KUSA anchor Kyle Clark took CNN to task last week for a tweet about random shootings in Colorado.
CNN was covering the two shootings in Northern Colorado, when the network sent out a tweet referring to the shooter as a serial killer. CNN later corrected itself. Police are still looking for a link between the shootings.
Clark corrected them via twitter:
Let’s recap, @CNN. Numerous unexplained shattered windows. One case was a bullet. Zero deaths. Serial killer? C’mon. https://t.co/ySpEFTqVWs — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 22, 2015
Here’s CNN’s correction:
CORRECTION: Our tweet from last night should have referred to the mysterious CO shootings as a potential serial sniper.
— CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) May 22, 2015
When someone asked what was going on, Clark let CNN know it was being “irresponsible.”
@WhelanMegan I don’t know what’s going on. But I know that positing that a serial killer is on the loose is irresponsible.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 22, 2015
But he wasn’t done.
The only people linking John Jacoby’s death to the I-25 windows at this point are speculating reporters. https://t.co/F1ga3mgHKC — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 22, 2015
If, God forbid, we ever have to warn Colorado about an actual serial killer, we’ll need every ounce of credibility the media can retain.
— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 22, 2015
He eventually summed it up and realized CNN probably won’t be sending its network scouts to his next newscast.
What have we learned? 1) Facts matter 2) Many of you care deeply about responsible journalism 3) I’m never going to get hired at @CNN — Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) May 22, 2015