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http://news.yahoo.com/news-organizat...153303079.html
It was a particularly embarrassing muff for CNN, which has suffered through one of its worst ratings quarters in several years, primarily due to a paucity of big news. The network eagerly awaited the Supreme Court's decision Thursday, running a "countdown clock" on its screen during the morning ticking down to 10 a.m.
Anchor Wolf Blitzer and reporter Kate Bolduan quickly reported that the health care law was struck down, based on a reading of Chief Justice John Roberts' decision that the mandate was not a valid exercise of congressional power under the commerce clause. Later in the reading, the justices found other reasons for upholding that portion of the law.
CNN's screen read: "Supreme Ct. Kills Individual Mandate."
"The court striking down that mandate is a dramatic blow to the president," said John King, CNN reporter.
The network also sent an email reporting that the mandate had been struck down and posted the news on Twitter.
By 10:13 a.m., some doubt had seeped in and the onscreen headline read: "Supreme Court Rules on Obama Law."
"Let's take a deep breath and see what the justices actually decided," Blitzer said. "It could be more complicated than we originally thought."
By 10:15, the network was reporting that the entire law had been upheld, and King called it "a huge, huge victory for President Obama."
bottom of the barrel news channel
I like CNN lol.. but they definitely flubbed this one. Those bad earnings/ratings is why they are so desperate to drop the news first, tbh.
tbh, "news" on TV are pretty much unwatchable these days
President Barack Obama was standing outside the Oval Office shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, when he saw CNN and FOX reports that the individual mandate, the heart of his health care law, had been overturned by the Roberts court.
A bit crestfallen and anxious for more detail, Obama stood watching the four monitors in the outer Oval Office. A minute later, he was joined by White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, who flashed a double-thumbs-up and informed him the report was wrong.
Obama was confused by the cognitive dissonance... How did Ruemmler find out CNN was wrong? First, a lawyer in the court reported back on Justice John Roberts’ speech from the bench. But she confirmed the staffer’s opinion by reading a post on the widely-read SCOTUSBLOG, an official said.
Even after all the embarrassment and ridicule it has suffered today, this is almost certainly the worst news of the day for CNN. There is nothing worse than having it made public that CNN was responsible for misinforming the President of the United States.
Kate bolduan is deeeeeelish
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