AP's Twitter Account Hack, Stocks Drop

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AP's Twitter Account Hack, Stocks Drop

The Associated Press Twitter account posted "Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured."

The news wire has since confirmed its account has been hijacked, referring to the tweet in question as "bogus."

But effects of the major hack — not the first to impact a news agency on Twitter were being felt. The Dow plummeted nearly 100 points following the worrying tweet, though stocks have largely bounced back from the dive.

​Who's behind the hack? More after the jump  

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Winners and Losers of Boston Bombing Coverage

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Winners and Losers of Boston Bombing Coverage

Just about everyone would agree that the Boston Marathon Bombing and the coverage that followed was not exactly TV News's finest moment.​

A number of bad reports, wrong information and just plain not very good reporting, gave TV news a bit of a shiner. ​

But there was some good to be had out of Boston.​

FTVLive breaks down the winners and losers for last week's coverage.

Who was a winner and who was the losers, after the jump   ​

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Doh! Dallas Station Accuses Actress of Boston Bombings

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Doh! Dallas Station Accuses Actress of Boston Bombings

​The media mistakes in covering the Boston Bombings have been more than anyone would want to admit it.

But, one Dallas station may have made the most embarrassing ​mistake of all.

KDFW the local Fox affiliate fingered popular "New Girl" actress Zooey Deschanel as a suspect in last week’s tragic Boston Marathon bombing.

​See the screen shot and the Tweet from the Actress about the Dallas station's mistake after the leap 

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Letterman's Top 10 is About Fired Anchor

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Letterman's Top 10 is About Fired Anchor

Not many TV anchors can say they were fired after only anchoring one show.​

Then again, not many TV anchors can say they made David Letterman's Top 10 list after anchoring on one show. ​

Letterman set his sights on fired Bismark Anchor A.J. Clemente with his Top 10 list:​

Top Ten Signs Your First Day As A News Anchor Didn't Go Well

10. Well, you're wearing two neckties

9. Kept mispronouncing your own name

8. Weatherman tells you to expect an 80% chance of unemployment

7. Your tearful, on-air admission of falsifying your resume

Read the rest of the Top 10 after the leap ​

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No Reese for GMA

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It could have been a ratings hit, ​Reese Witherspoon was scheduled to be on Good Morning America this week.

Normally that would not have been that big a deal, but with her recent arrest the appearance ​could have pulled a really good number. 

Witherspoon was arrested over the Weekend when her husband got pulled over on suspicion of DUI, and she got busted for playing the “Do you KNOW who I am?” card. She wound up being arrested for disorderly conduct. ​

She not only canceled her appearance ​on GMA this week, but she flaked out on Jimmy Fallon's show as well.

It looks like Resse might be falling to pieces.​

Sorry....couldn't resist.​

Ann Curry Splitting Hairs

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Ann Curry Splitting Hairs

Did Ann Curry cut her hair, just to piss off the bosses at NBC?

If you believe Radar Online then yes she did.​

The site reports that in an act of defiance, amidst criticism by former Today bosses about her physical appearance, Ann Curry debuted a sassy much shorter hairdo on air Friday, without informing network honchos, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Curry’s style was often maligned by Today colleagues.

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Lunch is on Us

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Lunch is on Us

The media folks in Boston had one hell of a week.​

Covering the marathon bombings and the aftermath became a 24/7 job for many members of the media.  ​

And while there were some mistakes, often the coverage was very good. The Boston Globe was picked out as one of those that stayed on top of the story from start to finish.​

The Chicago Tribune was impressed enough with the hard working gang at The Globe that they decided to buy them lunch.​

The Tribune sent dozens of pizzas to The Boston Globe ​newsroom and attached this note:

​See the nice gesture and read the note after the jump  

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CNN's Self Inflicted Wound

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CNN's Self Inflicted Wound

FTVLive has been reporting about CNN's colossal ​mistakes made during the coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing story.

We pointed out that it could take years for CNN to recover.​

It looks like the NY Times David Carr is seeing the same thing.​

Carr writes that when I woke up on Friday morning and found out there was a manhunt in the Boston area for the remaining suspect in Monday’s bombing at the marathon, I turned on CNN.

It’s a common impulse, although less common than it used to be.

