The financial impact of the volatile volcano that brought trans-Atlantic air travel to a standstill spread through the global economy with the same fury as the ash cloud that grounded flights across the continent, experts say. Full Story »
Posted by Kristin Gorski
This is a textbook example of bad journalism. First off, it's laughable that it took two authors to write this shallow, three paragraph news report. Second, the report makes assertions that are not backed by any factual evidence. Third, it claims that experts are supporting its assertions, but only cites one source, whose quote is so confusing as to make it meaningless. Where are the other experts? How about citing people actually affected by this issue? How about a bit of context? Lastly, the sensationalistic headline attempts to make a pun, but is blatantly misleading.
