There was a bomb threat (Thursday) at EWU that led to the evacuation of hundreds of students faculty and staff from campus buildings. We had a brief on the threat and evacuation posted on our website for a time. But our policy, in general, is not to report bomb threats unless the threat or evacuation actually has a more newsworthy impact or unless a bomb is actually discovered or some other specific factor makes the threat news. The reason we generally don't report threats is that the prankster/vandals who make empty threats get off on the public attention their dispruption causes. The more empty threats you report, the more threats occur/Editor Steve Smith, News Is A Conversation. More here and: Daily Briefing discussion here
Question: Should we report bomb threats in the paper and at SR.com?
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a brief on the threat and evacuation posted on our website for a time. But our policy, in general, is not to report bomb threats unless the threat or evacuation actually has a more newsworthy impact or unless a bomb is actually discovered or some other specific factor makes the threat news. The reason we generally don't report threats is that the prankster/vandals who make empty threats get off on the public attention their dispruption causes. The more empty threats you report, the more threats occur/Editor Steve Smith, News Is A Conversation. More here and: Daily Briefing discussion here
