Connecticut school district on lockdown after shooting report at a Newtown elemen-#4

[tlcya]

There really was never a golden age when reporters carefully sourced each aspect of an investigation.

It's always been a Pavlovian rush to grab the first morsel.

Headlines were always the engine of newsstand sales.

(Of course, columnists and op/ed writers have it easier; their deadlines are not a reporter's deadline.)

The advent of the instant-publish internet has, even more than in the past, replaced accuracy with immediacy.

The burden on the reader - on the consumer of news - to be a critical thinker is ever more important.

You may be right. In that case, perhaps what I should be mourning is not some idealized golden era of jounalism but the lack of critical thinkers in this new age of www and junk reporting.

Regardless the cause, the result is disturbing to me.

 

[4Jacy]

It could be a rumor or someone who craves attention. These people need peace right now. I hope it's just a rumor and not some sicko craving attention.

BBM

I hope you are right, but a sicko craving attention can be extremely dangerous!

 

[Shelby1]

41 Action News ‏@41ActionNews
State Police give the all clear at St. Rose of Lima Church in #Newtown - via @NBCConnecticut

 

[HarvestMoon]

Good article here.
A Methodical Massacre:

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-timeline-newtown-shooting-1216-20121215,0,1878564.story

 

[legalmania]

Balloon boy parents reported it to LE. It's not illegal to lie to the press, as far as I know.

They reported to the media first though. It's very complicated, and this is not the place to explain it but it can be illegal to report a false story to the press.

 

[summer_breeze]

I apologize if this has already been posted.

Police: Answers In Connecticut School Shooting Could Take Weeks

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...-visit-conn-town-reeling-from-school-shooting

scroll further for this heading too:

Update at 10:35 a.m. ET: Connecticut governor offers details about Lanza's death

Thank you 21merc7. From this same article:

<snipped>

Newtown Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson has said that Sandy Hook students and staff would relocate to Chalk Hill School in nearby Monroe.

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

Which laws make it illegal to give any information that doesn't come straight from the LE department?

None, however when people are DELIBERATELY putting out false information such as claiming to be the shooter,or the shooters family that is against the law. Also threats of violence against people are also against the law. These families do not need to live anymore trauma's they have lived through enough.

When people are creating facebook pages to intentionally pass false information out that is against the law.

 

[fred&edna]

Morgan Freeman does not actually have deep thoughts about Newtown.

http://now.msn.com/morgan-freeman-newtown-statement-is-a-hoax


Okay, I guess I can understand someone finding that falsely quoting Morgan Freeman might be humorous.... but not now, not with this crime.

How many fake fb pages have been created with this case? How many hoaxes? This is our society and it looks ugly.

AND, I'm right there with everyone who has bashed, the ?normally reputable? reporters for trying to get the story first and not fact-checking, But they are fed by our desire to KNOW everything about everything immediately! We monitor every news outlet for the latest report... minute by minute. Are we perpetuating what we abhor?


*jmo and maybe food for thought

 

[Grasshopper]

Where the hello are the getting that the house is $1.6 mil? Property shark has this to say about it:

Market Value & Taxes
Tax year 2011
Land value $289,442
Building value $417,928
Total market value $707,371
Property tax $12,067.00

http://www.propertyshark.com/ <--- you need to join, but it is free to look at 5 or so profiles a day. search owner for lanza nancy and newtown ct
_________________________________________

I wish that the media were allowed to report that a shooting happens, but then they have to back off for say... 8 hours because NO ONE knows what's going on right away, and they'll just be reporting info that turns out to be wrong anyway.

Again. Sloppy reporting. A house next to it (across the street, I think) sold for $655,000 and it has more square footage. They're way off base.

This is a Single-Family Home located at 36 Yogananda Street, Sandy Hook CT. 36 Yogananda St has 4 beds, 3 baths, and approximately 3,104 square feet. The property has a lot size of 2.14 acres and was built in 1998. The average list price for similar homes for sale is $610,817 and the average sales price for similar recently sold homes is $518,950. 36 Yogananda St is in the 06482 ZIP code in Sandy Hook, CT. The average list price for ZIP code 06482 is $430,983.

LINK: http://www.trulia.com/homes/Connecticut/Sandy_Hook/sold/306295-36-Yogananda-St-Sandy-Hook-CT-06482

House that recently sold: http://www.realtor.com/realestatean...t_Sandy-Hook_CT_06482_M46682-72347?source=web

 

[4Jacy]

I realize it is to early to have this information, however, I have two questions I would like to have the answers to:

1. Since the mother was aware of her son's mental state, was he in therapy?

2. Were the guns in a gun cabinet, what type of cabinet, was it locked or did shooter break in to it?

I guess that's more then two questions, well, never said I could count! lol

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

MSM has posted much disinfo---------

Where do we draw the line?

