The West Virginia mine disaster story illustrates perfectly why we don't need 24 hour news.
The feeding frenzy that began in the middle of the night when a rumor that twelve of thirteen trapped miners had been found alive should never have made its way all around the world unchecked.
The mainstream media continues to push the ridiculous idea that they are the "official" word because they have layers of editors. The editors didn't help last night. The rush to get the word out first did.
Incidentally, I just got in from the Capitol in Frankfort. Got my "media" credentials.
So there. The times, they are a changin'.
