“In any major breaking news event, whether a
hurricane or school shooting, you can assume that some of the early coverage
will be wrong. The Kobe Bryant story was an especially bad example of that
truism.”
—Margaret
Sullivan, media reporter, “Media coverage of Kobe Bryant’s death was a chaotic mess,
but there were moments of grace,” The Washington Post, Jan. 27, 2020. Video here.
• Editorial Comment: Early coverage was awful. Any of that crap would’ve gotten us fired in Mr. Mahoney’s 7th grade class.
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