ABC links Aurora CO shooting. Good Journalism? Or on par with the Enquirer?
Janet C K
2012/07/21 14:02:44
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/07/20/It-Begins-... Portions from the link are below- giving you the text of conversation on ABC.
Stephanolpoulos: I'm going to go to Brian Ross. You've been investigating the background of Jim Holmes here. You found something that might be significant.
Ross: There's a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado, page on the Colorado Tea party site as well, talking about him joining the Tea Party last year. Now, we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes. But it's Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado.
Stephanolpoulos: Okay, we'll keep looking at that. Brian Ross, thanks very much
UPDATE: When ABC News corrected its initial report, it tried to spread the blame around to "social media" and "members of the public":
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.
It has since issued a more straightforward apology:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.
Stephanolpoulos: I'm going to go to Brian Ross. You've been investigating the background of Jim Holmes here. You found something that might be significant.
Ross: There's a Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado, page on the Colorado Tea party site as well, talking about him joining the Tea Party last year. Now, we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes. But it's Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado.
Stephanolpoulos: Okay, we'll keep looking at that. Brian Ross, thanks very much
UPDATE: When ABC News corrected its initial report, it tried to spread the blame around to "social media" and "members of the public":
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.
It has since issued a more straightforward apology:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.
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- maggiemay 2012/07/21 15:26:41On par with the National Enquirer. Shame on ABC.
ABC has turned into another Supermarket tabloid.reply - Seonag 2012/07/21 15:15:56On par with the National Enquirer. Shame on ABC.+1Had Ross just said that there is a Jim Holmes in Aurora and we are investigating to see if the person we discovered is the same as the shooter, no one would have said anything. If the Colorado Tea Party and/or the member Jim Holmes received ANY negative response to this report, I hope they are meeting with attorneys! As a 'private citizen' they may well have a case for legal action!reply
