In The News Biz "Speed Kills Reputations"

When it comes to drugs, they used to say, speed kills. When it comes to journalism, they still say, speed kills reputations. In Philly, we went to sleep counting two victories - Penn State over Florida State, and the Sago miners over death. We awoke to the mind-rocking shock that 11 miners had died, and one survived, the opposite of what was broadcast a few hours earlier - and printed in early editions of American newspapers, including this one. A journalism cliche they also used to say warns, "If your mother says she loves you - check it out."
-- (read more - Stu Bykofsky-Philly Daily News)