No excuse. While I see no problem with keeping the URL, the body of the story should agree with the rest of the story AND the headline. I consider it to be a bad case of editing, How many people will see the first story but not the update and think the guy lived? David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > The passenger died of injuries in the hospital not long after the > shooting. He was apparently not killed instantly. So CNN rewrote the > headline and the lead, and may have left a true (but not up to date) > reference to the condition of the passenger, later in the story. > Also, CNN like a number of other news sites updates breaking stories > in place, without changing the URL. The short summary I copied and > pasted from the CNN main page was static, while the contents of the > story behind the link were dynamic. > > In other words, not bad reporting, but an artifact of dynamic > updating of online news. > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > On Dec 7, 2005, at 1:04 PM, David MR wrote: > > The CNN headline says "Passemger killed after claiming to have a > > bomb." The CNN article says in the opening paragraph "Federal air > > marshals shot and killed a 44-year-old U.S. citizen..." yet just a > > few paragraphs later it says the citizen was wounded. > > > > This is why I check other sources when reading a CNN article > > involving aviation or plolitics - I want to make sure I get the > > correct story. At least they got the number of pax that an AA 757 > > can carry correct > > > > David R > > > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: "Michael C. Berch" > >> Police: Shot fired on Miami airport Jetway > >> BREAKING NEWS > >> Police: Shot fired on Miami airport Jetway > >> > >> A federal air marshal shot and wounded a passenger on the Jetway > >> connecting an American Airlines plane to Miami International Airport, > >> sources told CNN. The marshal's action came after threatening action > >> by the passenger, a federal government official said. The Federal Air > >> Marshals Service confirmed a marshal fired his weapon while the > >> Boeing 757 -- which was en route from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando, > >> Florida -- was on the ground at Miami. > >> > >> Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/07/airplane.gunshot/ > >> index.html > >> > >> -- > >> Michael C. Berch > >> mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >