Rush to report US health ruling trips up CNN, Fox

[maddezmom]

NEW YORK — In the rush to report the Supreme Court's health care decision on Thursday, CNN and Fox News Channel initially got the story wrong, briefly worrying President Barack Obama, delighting Republican lawmakers and reminding journalists that accuracy trumps speed.

It was an excruciating test for reporters who were handed a 59-page decision choked with legalese and asked to report its meaning almost instantly.

Bloomberg News and The Associated Press were the first reporting the news — correctly, at 10:07 a.m. EST — that the court upheld most of Obama's health care overhaul and a mandate that nearly every American have health insurance. They were followed by Reuters and the SCOTUSblog.

The New York Times made a point of tweeting that reporters and editors were analyzing the decision and would write when comfortable it had the nuances correct, and tweeted the news first at 10:20 a.m.

more: http://online.wsj.com/article/AP7fb98cdd01154a4d844b1bfc5d3270cd.html

[Hokie]

1. This probably shows that the news channels didn't ...

learn a damn thing from the election in 2000. I am glad I went to SCOTUSBlog and here to get the correct news.

[Hoyt]

4. Although posters quickly set things right here, the first reports here were based on CNN's failure

to read/understand the decision.

When I saw "mandate struck down" here, I was about to sink into major depression. Then, the good members started coming through with the correct results. It was actually an exciting few minutes.

[liberal N proud]

2. CNN the least trusted news

And FOX, never fair and never balanced.

This is all a result of the rush to be the first with the story. The non journalist that prevail in todays media don't verify their stories, they just rush to air the first things they hear and worry not about facts.

[amerciti001]

3. Fox News getting it wrong is understandable...

but CNN, I've always figured that CNN had a slight ( whispered... conservative leaning), but today it was there for all of US to see. That's why I've not watched nor has depended on CNN Cable News, for my news source in years..., I figure out years ago that CNN was NOT as "fair and balanced" as it should have been. Today I've vindicated myself, as I've stated-"I've not watched nor has depended on CNN Cable News, for my news source in years...,"

[Hoyt]

5. For kicks, I tuned into FOX late last night -- they still had it wrong.

What a bunch of flatearters/birthers/racists.

[Doctor_J]

6. Should read "Rush to celebrate defeat for president humiliates CNN, Fox"

[amerciti001]

7. Fox News getting it wrong is understandable...!?

but CNN, I've always figured that CNN had a slight ( whispered... conservative leaning), but today it was there for all of US to see.

That's why I've not watched nor has depended on CNN Cable News, for my news source in years..., I figure out years ago that CNN was NOT as "fair and balanced" as it should have been.

Today I've vindicated myself, as I've stated-"I've not watched nor has depended on CNN Cable News, for my news source in years...,"