Lost Remote points to a nearly offensive headline that covered the print edition of the New York Times today. It read, "ABC NEWS ANCHOR IS BADLY INJURED BY BOMB IN IRAQ | LATEST BLOW TO NETWORK | Cameraman Also Injured -- Field Reports Were a Ratings Strategy."
That is terrible in so many ways. This is the latest blow to the network? I hope they are not referring to the death of Peter Jennings as one of the other blows to the network. Neither of these, Peter Jennings's death or the injury of two journalists reporting from a warzone, represent blows to the network. If anything they represent huge blows to American journalism. The loss of Peter Jennings was not a loss to the network, but a loss to the country. And the attack against journalists in any warzone is terrible and should not be looked upon as a simple thing that might cause Disney to lose a rating point worth of ad dollars. Journalists risking their lives to try to report stories of grave international importance should never be minimalized to shares and rating points.
This was unquestionably terrible reporting by the New York Times.
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