Bad Info From Unknown Source

Washington Post reporter Jim VandeHei lodged an official complaint with White House spokesman Scott McClellan about not being able to watch CNN on the televisions on Air Force One. VandeHei said he heard that everybody was forced to watch Fox on Air Force One.

In response, McClellan said there is no such policy and asked VandeHei if he had tried to have the channel changed. VandeHei said that he spoke to the "magic people at the other end off (sic) the phone" and was told he can only watch Fox.

With a chuckle, McClellan went and had the channel changed.

I believe this episode perfectly encapsulates and illustrates a major flaw in the way mainstream media reporters perform their duties. Based on erroneous information from an unknown source, an official complaint was lodged.

Bad poop with no source. Yeah, that's the MSM's biggest shortcoming in a nutshell.