How to read the Bin Laden coverage skeptically

The snuffing of Osama Bin Laden has already filled the Snake River Canyon with a torrent of coverage from newspapers, the Web, and television. The news output will only expand in the coming days, and as it does, remain skeptical about it.

As we know from the coverage of other major breaking-news events—the Mumbai massacre, the death of Pat Tillman, Hurricane Katrina, the rescue of Jessica Lynch, to cite just a few examples—the earliest coverage of a big story is rarely reliable.

I mean this as no criticism. I’m grateful to the reporters who are feeding our demand for Bin Laden news on extremely tight deadlines. But the fog of breaking news almost always cloaks the truth, especially when the deadline news event is a super-top-secret military operation conducted by commandos halfway around the world and the sources of the sexiest information go unnamed.

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14 Comments

  1. CoodeCicKix
    June 6, 2011
  2. miss min ling
    May 4, 2011

    we were made to love sugar and salt and all that’s nice as kids, through the mass media and education. Today as adults we are being told these things not good for us, by the same parties. My point is they try to teach us what they want us to know, but through our own means of acquiring knowledge we know better, you can fool the people sometimes, but truth will be reveal.

  3. Lance
    May 4, 2011

    THE LYING USA GOVERNMENTS WITH THE HEAD TERRORIST OBAMA AND BUSH. I hope Dominica don’t join that kind of comradery to suport them and their foolishness

  4. Jayson
    May 4, 2011

    When the euphoria of Bin Laden’s death settles, we will be thrust back into the ongoing global conflicts, in particular LIBYA, whereby the Western world are supporting a band of rebels as ‘freedom fighters’, similar to what the US did for the Mujahideen during the Afghan/Russia conflict.

    Who say’s history doesn’t repeat itself?!!

  5. Crackerjack
    May 4, 2011

    This spoilt brat Saudi millionaire Killer Muslim, Christian And Hindu. He is surely ob the expressway to hell to meet his relatives.

  6. fond cole (V.4.L)
    May 3, 2011

    well kill and be killed, he killed my dear adopted brother in the world trade center bombing.

  7. D
    May 3, 2011

    Time to put an end to this nonsense, Bin is by me and he has been there from since 2001.

  8. American Dominican
    May 3, 2011
  9. Bin Jokin
    May 3, 2011

    One of Osama’s wives said a Navy Seal stole his Rollex and had him sign a deed for his hectres of sand in Saudi Arabia (as beneath that sand is mucho oil )and currently prices are up and rising.This seal’s going to be rich. is it all about oil? I’ve Bin thinkin

    • Lawdy
      May 3, 2011

      You ppl crack me up!!!!! Lmfao they wifey said this to WHO!!!!? The seals got the news on who they are looking for minutes be4 they took charge. Lol plzzzzz this is the dumbest shot I’ve seen online in all the dumb stories… Lmfao

      • Bin jokin
        May 4, 2011

        Are you 4 real Lawdy? LMAO and hard of how dumb you are.is this why Da is as it is,having peeps like you who are too dense to enjoy a joke? come on lawdy how much more silly can you be?Are you married,a parent aunty uncle to anyone? I feel for them.Lawdy didn’t you see the authors name BIN jokin.I was only joking pot head!This medical marijuana thing has adverse effects on brains like yours.

  10. Bin reading and Bin Viewing TV
    May 3, 2011

    Slate.com,Since you began or rather since I began reading this piece, I’ve Bin laughin. Sunday was the breaking News I was already in been Have Bin Sleepin. This week end when me and de boys meet You can say We’ve Bin Drinking.Reading ur story has Bin Interestin.Enough said hence Bin Endin my response.

  11. 4u2c
    May 3, 2011

    If it aint TRUE let us wait for his Vdeo Release that he is alive and well–

  12. wawww WAWW
    May 3, 2011

    OMG enuf of this already!

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