Way to go, CNN. Bomb threat called in to Boston Federal Courthouse.

[WilliamPitt]

Yup, the same courthouse CNN said the suspect was headed for.

Alarms went off, "Code Red" announced over the loudspeaker, building evacuated.

I'm getting this from the local TV news station, channel 4.

NOT LIKE THEY NEED THESE RESOURCES FOR OTHER STUFF BESIDES BOMB THREATS ISSUED AFTER FALSE REPORTS OR ANYTHING.

Assholes.

[aaaaaa5a]

1. This is......CNN

The most trusted name in news!

[City Lights]

5. Ha!

Lately CNN is as bad as Fux.

What a clusterfuck!

[panader0]

2. Extremely irresponsible would be an understatement.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Please add to my post about CNN.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022693061

Faux/CNN(Certainly Not News)

[MineralMan]

4. CNN: News You Shouldn't Believe

We'll be back after this brief massage...

[ZombieHorde]

6. Damn, that is a great example of why news agencies need to be more careful.

I'm curious about the motivation of the of the bomb-threat caller.

[WillyT]

8. Yeah, Right ???

Make one wonder...

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. This is why shoddy/sensational "reporting" of the news is dangerous.

In this case I'm sure it's a hoax, but there are nuts out there who problem going vigilante when some "news" outlet falsely accuses someone of a crime.

Just get it right. I don't care who breaks the story, just make sure it's accurate before you pass it on to your bobble heads.

[cbdo2007]

9. Funny - you are speculating just as much as CNN is speculating....

when it's possible neither of you know the truth.

Geez, at least if you are going to complain about a news organizations knee jerk reactions, don't do it by way of your own knee jerk reaction, just let the facts come out.

[randome]

10. Yeah.

[Rex]

12. Where did Will say he caught a suspect and has them in custody?

And what courthouse just wasted a lot of money, because of it? You do understand the difference I hope between a billion dollar corporation and Will Pitt?

[WinkyDink]

21. As we should hope to know the difference between ALL of DU and "a billion dollar corporation."

[Rex]

11. CNN helped create the banana republic

only fitting they get caught playing 'news outlet' at some point.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. will...this is way too close to you

Please, take a break.

For the record, in the off chance this is more than just one thing, listening to my local scanner traffic

For the record, i expect another unremarkable day in San Diego

[Zorra]

14. Liberals didn't nickname it "Conservative News Network" for nothin'.

CNN's grasp of fact, accuracy, and truth is indeed conservative.

[onenote]

15. CNN shares blame with a lot of other outlets

It would be rank speculation to assume that the bomb threat at the courthouse was directly related to CNN's reporting, as opposed to reporting by various other news sources, such as AP, that also screwed up mightily by stating that a suspect was in custody and expected to be brought to the Boston courthouse.

[Brother Buzz]

16. Kinda off topic, but why would a bombing suspect be taken to a Federal courthouse?

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play on on television, but I assumed murder was a State crime and would be handled by the State of Massachusetts.

[WilliamPitt]

17. Terrorism is a federal crime

[Brother Buzz]

18. Thanks, I'll keep my day job

[WilliamPitt]

19. :-)

[ChangeUp106]

20. **UPDATE**

NECN reporter on the scene just said that the evacuation was because of the gathering crowd. No bomb threat.