Is the Media a reliable source of information on dog attacks?

And can we trust the breed identifications found in the media?

The following “fatal Rottweiler attack” was reported in 2005

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 There are Rottweilers and then there are “media Rottweilers”
The dog pictured below is the dog involved in the fatal attack in the above article.
This dog is a “media Rottweiler”