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Thu, Jun 28 2012 09:17:06

CNN, Fox News botch SCOTUS ruling

  1. CNN broke news of the Court's ruling on Twitter ....
  2. cnnbrk
    CNN Breaking News@cnnbrk
    Supreme Court strikes down individual mandate portion of health care law. on.cnn.com/LvVRcK
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:08:59
  3. ... but contradicting information starting pouring out within seconds ...
  4. AP
    The Associated Press@AP
    BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Obama law's requirement that most Americans have health insurance.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:08:32
  5. SCOTUSblog
    SCOTUSblog@SCOTUSblog
    #SCOTUS upholds #ACA individual mandate.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:09:17
  6. SCOTUSblog
    SCOTUSblog@SCOTUSblog
    CJ Roberts' fifth #SCOTUS vote saved the #ACA.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:16:07
  7. SCOTUSblog
    SCOTUSblog@SCOTUSblog
    Bottom line from #SCOTUS, Obama Administration wins. Challenge to #ACA fails.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:28:20
  8. AP
    The Associated Press@AP
    Supreme Court upholds heart of Obama health care law seeking to cover 30 million uninsured: apne.ws/LiGHtc -MS
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:13:18
  9. connpost
    Connecticut Post@connpost
    The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in President Obama's healthcare bill, contradicting initial report by @CNN.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:12:18
  10. timesunion
    Times Union@timesunion
    NOW THIS FROM AP: #SCOTUS upholds individual insurance mandate at heart of #healthcare overhaul bit.ly/NFSv8u
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:15:33
  11. CNN.com's homepage was initially way off:
  12. Screen Shot 2012-06-28 at 10.16.02 AM
    blaizezephyr
    ·
    Wed, Jun 27 2012 17:00:00
  13. As was the on-air presentation on Fox News:
  14. CNN had to send this tweet to clarify ...
  15. Fox News was so eager to see the healthcare mandate fail they forgot to read past the 1st page of the ruling http://pic.twitter.com/kD5C6I6P
    jasonkeath@jasonkeath
    ·
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:24:14
  16. cnnbrk
    CNN Breaking News@cnnbrk
    Correction: The Supreme Court backs all parts of President Obama’s health care law. on.cnn.com/LvVRcK
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 07:21:17
  17. ... but the Twitter reaction was harsh from the get-go ...
  18. RT @guttermagazine: (@onthemedia, we made this for @cnn) BREAKING! @cnnbrk: http://pic.twitter.com/2QVoeqhy
    On The Media@onthemedia
    ·
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:27:27
  19. duncanqbruce
    Duncan Bruce@duncanqbruce
    Love that @CNN clearly did not understand the ruling from #SCOTUS and had to urgently change their banner headline bit.ly/Msn2uw
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:27:15
  20. ktoc88
    katie oconnell@ktoc88
    “@cnnbrk: Supreme Court strikes down individual mandate portion of health care law.". REALLY CNN? REALLY?? #1ststepadmityouhaveaproblem
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:32:52
  21. johnsaveland
    John Saveland@johnsaveland
    I am so NOT watching @CNN for election returns.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:45:31
  22. scottacaulfield
    Scott A. Caulfield@scottacaulfield
    @CNN, BE MORE CREDIBLE BY BEING LESS TERRIBLE. All other news outlets reported SCOTUS healthcare decision correctly. CNN the exact opposite.
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:45:19
  23. KorporateThug
    TheKoporateThug@KorporateThug
    Still Lmao at @cnn
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:45:12
  24. DylanByers
    Dylan Byers@DylanByers
    Wow. AP editor to staff: Stop taunting @CNN. politi.co/N0E7KB
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 08:45:36

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