Fox News Reports Breaking News… That Was Broken 18 Months Ago

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by Steve Krakauer | 2:14 pm, March 18th, 2010

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The Casey Anthony trial is going on right now, and FNC’s Harris Faulkner reported some “breaking news” this afternoon that ABC News had paid Anthony $200,000.

Unfortunately, this news was broken 18 months ago.

Faulkner is live from the “breaking news desk” with the news. “Something was confirmed that had only been rumored before, where did she get all the money to pay the attorney’s up til now,” she said.

Interesting – and yes, this was now said under oath. But here’s what I reported at TVNewser in September 2008:

Still, much of the focus turned to ABC News. The network aired exclusive home video footage of the Anthony family on GMA Friday morning and on 20/20 Friday night. The Orlando Sentinel’s Hal Boedecker was first to report, “ABC News did not pay for interviews or the home video…but ABC News told me that it did license the home videos and photographs.”

An ABC News insider tells TVNewser the network paid $200,000 to license “several hours worth of home videos.” The insider also says NBC was involved in a bidding war for the footage. A second source inside ABC tells TVNewser all three broadcast networks bid on the material which was eventually licensed to ABC.

We don’t blame Faulkner – she’s just reporting it. Also, to be fair, MSNBC reported the news as well (not breaking). But shouldn’t there be a little vetting before the breaking news scroll gets used?

Here’s the “breaking news” report:

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AikidoJoe

With every stupid, “omg look at what FOX just did” post like this I see here, this site gets one step closer to being taken off of my Firefox tabs. Who cares? FOX put “breaking news” on the screen. MSNBC didn’t. It doesn’t matter.

Anything you can think of to take a dig at FOX. Right, Steve? Why don’t you make another post and use the headline ” MSNBC reports on story that was broken 18 months ago”? Hack.
Moderate

“confirmed that had only been rumored”

When Steve reports it, it is a rumor, when it becomes official, it is breaking news.
JVM Fan

I heard prosecutors discovered 50 mystery letters from Casey Anthony to another woman behind bars. Jane Velez-Mitchell will cover it tonight on her show “Issues” (Headline News Channel)
The Real Royal King

It still doesn’t top FOX’s BREATHLESS BREAKING BULLETIN that WMD’s had been found in Iraq. We’ll all remember and not soon forget that one.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joshua-Stears/30802426 Joshua Stears

It’s not a dig at Fox, it’s further pointing out their lack of journalistic standards and credibility. At the least, their cyron people need to be slapped around for the numerous spelling errors and their research staff needs to get their eyes checked.
felixw

The Left would prefer to correct the tiniest error on Fox rather than discuss the President’s record of achievement. Hey, who can blame them?

With any luck, someone on Fox will mis-spell a word today, so that the leftwing media has something to report tomorrow. They prefer anything, no matter how small, to discussing the various trillion dollar, 2,000 page, pork-laden bills passed without being read that will be this administrations lasting legacy.
blueblogger

And today’s hearing was to decide if WE the taxpayers of FLORIDA are going to have to pay for this mess. It will be millions of dollars.
blueblogger

Let me add that the deal will be that we will not only pay to proscute her of which we have already paid millions but for her DEFENSE also!!!!
StewartIII

TVNewser thought it was news today.
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TVNewser: Lawyers Reveal ABC News Paid $200,000 to Casey Anthony Family
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/lawyers_reveal_abc_news_paid_200000_to_casey_anthony_family_155547.asp
TylerDurdin

Sorry libs, FOX’s story was how casey now has no more money as her attornys said TODAY, not what ABC did 18 months ago.
Nachi

The Anthony Family. The real essence of Murcuhn interest today.