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As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts

... Pressed with the awful urgency of the story, TV, along with other media, fell prey to reporting "facts" that were often in conflict or wrong. How many people were killed? Which Lanza brother was the shooter: Adam or Ryan? Was their mother, who was among the slain, a teacher at the school?

 

Time Magazine Suspends Fareed Zakaria for Plagiarizing

Fareed Zakaria

Time magazine and CNN suspended Fareed Zakaria, the writer and television host, on Friday after he apologized for plagiarizing sections of his column on gun control in the Aug. 20 issue of Time.

 

NBC News execs deny David Gregory is out at ‘Meet the Press’

Meet The Press

After a bad couple of weeks clunkily extracting Ann Curry as co-host of its morning infotainment show, NBC News found itself dealing with another unpleasant personnel report this week: David Gregory is on his way out as host of the network’s Sunday Beltway show, “Meet the Press.”

 

Mike Wallace, `60 Minutes' star interviewer, dies

Mike Wallace

CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make "60 Minutes" the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died. He was 93.

 

NBC News reportedly fires producer of edited George Zimmerman tape

NBC News has fired a producer who worked on a 'Today' show segment that featured a heavily edited 911 recording in which George Zimmerman appears to racially profile Trayvon Martin before the teen's shooting, according to The New York Times.

 

Larry King Gets Ratings Boost For Finale

Larry King drew 2.24 million viewers for his send-off last night, posting a rare time slot victory for his departing primetime talk show.

 

CNN's Larry King exits after 25 years

CNN's Larry King exits after 25 years

Larry King pulls down the curtain on his CNN talk show, "Larry King Live," after 25 years Thursday, cable television's once dominant voice now faded in a sea of sharp talkers....

 

After 25 years, King is giving up his CNN throne

After 25 years, King is giving up his CNN throne

Early last June, CNN celebrated 25 years of "Larry King Live" with a week of shows whose A-list guests included President Barack Obama, LeBron James, Bill Gates and Lady Gaga....

 

MSNBC to Lift Olbermann Suspension on Tuesday

MSNBC to Lift Olbermann Suspension on Tuesday

His program, “Countdown,” is a megaphone for Democrats and the most popular program on MSNBC.

 

CNN Axes Anchor Rick Sanchez After Anti-Jew & Anti-Jon Stewart Rant On The Radio

CNN Axes Anchor Rick Sanchez After Anti-Jew & Anti-Jon Stewart Rant On The Radio

CNN today fired anchor Rick Sanchez a day after Sanchez assailed The Daily Show host Jon Stewart as a "bigot" and suggested that CNN and the other networks are run by Jews. Sanchez made his rant Thursday on the Sirius XM radio show "Stand Up! with Pete Dominick". CNN acted within 24 hours. "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well," the Time Warner cable news channel said in a statement. Sanchez recently lost his afternoon show on CNN Rick's List, which is being replaced by CNN Newsroom. The Daily Show considered Sanchez an intellectual lightweight compared to CNN stars Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blizter and made him the butt of jokes, which Sanchez resented and thought was racist. (He's Hispanic.)

 

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