The extremely sad story of the 12 miners that died in West Virginia was made considerably worse as a result of the false news leak about their survival. Everyone has to have a pit in their stomach - and their hearts - when hearing of this story.
About midnight the false survival story broke. Now being partially blamed on the poor communications technology from the rescuers to those above ground.
After watching the Orange Bowl Game, I, like most everyone else, went to bed with at least a little relief that 12 were still alive. But as I slept, the truth came out.
As a National Public Radio fan, I was given the horrible truth first thing in the morning. Of course, the Tampa Tribune on my doorstep and the St. Pete Times, like almost every newspaper in the country, were still telling the story of survival that had looked like it was true a few hours before.
Technology has changed the news business forever.
Can you imagine having to wait almost 24 hours later, til tomorrow morning's paper,to get the story of 9/11 ?
Our impatience for news and information is fueled by the huge amount of information available to us at any hour of the day at the end of our keyboards or our remote controls.
Technology has changed the world forever. The horrible shock and disappointment we felt when learning of the miners tragedy a few hours later would only have been made worse if it had taken another 24 hours to learn the truth.
Is it an wonder that newspaper circulation is in decline ? How can they compete with instantaneous pictures and audio when the public wants things NOW !
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