Hey, Not So Fast!

One of the early television news organizations had the slogan, "Get It First, and Get It Right." But what if your news organization can only get one out of two right? Which is more important?

For both CNN and Fox, the choice was to get the news about the Supreme Court decision over the Affordable Care Act out first. Unfortunately, they did not get the story right. NPR reports.

Questions...

•Why do you think CNN and Fox got this big story wrong?

•Did the SCOTUS blog help get the story wrong, or right?

•How is capitalistic competition between media outlets good? How is it bad?

•How does the need for profit affect judgment about what is "news"?