FBI Releases Photos and Video
/Here is the video the FBI released of the suspects in the Boston Bombings.
Hmmmmm? Seems a Bit Strange...
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There's a rule in TV news that almost every station follows.
After a plane crash, all ad spots for airlines are pulled from the air. After a tornado rips through a town, stations pull spots for mobile home sales.
It's just basic standard operating procedure. You don't want to show the wreckage of a passenger jet on the newscast and then cut to a commercial for American Airlines (or any other airline for that matter).
So we found it a bit odd that after screwing up maybe the biggest story in their 33 years of existence, CNN has an ad on a website who's job it is to report on them.
More after the leap
Read MoreYou could use a smile This Week
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With the Boston Bombings, a fertilizer plant explosion, the gun debate and Chicago being washed away by floods....it has been a very busy but also very depressing week of news.
If you want to take 38 seconds out of your day, I promise this will put a smile on your face.
And to be honest, the way this week has gone, a quick smile might feel pretty good right now.
Fox, MSNBC Far apart on Gun Debate Story
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While CNN is busy reporting about arrests that never happened, MSNBC is all over the gun debate.
Fox News? Not so much.
The NY Times writes that President Obama hadn’t finished his first sentence on Wednesday when the Fox News Channel cut away from his Rose Garden remarks about the Senate’s defeat of a measure that would have expanded background checks for gun buyers.
Viewers were told they could watch the rest online if they wanted to. Then the hosts of “The Five,” the channel’s 5 p.m. talk show, resumed their conversation about liberal media bias.
More after the jump
Read MoreThe Most Busted Name in News
/Jon Stewart aims and fires at CNN and hits a bullseye:
CNN Born June 1, 1980 - Died April 17, 2013
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When CNN screwed up yesterday by reporting that there was an arrest in the Boston Marathon Bombing, you would have thought that the competition would be rejoicing.
And to some extent they were.
But as one top executive at another network said to FTVLive "CNN's inaccurate reporting gives all of us a black eye."
The executive says that a mistake this big will reflect bad on all Journalists.
The main fall guy in all of this is CNN's John King. King spent a lot of time on the air saying that a "dark skinned male" had been arrested in the bombing investigation.
But when John King coughed, the entire network caught the cold.
Watch the video of CNN doing a 180 on air after the jump
Read MoreThe Twitterverse Opens Fire on CNN
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When CNN lead by John King broke the news that there was an arrest in the Boston Marathon Bombings, Twitter lit up with traffic.
The social media site was buzzing with the news that CNN was reporting. #CNN was trending and the Twitterverse was giving CNN all kinds of credit for the scoop.
But, then the tides turned. CNN's report was wrong, John King was backpedalling faster than a politician and Twitter open fire on CNN with both barrels.
Read some of the thousands of Tweets lambasting CNN after the jump (some are really funny)
Read MoreFBI Scolds Media (CNN) in Statement
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The FBI cancelled their scheduled press conference that was set to start at 5PM yesterday evening.
The presser was then pushed back a few times, scheduled for 8PM and then finally canceled.
But the FBI did release a statement and it is clear that that are frustrated with the reporting (i.e. CNN) or the lack there of.
The statement after the hop
Read MoreCaught on Camera?
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The terrorist who planted the second Boston bomb has apparently been caught on a security camera.
WHDH (Boston) has obtained some footage that may show what maybe the bomber running away from the scene after the blast.
Video obtained by the FBI shows the suspect placing a bag near the Lord and Taylor department store while talking on a cellphone moments before the twin blasts ripped though the city center, killing three and injuring more than 180.
The unidentified man is also captured using his phone at the moment the first explosion detonated 100 yards away on Boylston Street on Monday and 12 seconds before the second blast close to where he is standing.
More after the leap
Read MoreWeatherman's GF Busted for Assaulting Him
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It appears that troubled Weatherman Mark Mathis has had another run in with the law, but this time he's the victim.
Police arrested Sara Horowitz after they say she punched and kicked her boyfriend, Mark Mathis.
Word is that the El Paso TV weatherman and Horowitz started arguing. According to cops, things escalated and Sara allegedly punched and kicked Mark, breaking his glasses and scratching his face.
More after the bounce
Read MoreAnchor Shake Up at NBC San Diego
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SoCal sources tell FTVLive that KNSD NBC San Diego Noon Anchor Mari Payton (pictured) is being bumped down to the reporter ranks.
Word is that Afternoon/Evening Anchor Christine Haas is replacing her.
Haas currently anchors the 4pm and 5pm newscats and will be adding the Noon show starting on Monday.
Our source claims that low ratings are the reason for the change.
Signing off in Buffalo
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After 40 years at the station, WGRZ Sports Director Ed Kilgore was given a couple of minutes to say goodbye.
Kilgore is leaving to work for the guy that owns the NHL Buffalo Sabres and he was supposed to sign off at the end of the May book.
But, after some conflicts between his new job and his old one, that time frame was pushed up to last night.
Kilgore made light of the fact he only got a couple of minutes to say good bye and then rolled a tape of some of his career's highlights.
His sign off video after the leap
Read MoreFox Twin Cities Debuts new News Set
/KMSP Fox 9 in Minneapolis took the wraps off a new news set and it looks amazing.
The station set up a time lapse camera and you can watch the old set being torn down and the new one rising from the ashes.
The set was designed by the Devlin Design Group.
Here's the video:
Robin Roberts Admitted to Hospital
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In a Facebook post, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts said that she was admitted back in the hospital after falling ill on vacation.
She plays down the illness and said she will be taking the rest of this week off.
She expects to be back on GMA next week.
What Roberts wrote on her Facebook after the hop
Read MoreAnn Curry has Been Ostracized from NBC News
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The NY Times Brian Stelter has a book coming out about the Network Morning shows and the Ann Curry Debacle at NBC.
Today the Times has a long excerpt from the book.
Talking about Curry being booted from Today, Stelter writes Curry was now NBC’s “national and international correspondent” and the anchor at large for “Today,” but these titles seemed honorary. Curry had appeared on “Today” only a handful of times since her ouster. She had no role in NBC’s coverage of election night or Inauguration Day. She taped a few stories for “Rock Center,” the prime-time newsmagazine show, but as she explained on Twitter, her bosses kept rescheduling them. Curry had moved to an office on the 27th floor of 30 Rock, far from her NBC News bosses on the third floor. On this morning, she was at work on a short “NBC Nightly News” segment about the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. It would be only her sixth appearance on the network all year.
Al Jazerra America May Delay Launch
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f you're like me, I'm betting that you just can't wait until Al Jazerra America gets on the air.
OK...maybe not.
But if you are waiting for the former Current TV will hit the air, you might be waiting longer than expected.
The NY Post says that more than three months after buying Al Gore’s Current TV with a grand vision of launching a US-focused network, Al Jazeera’s plans are still not ready for prime time.
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