More after the skip  ​

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NY Times Pans Book by it's Own Reporter

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NY Times Pans Book by it's Own Reporter

FTVLive got an advance copy of NY Times Reporter Brian Stelter's new book "Top of the Morning" and just over half way through it.​

At the half way point, we can say that we think it's a very good read, especially for people working in the crazy world of TV.​

Stelter takes you behind the scenes of the Today Show debacle and tells you about how the internal politics that lead to the Today Show's fall from grace in the ratings.​

FTVLive defiantly ​recommends "Top of the Morning" and we think you will enjoy it.

​As for the NY Times (the company that Stelter works for) they panned the book.

​More on what The Times said out the book in their review. 

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Settlement reached in Anchor's Lawsuit

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Settlement reached in Anchor's Lawsuit

A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit involving Fargo anchorwoman Robin Huebner, who accused a former employer of discriminating against her on the basis of age and gender.

But it looks like we won't be finding out who got what?​

In an order filed in U.S. District Court in Fargo, Judge Ralph Erickson alludes to a settlement reached by the parties, but available court records disclose no details.

Gina Janeiro, an attorney for Hoak Media, the defendant in the case, confirmed this afternoon that a settlement had been reached, but declined to provide details, stating that the parties would issue a joint statement later.

More after the hop  ​

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Slow Reflexs Means Reporter Gets Wet

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Slow Reflexs Means Reporter Gets Wet

Sometimes you have to be quick on your feet.​

A Reporter for Fox Sports Milwaukee was interviewing Milwaukee Brewers player 

Carlos Gomez.

Gomez got some big hits to help his Brewers to a dramatic win over the San Francisco Giants Wednesday night.  Teammate Ryan Braun was going to throw water on Gomez, but he saw it coming and got out of the way.

The Reporter did not. ​

Video after the jump  ​

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Over 40 Million Watch Last Hour of Boston Manhunt

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The Boston Manhunt pulled in nearly 42 million viewers for the last hour. 

Nielsen estimates that from 8-9PM on Friday, viewership more than doubled a normal Friday night.  

During the 8 p.m. hour, NBC's coverage was tops in the ratings with 10.7 million viewers.

ABC had 7.8 million viewers for that hour, Fox News Channel had 7.6 million, CBS had 6.9 million, CNN had 6.8 million.

MSNBC which really does not employ any journalist on staff and surley not in Prime Time pulled a measly 1.7 million viewers. 

Ouch!​

Fired Tribune Staffer Now Fired from Reuters

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Fired Tribune Staffer Now Fired from Reuters

Matthew Keys, the Reuters editor who isunder indictment for his alleged collaboration with the Anonymous hacking group, was fired on Monday.

Keys himself tweeted the news. He had already been suspended as the wire service's deputy social media editor. He has been accused of providing Anonymous with information that helped it hack into the Tribune company's servers.

Keys did not say exactly why he was fired, though he told someone it was "not correct" to say that he was let go in connection with his indictment. He did say that he would be fighting the dismissal.

Read more after the bounce ​

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First on FTV: SoCal Anchor "Promoted" to I-Team

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First on FTV: SoCal Anchor "Promoted" to I-Team

FTVLive FIRST told you back on the 18th that KNSD NBC San Diego Noon Anchor Mari Payton (pictured) is being bumped down to the reporter ranks.

Today the station tried to spin the demotion as a promotion. The announced that it will be "enhancing" its “I-Team” investigative reporting unit by dedicating two additional full-time staffers, Mari Payton as lead reporter and Wendy Fry as producer.

Payton currently works on investigative pieces part-time along with her midday anchor duties and Fry works on the assignment desk. With the additional allocation of resources to investigative journalism, Christine Haas, currently anchoring the 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts, will expand her anchor duties to include the midday newscast.​

FTVLive FIRST reported that Hass would be taking over for ​Payton.

The obligatory B.S. Quotes after the jump  ​

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That was Quick...

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FTVLive told you early this morning about A.J. Clemente's first night at the anchor desk for Bismarck NBC affiliate KFYR.

His first day anchoring and his first words on air were "Fuckin' Shit."​

We also told you that the station suspended A.J. after incident. Well now he's fired.​

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The good is he goes into the record books for having the shortest anchor job of all time. 

​The video and other details can be found here