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CNN's individual mandate announcement fail: Twitter reacts

CNN incorrectly reported that the court had struck down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, causing a flurry of confusion and outrage.

  1. On Thursday, the nation turned its eyes to the Supreme Court of the United States as it announced its monumental decision on the constitutionality of ObamaCare. Shortly after 10 am, CNN incorrectly reported that the court had struck down the bill's individual mandate, causing a flurry of confusion as the Supreme Court of the United States blog reported that the mandate would stay, but as a tax. Here, a look at the reactions to CNN's announcement: 
  2. Supreme Court strikes down individual mandate portion of health care law. on.cnn.com/LvVRcK
  3. BREAKING: Supreme court strikes down individual mandate. #SCOTUS #CNN
  4. Supreme Court upholds heart of Obama health care law seeking to cover 30 million uninsured: apne.ws/LiGHtc -MS
  5. RT @buzzfeedben: Wait: AP and CNN just reported opposite outcomes.
  6. .@CNN saying mandate struck down. @SCOTUSblog saying mandate survives as a tax. Who could have predicted such confusion?
  7. Correction: The Supreme Court backs all parts of President Obama’s health care law. on.cnn.com/LvVRcK
  8. CNN also misreported that they are the best political team on television.
  9. This is historic! CNN has just delivered the Twitter generation's "Dewey Defeats Truman."
  10. Drama at CNN. I would love to be a fly on Wolf Blizter's beard. #SCOTUS
  11. Report it right but 2 mins late, no one will care in an hour. Report it wrong 2 mins early, no one will forget. #cnn #SCOTUS
  12. CNN issues correction on Obamacare. Here's the before and after of their banner headline. http://pic.twitter.com/pxpcRgMZ
  13. THESIS: Everybody would have got this right, and covered it well, if it wasn't for CNN getting it wrong.
  14. So wait does this huge @CNN gaffe appear on next week's episode of "The Newsroom?" #scotus
  15. Someone at #CNN is going to get fired. A mistake along the lines of "Dewey Defeats Truman" - unconscionably sloppy & egregious journalism
  16. CNN's rushed headline is proof of why we shouldn't rush into breaking news conclusions.
  17. Of course, some journalists taking shots at #CNN for its sloppiness today are the same ones who said Gabby Giffords was dead

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