boston for the marathon. joining me is christine brennan, sports columnist for usa today and a contributor to abc. this was one of the instances where sports reporters become breaking news reporters. tough transition? yes, although i think sports reporters are uniquely ready for that challenge. think of the deadlines every night as election night for a sports section. it doesn t surprise me many colleagues and others i don t know did such a terrific job on the spot. it s something new every day. this case you don t expect this kind of tragedy. when it happens, you re ready to do it. certainly the adrenaline and the filing quickly and all of that quicks in. but i m sure nobody was expecting to be talking to wounded bystanders and eyewitnes eyewitnesss. it s not like this hasn t happened before. famously the 1972 olympics. yes that was a story developing on tv.
had. that could be a part of a context of a lot of other descriptioners. is that the case even if it was true? if the story was solid, there was an arrest, there was a dark-skinned person? you re saying it s too broad. it s too broad. the point of journalism is to be absolutely accurate. in a context, that s just one single fact. that tells me nothing. what does that mean? there s a billion dark-skinned people. and in a city with a fractured racial history that boston has, you don t need to put that out. that was just i thought that was irresponsible and i was disappointed. john king tweeted this. he says source of that description was a senior government official and i asked are you sure, but i m responsible. let me close by asking you about the role of the local journalists again. is it different you used the
this until the the cotton s picked and the beans and the kernels are counted. smart phones make calls, send e-mails and now you can set them to stun. it is going too far? hello, everyone, i m poppy harlow in tonight for don lemon. let s get you up to speed on the day r day s biggest stories. in syria, a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel uprising. he was syria s ambassador to iraq, and he s the highest ranking diplomat to defect. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any longer. you ll hear him his in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long-time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped on the sinai peninsula are unharmed and well fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of the reverend michel louis spoke to randi kaye about how the ordeal is taking a toll on the pastor s wife. it
us until the cotton s picked and the beans and the kernels are counted. smart phones make calls, send e-mails and now you can set them to stun. it is going too far? hello, everyone, i m poppy hair low in tonight for don lemon. let s get you up to speed on the dame s biggest stories. in syria, a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel uprising. he was syria s ambassador to iraq, and he s the highest ranking diplomat to defect. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any longer. you ll hear him his in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long-time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped on the sinai peninsula are unharmed and fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of the reverend michel louis spoke to randi kaye about how the ordeal is taking a toll on the pastor s wife. it was all of a
full extent of this until the cotton is picked and the kernels are counted. now setting them to stun, is it going too far? hello, everyone. i m poppy harlow. a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he s on the side of the rebel upriding. he says he can t be part of a dictatorship any locker. you ll hear him in his own words in just a moment. plus, i just spoke with the long time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation, coming up. an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped in the sinai peninsula are unharmed and well fed. their families want to know when they will be freed. the son of reverend lewis wants to know how the ordeal is taking a to the on the pastor s wife. even right now, it seems like a dream to her, a nightmare. also, a huge portion of the united states being strangled by drought this hour, which is threatening everything from crops to cattle. 1,000 counties spanning 26 states are now considered dro