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The pressure gets to CNN and Fox News

June 29, 2012 by John

Given the typical lack of exciting news in a 24-hour period, I can understand the intense pressure placed on 24-hour news channels to get the scoop on the truly big stories when they come along. If they can be seen as the most reliable source for news during times of legitimate excitement, after all, maybe more people will watch them the rest of the time. So channels are competing with each other but they are also competing with other forms of media that cover breaking news, such as blogs. I suspect that both of these things played a role in yesterday’s embarrassing initial coverage by Fox News and CNN of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act. Memoirs of a SLACer correspondent Jon Stewart has the full story here. I especially like the fact that Fox News corrected their story after noting that the reports at scotusblog.com contradicted their own. Way to bring it full-circle, Fox!

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Posted in Political Power, Popular Press, The Electronic Age, TV Time | Tagged Affordable Care Act, CNN, CNN and Fox News Get the Headlines Wrong, Fox News, Jon Stewart, Memoirs of a SLACer, Obamacare, Scotusblog, Supreme Court Decision, The Daily Show | 1 Comment

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  1. on July 3, 2012 at 9:06 pm For fireworks it is the best of times, it is the worst of times « Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] the recent gaffes by CNN and Fox News, I’m not sure how to explain this discrepancy. Share […]



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