University: Reported Cocaine Bust at Kent State Airport Old News
A news outlet re-reported Wednesday the finding of 200,000 kilos of cocaine at the airport.
Did you hear there was a massive drug bust at the Kent State University Airport some time this past week? That's not completely accurate.
There was a massive drug bust at the airport, where 200,000 kilos of cocaine was seized, but that was in 2008.
According to Kent State's Twitter feed: "Reports of a cocaine arrest at Kent State Airport are a result of a May 2008 story mistakenly reposted by a local news organization. Further investigation indicates that heavy web traffic of 2008 airport arrest story is what made it appear to be a new story. It's old news."
The story has since been taken off Ohio.com's website and the AP Wire has removed it from circulation.
Jim Williams
12:41 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Er, maybe 30 kilos? Worth $2 million. 200,000 kilos is roughly 220 tons. That'd be a helluva plane.
db
2:18 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
The news outlet did not "re-report" the story. And old story that was never taken off their site - as is the procedure with all old stories - received high traffic and was mistaken by outsiders - who didn't look closely at the date - as "new" news.
A more detailed explanation: http://www.ohio.com/news/bob-dyer-big-ksu-bust-eventually-shows-its-age-1.367555