Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
If you have ever been close enough to an incident or accident to know some of the facts and details, then you read media reports of that occurrence, you will be left shaking your head at the media incompetence or maleficence (take your pick).
Been in this situation more than once, and my impression is that
most journalists try their best to accurately convey what information has been given to them.
Inaccuracies usually arise when the information failed to be passed on to the media people in a way easily understood by the layperson.
So the ball may be in the specialist people's court...