The question we need to ask ourselves is

Is the media posted/aired the misinformation intentionally. Are they doing it with Malice? Or are they just trying to report the news as best they can, with so much info coming out?

 

[Lois Lane]

Unfortunately they have not been taken down. People are impersonating AL on facebook. There are also fan pages for AL.

smh

Good grief.

 

[Grasshopper]

For the last several weeks, a man in his early 20's has been coming up to my son's school (K-8) and "talking" with some of the kids as they are on the parking lot. The police have been called on different occasions but he always left before police got there. Last week, the same thing happened but a faculty member was able to get a license plate number. Police tracked him down, issued a summons for trespassing and spoke to his parents. Police advised him not to return but said there's not much more they can do. The principal also spoke to the parents and confirmed he is in his early 20's and is autistic and when asked why he was doing this, he apparently told his parents he was trying to "save the children". To me it sounds very ominous, but at the same time, it could all be very innocent. All of this happened before Friday, so it's not truly a copycat situation but it has me worried. Needless to say though, it has me unnerved.

Bet that situation will remedied immediately if it happens again, in light of the recent events. I'd be unnerved as well, to say the least! :twocents:

 

[CJMAJORGIRL24]

Morgan Freeman does not actually have deep thoughts about Newtown.

http://now.msn.com/morgan-freeman-newtown-statement-is-a-hoax


Okay, I guess I can understand someone finding that falsely quoting Morgan Freeman might be humorous.... but not now, not with this crime.

How many fake fb pages have been created with this case? How many hoaxes? This is our society and it looks ugly.

AND, I'm right there with everyone who has bashed, the ?normally reputable? reporters for trying to get the story first and not fact-checking, But they are fed by our desire to KNOW everything about everything immediately! We monitor every news outlet for the latest report... minute by minute. Are we perpetuating what we abhor?


*jmo and maybe food for thought

I feel so badly, because I BELIEVED that was really written by Morgan Freeman. I can't delete my post, I really wish that I could. I still believe every single word-even if he didn't write it.

WHY oh WHY do people have to do such mean spirited things, at a time like this?

I don't think there is ANY good left in this world. Any. How sad is that?

I always looked forward to meeting that special someone, starting a family of our own. Not anymore...

 

[toscaxyz]

I apologize and will go change it However I sincerely feel that her perspective is very important.I also think she is trying to keep something like this from happening with her child. I realize a 20 yr old is different. But this mother is doing all she can in my opinion.

Thank you for understanding my POV. I agree that her perspective is important, especially in light of the way that the parents and loved ones of people with mental illness are often portrayed. You can care deeply about someone and get them every available source of help but still fail.

 

[jjenny]

I feel so badly, because I BELIEVED that was really written by Morgan Freeman. I can't delete my post, I really wish that I could. I still believe every single word-even if he didn't write it.

WHY oh WHY do people have to do such mean spirited things, at a time like this?

I don't think there is ANY good left in this world. Any. How sad is that?

I always looked forward to meeting that special someone, starting a family of our own. Not anymore...

I must say I din't think it was particularly deep.

 

[Blue_Dolphin308]

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Its common sense. And quite frankly I don't think he needs to expand on it, that takes time away from the investigation. And right now that should be first and foremost


Bottom line is if you can't prove it with facts then don't post it. This has ALWAYS been WS policy. You need to back up your statements with articles from MSM or the like.

 

[popsicle]

I feel so badly, because I BELIEVED that was really written by Morgan Freeman. I can't delete my post, I really wish that I could. I still believe every single word-even if he didn't write it.

WHY oh WHY do people have to do such mean spirited things, at a time like this?

I don't think there is ANY good left in this world. Any. How sad is that?

I always looked forward to meeting that special someone, starting a family of our own. Not anymore...

Of course there is good still left in this world. Just look at the hero's that emerge during times such as this.

 

[wfgodot]

No story yet, just a tweet:

The Associated Press &#8207;@AP
BREAKING: Coroner: Conn. gunman shot mom multiple times in head; shooter killed self with shot to head.

 

[fred&edna]

I feel so badly, because I BELIEVED that was really written by Morgan Freeman. I can't delete my post, I really wish that I could. I still believe every single word-even if he didn't write it.

WHY oh WHY do people have to do such mean spirited things, at a time like this?

I don't think there is ANY good left in this world. Any. How sad is that?

I always looked forward to meeting that special someone, starting a family of our own. Not anymore...

There is good in this world... the evidence is Robbie Parker and the teachers and staff at Sandy Hook.... just to name a few!! Chin up, gal!!! Ugliness can be changed


PS Most everyone likes Morgan Freeman... it was easy to believe. Certainly no fault of yours for posting what you read !