New York Post repeatedly misidentifies Boston suspects

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Source: The Raw Story

Authorities say they have photos of two men who are being sought in connection to the Boston marathon bombing, but they’re not the same two men on the cover of Thursday’s New York Post, which previously mis-reported that police had a Saudi national in custody as a suspect.

The Post explained that the photo comes from images police are circulating “in an attempt to identify the individuals highlighted therein,” but the front page headline exclaims: “BAG MEN, Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon.”

Sluths on Reddit, however, have apparently settled the matter, discovering the Facebook page of one of the men and individuals who claim to know the other, and neither appears to be the mysterious bombers.

The Post‘s latest comes immediately following a report of a Saudi national the paper said was being held as a “suspect” in the bombing. The man turned out to be a witness who was questioned about what he saw, and Boston police subsequently denied the report.


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/18/new-york-post-repeatedly-misidentifies-boston-suspects/

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As sadly incompetent as CNN's coverage of the Boston bombings has been, the title of worst media source ever still clearly belongs to the New York Post who has been downright malicious in their coverage.

[mrdmk]

1. Some people have an attitude, "so long as it does not happen to me!"

They are the people who continue to buy the New York Post...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I see that rag on every newstand down here in Florida.

I guess marketed towards former New Yorkers who have moved down here.

Every time I see someone actually pick up and buy a copy, my soul dies a little more.

[closeupready]

4. In summer, they stand with stacks of copies in Times Square, freely

distributing it to any pedestrians who want a copy.

More times than I can count, I pass the same people in the afternoon who I passed in the morning, and their stacks are still just as high.

Not a paper fit for even kitty litter lining, IMO.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Maybe they're gonna wrap fish with them.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Of course they would never do that on purpose.

[vduhr]

5. They were also reporting....

misinformation about how many were killed (I think they reported 12 or 13 were killed) as the first reports were coming out. No one else was reporting this type of info at that time.

Should we be surprised? NY Post is owned by News Corp/Rupert Murdoch.

[SunSeeker]

6. Hope these two guys sue the Post for its last penny. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. They'll go to court claiming they're a tabloid and it's okay to lie....

Funny how the two are switched.

New York Times and Washington Post - legit (sorta)
New York Post and Washington Times - total rags

Next up: Bat Boy marries Kim Kardashian.

[SunSeeker]

16. Or claim they're just entertainment not news--isn't that how Fox News got out of trouble?

Still, defamation laws apply to everyone.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. IF it's accepted by the public as a real news source....

This is why the Onion can do anything. Then there's the case of Trump v Maher.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. The right wing blogs & forums were sure they'd nailed those two as the bombers, so NY Post took it.

[Wait Wut]

8. This may be the most significant result of the bastardization of journalism.

Ruining people's lives. Not suspects, felons, terrorists, etc. People like you and me. Innocent people that happened to have a similar name (remember Adam Lanza's brother, Ryan, being convicted of the Sandy Hook Massacre all over the internet?), brown skin, or just being in the right place at the wrong time. All of the lawsuits available can never return a person's security. Their right to live in peace.

[Sunlei]

9. I'm impressed with Reddit and 4chan?. There must be hundreds of people going over pics

The pics I saw seemed like on the money for at the least a fast investigation by authorities.

We need to give media a break, they probably watch those websites too.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. No break for media ruining people's lives calling them "the bombers" based on amateur investigators.

[Sunlei]

11. of course they shouldn't call 'suspects' the bombers, we have crappy paid RW media in the USA.

if that was you or I in those pics- you call the authorities right away. Somethings up, we have to wait and see.

[gvstn]

12. Fine for us to read amateur sleuthing sites

Not OK for the MSM to report the speculation of those sites.

I followed the speculation on reddit but I don't expect to see Anderson Cooper discussing it like it has merit on CNN. CNN is supposed to have reporters who get their information from verified/official sources not gossip websites.

CNN was the one that created the "arrest" story out of whole-cloth. No one was expecting an arrest the second day after the bombings. They created that whole fiasco. I have no sympathy.

One slight misconception that I had as well was that CNN had done the same exact thing to Ryan Lanza. In that case it was the authorities that misidentified the shooter. (Or perhaps they were spinning their mistake the same as they did yesterday but I believe officials actually did get the name wrong.)

[Sunlei]

13. CNN should give full credit to any 'sleuthing sites' if they use anything from them.

I don't think hundreds of people going over pics and offering opinions of what looks suspicious is just gossip. The pics offered do look suspicious. The internet has really grown into something bigger than the old chat rooms. Fine if CNN wants to report on that, wrong of them to not always credit the source.

[Dash87]

18. Our media is beyond embarrassing at this point.

They really 'shined' during hurricane Sandy, with the low point being all of the major stations running with information based on one (false) tweet from Twitter.

[DRoseDARs]

19. I said it before: Charge. Them. With. Interferring. With. An. Investigation. Be very public about it

eom

[Beacool]

20. I don't know if it's just a rush to be the first ones with the story,

but too many news media keep bungling the facts. They should all do a reevaluation of their news gathering processes.

Pathetic..........