June 28, 2012
It’s a sad, sad day for America’s “greatest news team.” Just minutes ago, in the rush to report the breaking news from the Supreme Court, CNN’s John King breathlessly told Wolf Blitzer that the court had struck down the individual mandate at the center of the health care reform law, calling it a “huge blow” to President Obama. And, as captured by Josh Nelson, from 10:11am to 10:18am, CNN.com had this pre-written headline and story up on its home page.
Meanwhile, at 10:08, Amy Howe of SCOTUSblog had already written, “The individual mandate survives as a tax.”
Just in case anyone blames Twitter or new media bloggers for the mistakes in coverage, let the record show who got it right and who got it wrong.