The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook

On the Media | Sep 20, 2013

This week saw another breaking news event, the DC Navy Yard shooting, misreported by the press. Usually, we take time to point out how the media got it wrong and how they can do better next time. But this week we've decided to bring you a list of best practices that will help you, the media consumer, weed out bad information the next time an event like this takes place.

You can see our print version of the Breaking News Consumer's Handbook by following this link, or you can print it out as a PDF the next time there's a breaking news event.

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