Monday, June 30, 2008

ONCE AGAIN

Sometimes we wonder why we continue to point out some of these things that we see everyday in the newspapers.
Differing information on the same story is a recurring theme which continues to astound us. How could journalists covering the same story come up with different information? Down to the different spelling of a person's name?

The Guardian's Anika Gumbs-Sandiford in her story of the young mother who was stabbed to death on Friday night, titled 'Mom: I begged her to come home' tells us that "SEVENTEEN-year-old Crystal Bedaysee threatened to report to the police sexual advances being made to her by a man."
But the Express' South Bureau (no other byline) tells us that "A 21-year-old mother of one has died after receiving multiple stab wounds across her body.
Dead is Navisha Krystal Bedessie,...".
Their story is titled 'Mom of 1 dies after stabbing'.

Then Miss Gumbs-Sandiford tells us "Her relatives believe that threat led to her death when she and her 15-month-old baby daughter Jaya M’sha Newton were thrown out of a Vistabella apartment on Thursday night. Bedaysee and her baby sought refuge at a neighbour’s home a few houses away."
But the Expresses tells us "The incident occurred around 9.30 p.m. on Friday at Montique Street, Marabella."