For the second time in a month ABC News rushed a story to air that was not totally correct.
Following the apparent suicide of director Tony Scott, ABC began reporting that the suicide was the result of cancer. ABC reported, as did other news outlets, that Scott had an inoperable brain tumor.
ABC reported that suicide notes from Scott confirmed it.
The LA Coroner reported that there was no brain cancer nor any cancer in Scott's body. Local ABC owned station broke the new story and confirmed it with the coroner's office.
ABC News has subsequently retracted the story, but there is no word of an apology to the Scott family.
This is the second major failure for ABC News. Following the theater massacre in Aurora CO, ABC News reported that the shooter may have ties to the Tea Party. Brian Ross reported the story without any source checking. It was found that the James Holmes reported by Ross was a different person than the James Holmes arrested for the murders.
Ross is still employed by ABC News which has lost additional credibility with the latest mistake in an effort to garner ratings.
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