The case for editorial excellence (and judgment) in technology

Late in the day of the Las Vegas massacre, my phone lit up again with texts from friends, missed calls and news notifications about another big story: rock legend Tom Petty had died.
Or at least, that's what CBS News reported. Celebrity gossip site TMZ reported he was taken off life support. The story started to spread and pressure mounted on me as our managing editor to send out a notification to our readers announcing Petty’s death.
But something seemed off about this one. TMZ and CBS we