// my instincts when I first caught wind of the story were bad
I didn't quite understand this. Were your instincts actually bad? Or were you reading dubious headlines? If a seasoned news professional like yourself can't glean the gravity of a situation from even a couple news headlines, that seems to indicate media bias more than personal…
// my instincts when I first caught wind of the story were bad
I didn't quite understand this. Were your instincts actually bad? Or were you reading dubious headlines? If a seasoned news professional like yourself can't glean the gravity of a situation from even a couple news headlines, that seems to indicate media bias more than personal instinct. I think if you read "suspected assassination attempt" instead of "popping sounds", you'd have had a different initial reaction.
// my instincts when I first caught wind of the story were bad
I didn't quite understand this. Were your instincts actually bad? Or were you reading dubious headlines? If a seasoned news professional like yourself can't glean the gravity of a situation from even a couple news headlines, that seems to indicate media bias more than personal instinct. I think if you read "suspected assassination attempt" instead of "popping sounds", you'd have had a different initial reaction.
It was my fault. I was presuming certain things based on scant information. It had nothing to do with headlines.