Fox News Wrote:
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http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/12/what-the-
> A baffling, surreal scene just played out on the
> two networks, where the landlord of the San
> Bernardino shooting suspects apparently allowed
> reporters into their apartment.
>
> The result was disturbing. On live national
> television, reporters sifted through the remains
> of the lives of Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen
> Malik. They picked over children’s toys. They
> held up photos, speculating about whether the
> woman depicted in one might be Malik. They
> displayed Social Security cards and driver’s
> licenses with readily identifiable
> information—and not just for the deceased
> suspects:
>
> Screenshots from MSNBC. I added the redout
> pic.twitter.com/Ttu3zJ0Fjj
>
> — Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 4, 2015
> As if the journalistic irresponsibility of
> baselessly speculating while holding up images of
> potentially innocent people on TV wasn’t bad
> enough, it beggars belief the scene wasn’t taped
> off and guarded. Reporters were given free rein to
> walk through an apartment that is an important
> part of the investigation, and they were allowed
> to handle what one would expect to be evidence.
> Police didn’t appear to know the media tour was
> going on. Brian Ries of Mashable reports:
>
> Asked FBI Los Angeles if suspects' apartment now
> open to the media/public: “I don’t believe
> so…it is still an ongoing investigation.”
>
> — Brian Ries (@moneyries) December 4, 2015
> However, an NBC spokeswoman said the tour was
> approved by the FBI:
>
> As @mitchellreports said on @MSNBC: the apt owner
> permitted the press tour, the FBI has already
> cleared out useful evidence
>
> — Erika Masonhall (@ErikaMasonhall) December 4,
> 2015
> Senator Lindsey Graham, appearing on MSNBC via
> phone just as the network cut away from the
> footage, expressed astonishment that reporters
> were being allowed into the scene. Shocked
> reporters expressed revulsion on Twitter.
>
> How did law enforcement fail to secure the
> apartment? What were the networks thinking? This
> seems like a pair of major institutional
> failures.
>
> Update: Or maybe the landlord didn’t invite them
> in:
>
> Landlord says he didn't allow media into San
> Bernardino shooters' apartment: 'they rushed'
>
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