In every conflict or crisis or disaster or whatever - the first reports are always wrong in one way or another. Details are missing, or numbers aren't accurate, or any of the Who What When Where Why How type questions that good journalists are supposed to live by are missing or unanswered or answered wrong.
It all has to be fact checked and cross checked and double checked. And all that takes time and skill and cooperation between colleagues and sources and competitors.
Eventually, in a few hours or a few days or a few weeks, we start to get a clearer idea of what happened - and why when who how etc.
Social media short circuits that time honored and vital process.
Maybe somebody wants it that way. And that would mean somebody wants it that way for a reason.
I may be paranoid,
but that don't mean
nobody's out to get me
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