Most of what we’re telling you may be wrong
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A reporter from the Columbine school shooting acknowledges that just about everything that was reported after the 1999 shooting was wrong. He says it's a cautionary tale when considering everything you're hearing now from Connecticut.
There's been considerable pushback against the news coverage of the tragedy. Suppose you're the assignment editor of a major news organization. What story -- if any, of course -- are you assigning today?
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