Romenesko

San Francisco Chronicle
Jon Carroll thought it was a terrible day for journalism the first time around "and things did not improve much on the second go-round." He writes: "We really don't know anything. Our information is fourth-hand or sixth-hand, and it may not be real information at all. With the rock and the cliff, you've pretty much got all the known variables covered. With JonBenet Ramsey, you are lost outside the orbit of Xena."
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