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When Mobile Goes Horribly Wrong: CNN Makes Victim The Killer
The Northern Illinois University shootings this week are an absolute tragedy. CNN has been covering the news as the story and background unfolds. The big news today was the announcement of the shooter, Steve Kazmierczak. Unfortunately, in the screenshots below, CNN Mobile has made it appear like one of the victims was actually the shooter. Below are screenshots of CNN Mobile and CNN.com showing the same story as the lead.
On CNN.com, the story shows a picture of victim Catalina Garcia with a caption. On the CNN Mobile site, the caption is missing and therefore Garcia’s photo is shown with the headline and subhead about the shooter’s identity. Perhaps CNN needs to look at what’s included on their mobile site going forward. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by this tragedy.
CNN Mobile
CNN.com
I saw this on my way home from work and I immediately thought it was odd that they were showing a picture of the shooter so fast (which usually takes some time). I wasn’t shocked that the shooter would be a woman, but it still struck me as weird.
All sites need to think through all aspects of their site as more and more people read AND rely on news from their mobile.
I think there’s something to be said about the decreasing quality of editorial review in this day and age… also, it’s too easy to edit things once they’re live, so I think people are easily drawn to putting something up quickly and worrying about correcting it later.