"The Rush to be Wrong"

A really good opinion piece today, The Rush to be Wrong, about CNN and the Coast Guard exercise. It's by former CNN reporter Jamie McIntyre. Key line:

Some senior editor should have stood up and shouted, “Wait! We’re not reporting this until we nail it down.” But if any such protestation was made, it fell on deaf ears of the anxious show producers who, unfortunately, sometimes lack the wisdom and experience to make sophisticated judgments. When it comes to “TV news,” they often know more about “TV” than “news.”