Socolow’s tweet cited in Politico article on reaction to reporters searching apartment
A tweet written by Michael Socolow, a communication and journalism professor at the University of Maine, was included in the Politico article, “Cable networks blasted after showing live footage inside Calif. killers’ apartment.” MSNBC, CNN and Fox received swift blowback for broadcasting live footage from inside the apartment of the husband and wife who killed 14 and wounded 21 others in a shooting massacre in San Bernardino, California, according to the article. The networks said the landlord of the apartment allowed them into the building, the article states. On Twitter, Socolow said he didn’t get “all the pearl-clutching” if police had allowed the media in. “*IF* this is an active crime scene then stunning incompetence in securing it. Don’t blame journos if not secured & labelled & invited in,” he wrote.