John King's mea culpa regarding last week's botched CNN coverage:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/cnns-john-king-boston-blunder-embarrassing-162389.html

"In this case we had two reputable sources -- one of mine, one of a
colleague's of mine -- who have been reliable in the past, who simply
had bad information. We had two -- you never do that with one -- and
we went with it, and we had to correct it."

Actually, Mr. King, the standards I was taught require three sources
-- three INDEPENDENT sources -- not two. You never do that with two.
If you had held out for a third source, you probably wouldn't have
anything to apologize for or regret regarding the coverage.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

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