BREAKING NEWS!!!

As all know all to well there was a shooting in Washington D.C. shortly after we departed, closing down the Capital Building.  However, it is unclear to many what happened.  Stories of a man running from the cops and being shot near the structure leak out, being called the new information, and seem to be the popular story, but does anyone remember what the first call had been?  The first words to me had been, “there was a shooting at the Capital!”  The next had been, “A man was wounded,” shortly followed by, “It was near the Capital right after we left.”

How do we find out what truly happened??  Do we call a friend or a member from home that possibly saw the news?  Do we find one of the always near Faculty Member?  Or do we wait until the news reporter decides to do a full report?   As young journalists in the making, how to we pick what source is the most accurate, and spills the most so called “truth” when the even was moments before?  I say there is no clear way to know, and that no matter what source u go to there will always be holes and assumptions, due to all the excitement of the Breaking News from the nation’s capital.