Are readers of online articles becoming the watchdogs of the watchdogs?
Yesterday several users commented on several articles that failed to mention the party affiliation of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich was arrested for several reasons today, including attempting to "sell" President-Elect Barack Obama's Senate seat in Illinois.
The Chicago Sun-Times, certainly a paper that knows reporting 101 and the governor's affiliation, is accused of this omission in their comment section.
CNN is also accused of the blunder, as well as MSNBC.
The Associated Press left out the affiliation, which is likely how most online newspapers came to post the incomplete story. A PDF of the original story was provided by TheWeeklyStandard.com.
Although users may want to make this a story about left-leaning newspapers failing to publish negative news about Democrats, Fox News also failed to mention the detail in their story.
All news sources have since updated their articles. Live updates are a wonderful thing.
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