Michael Sneed Gets It Wrong (of course)

Ms. Michael Sneed is a glorified gossip monger. Here's strong evidence of that, from The Beachwood Reporter. The snide Sneed bit is the second item down in the regular column "The Thursday Papers" at TBR, and the whole column is a good read. Here's the link. Being Michael Sneed 1. "In the first serious blunder of the coverage," Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz writes, "Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reported yesterday: "'Sneed hears authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people in a rampage on the Virginia Tech campus was a Chinese national who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa. "'The 25-year-old man being investigated for the deadliest college carnage in U.S. history reportedly arrived in San Francisco on a United Airlines flight on Aug. 7, 2006, on a visa issued in Shanghai, the source said.' "I suppose it might be true that authorities were chasing that tip, but did that warrant publishing it? "On the other hand, the Chicago Tribune scored a real scoop at 12:39 p.m. yesterday by reporting that Cho had left a note railing against 'rich kids' and 'debauchery.'"