When news of the Aurora shooting first broke, ABC made a judgment call that has since become arguably the low point of journalism pertaining to the shooting – namely, ABC correspondent Brian Ross concluded that, based solely on the shooter’s (fairly common name), he might have had connections to the Tea Party.
This example of Google Search-style journalism was, needless to say, refuted almost immediately, but the embarrassment has lingered, and produced reams of criticism. In fact, even the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, who usually reserves his most pointed barbs for his ideological opponents at Fox News, has done a blistering segment on ABC’s mistake.
TONY DIGIROLAMO- ABC LET THE TEA PARTY RABBIT OUT OF THE GATE. TP GETS THIS ALL THE TIME. AND THE MAINSTREAMMEDIA HASN'T GOTTEN ONE RIGHT YET.
They'll do it again. They can't help themselves.
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