slowly backslide on Live tv over the validity of their own source for the next 38 minutes or so, finally ending with "breaking news, it is comfirmed by BPD, they do not have suspect 1, this is why its good that we check our sources."

New York Post had similar issues, posting a headline and picture of two people with the title "bag men"

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1093643/thumbs/o-NEW-YORK-POST-570.jpg?6


Oh one thing, these arent the guys. Oh one more thing, New York Post is standing behind their terrible coverage.

Reddit was the fastest and best source for all the news you'd ever need with this story, in one of the links/posts I read what could be the greatest online comment in media history so far...

"Remember this moment people, remember where you were. We are witnessing the death of Televised News coverage right now."

I go to vice for my video features, Rolling Stones for my written stories and reddit for everything else. I just cant remember the last time any news outlet gave me a serious, unfiltered story.

Speaking of social media and agenda setting. When a bomb goes off in Boston killing 3, there's a city wide lockdown with swat, checkpoints and room-to-room, house-to-house inspections.

When there's a triple homicide by gun, theres two detectives and maybe an APB for suspect description in shift-breifing.

When its 12 police officers targeted and a manifesto plus two civilians dead, its a state-wide manhunt.

Im trying to think of the last time the media ever covered a gang related murder....St.Valentines Day Massacre? Oh well, I suppose if its not on video, or if its not the police, its not news.


Thanks CNN, for reminding me whats important. (Don Lemon's ok though, you can tell he's waiting for a real job somewhere)