The apparently insatiable appetite for needing to "know" now has eviscerated journalism. Recent case in point: the prisoner exchange. Several "reputable" news agencies have reported "as fact," that six soldiers died trying to find the missing soldier. Now, it looks like that might not be so. Tomorrow, who knows what will be "reported." Here is what I know: that I don't know.
Distant case in point: the missing airplane. Over a month of constant coverage with nothing to report. And that which was "reported" invariably turned out to be wrong. Yet, CNN's ratings were higher than ever.
I remember when it wasn't news until the facts were checked and double checked with multiple reliable sources. Not so now. Get it on fast, the facts be damned.
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