On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:54:37 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:


So what gives? Did a reporter grab some commuter schmuck at the scene and
swallow the initial reports (about the padded jacket; attempting to elude;
refusing to comply with officer orders) without verifying it? Then that one
account made the network rounds until it mushroomed into a near conspiracy?

Is it possible for the media to make a traqic event even worse?

-=jd=-


''Scotland Yard initially claimed he wore a bulky jacket and jumped
the barrier when police identified themselves and ordered him to
stop.''

http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlo...537613,00.html