The Washington Post: When news breaks, scanners and social media can create a cloud of errors for news outlets

This is a candidate for a program, but only if done soon. The coverage yesterday was pretty terrible. Kept saying we don’t want to be inaccurate while quoting twitter feeds of inconfirmed “facts.”

I thought you might like this article from The Washington Post’s iPad app.When news breaks, scanners and social media can create a cloud of errors for news outletshttp://wapo.st/17EKRHZ