A case study to be taught in every journalism school and newsroom: Journalism is not stenography. We must verify everything — including “official” police accounts. https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1384622849562873856

Language matters: Stop using police jargon, too. Phrases like “officer involved shooting.” Vague suspect descriptions. State what you know plainly. State what you don’t know. Be judicious.

Journalists will ask people they interview to produce documents and all sorts of proof to make sure that their stories are solid, right? Fact check and verification, line by line in some cases. Why does that level of skepticism not translate to law enforcement agencies?

Don’t just like or retweet what I’m saying. We all need to apply this in our respective newsrooms. This is an industry wide problem that needs to be corrected. We’ve seen repeatedly the real life harm & consequences of what happens when we get the stories/framing wrong.