Mining Disaster

The current uproar in the media seems a bit contrived. The media mistakenly reported a miracle, causing false hope, and now is writing process pieces on why the reporting went wrong.

This story was your classic "If it bleeds, It leads story. Combine compelling images of distraught families, throw in the possibility that it might turn out like the the collapse at Quecreek, PA in 2002, and the obsessive race by news agencies to be first, even if they are wrong (See the 2000 election), and you had all of the elements to lead to the mistakes that were made last night and this morning.

No doubt the media will wring the guts out of this story though.