The perils of breaking news

July 9, 2012 in breaking news, College Media, General Media, industry news

U.S. Supreme Court building.

U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This post from SCOTUSblog is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what went on at the U.S. Supreme Court the day of the ruling on the PPACA health insurance reform law. #

The gist of it is that through a series of human snafus and the desperate need to get the news as fast as possible, two major news networks ended up with egg on their faces. #

Yet another cautionary tale that it’s better to be right than first. Which is sort of interesting to me, considering I captured this bit of sage advice from Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a couple of weeks ago:
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