Let's not forget that of the three cable news networks, MSNBC was the only one that got it right the first time by giving Pete Williams the necessary time to digest just what was in the ruling. And when he was asked who voted what, he was honest enough to say he needed more time to figure that out.
If there's a "winner" in this morning's media coverage, it's MSNBC. On Jun 28, 5:10 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:35 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This should be more than just a little sidebar, mildly embarrassing. This > > > should be a major humiliation. CNN should fear that viewers will no > > longer > > > tune in to them to get credible information about important stories, > > since > > > they can not be trusted to get it right. Nothing should be more > > important to > > > the people who run CNN than making sure that something like this never, > > ever > > > happens. But of course in the contemporary climate, being accurate is way > > > down the list of priorities at CNN. > > > It happened in the middle of the morning and it was quickly corrected. > > I'm not in any way trying to justify what CNN did, but in the long > > term it is going to be forgotten. > > It won't be forgotten in the long term, it will be forgotten immediately. > That is the problem. > > It is not that any real harm was done (though there are reports that for a > few minutes the White House actually believed the SCOTUS had ruled against > them). It's what it tells us about how carelessly the newscasts do their > business on a regular basis. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
