Via HuffPo, both Fox and CNN, in a rush to be the first to report on the healthcare ruling, came out saying that the mandate had been ruled unconstitutional. OOPS!
What's sad, is that the FOX News folks realized that they might have gotten it wrong only after reporter Megyn Kelly had read the SCOTUSblog!
All other news channels and outlets were taking their time parsing the entire ruling, but obviously the FOX folks had only read the first two pages (where Chief Roberts spoke for the majority that the healthcare law failed to meet the requirements under the commerce clause).
To top it off, Fox doubled down on their error:
Michael Clemente, Fox executive vice president of news and editorial, was unapologetic. "We gave our viewers the news as it happened ... Fox reported the facts, as they came in."Talk about pathetic. What he meant to say is, that Fox reported the faux news as they fabricated it.
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