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发帖数: 29846 | 1 June 29, 2012 | by Warner Todd Huston
Seven minutes of “f**king humiliation” is how one CNN staffer described
the morning faux pas the “most trusted name in news” made when it reported
that Chief Justice John Roberts overturned Obamacare’s mandate this
morning.
As the Supreme Court of the United States was delivering its long awaited
decision on Obamacare, CNN’s on-air news reader, 29-year-old Kate Bolduan,
breathlessly said that the healthcare mandate was struck down. And I do mean
breathlessly…
Kate Bolduan: We’re still going through the reading of the opinion, but
I want to bring you the breaking news that according to producer Bill Mears
, the individual mandate is not a valid, uh, not a valid exercise of the
Commerce Clause. So it appears as if the Supreme Court Justices have struck
down the individual mandate, the center piece of the healthcare legislation.
Not only did Miss Bolduan make CNN look bad but she also claimed that CNN’s
man inside the courtroom, Bill Mears, told her this misconstruction of the
facts over the phone. It doesn’t appear, though, that Mears actually said
the whole thing was struck down but that young Bolduan just didn’t
understand the complexities that Mears was trying to relate.
Bolduan simply jumped to a conclusion and went with it despite not
understanding what was going on.
Of course, the truth is that Chief Justice Roberts and the majority of the
SCOTUS Justices did not invalidate the mandate. Indeed, they upheld the
odious idea and further stated that all Obama’s pre-passage claims that
Obamacare is not a tax was simply untrue. Obamacare is a tax hike and the
biggest one in American history at that.
Naturally, as soon as Bolduan made this error on the air, the whole of CNN
went immediately into its previously written “news” that the mandate had
been struck down. For seven minutes CNN went with the wrong information
causing staffers to groan in embarrassment.
According to insiders, employees of CNN felt the too-quick jump to the wrong
reading of the SCOTUS ruling was “shameful.”
“Fu**ing humiliating,” said one CNN veteran. “We had a chance to
cover it right. And some people in here don’t get what a big deal getting
it wrong is. Morons.”
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“It’s outrageous and embarrassing,” a third CNN staffer vented. “
Maybe this will shake the company into understanding that CNN has not been
the ‘most trusted name in news’ for a very long time.”
Ultimately, just before noon eastern, CNN issued an apology for its error.
In his opinion, Chief Justice Roberts initially said that the individual
mandate was not a valid exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce
Clause. CNN reported that fact, but then wrongly reported that therefore the
court struck down the mandate as unconstitutional. However, that was not
the whole of the Court’s ruling. CNN regrets that it didn’t wait to report
out the full and complete opinion regarding the mandate. We made a
correction within a few minutes and apologize for the error.
The most trusted name in news gets another black eye. No wonder the cabler
has seen its worst ratings since 1991. | R*I
发帖数: 1840 | 2 其实读错了很正常，这是最近十年最古怪的判决。整个判决长达110页，John Roberts
先和保守派法官一起strike down国会用commerce clause强迫每个人买保险。John
Roberts用了个比喻，如果今天政府能强迫每个人买保险，那明天就会以健康为理由强
迫每个人买Brocoli。但是John Roberts笔锋一转，说其实政府可以对不买保险的人收
税，税收是宪法赋予国会的权利。在他看来，对不买保险的人罚款其实是收税，所以合
乎宪法。这个论断极其刀走边锋，以至于自由派法官Ginsburg要写一个concurrent
opinion，表示John Roberts strike down commerce clause是不对的
June 29, 2012 | by Warner Todd HustonSeven minutes of “f**king humiliation
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: June 29, 2012 | by Warner Todd Huston
: Seven minutes of “f**king humiliation” is how one CNN staffer described
: the morning faux pas the “most trusted name in news” made when it reported
: that Chief Justice John Roberts overturned Obamacare’s mandate this
: morning.
: As the Supreme Court of the United States was delivering its long awaited
: decision on Obamacare, CNN’s on-air news reader, 29-year-old Kate Bolduan,
: breathlessly said that the healthcare mandate was struck down. And I do mean
: breathlessly…
: Kate Bolduan: We’re still going through the reading of the opinion, but
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【在 R*I 的大作中提到】
: 其实读错了很正常，这是最近十年最古怪的判决。整个判决长达110页，John Roberts
: 先和保守派法官一起strike down国会用commerce clause强迫每个人买保险。John
: Roberts用了个比喻，如果今天政府能强迫每个人买保险，那明天就会以健康为理由强
: 迫每个人买Brocoli。但是John Roberts笔锋一转，说其实政府可以对不买保险的人收
: 税，税收是宪法赋予国会的权利。在他看来，对不买保险的人罚款其实是收税，所以合
: 乎宪法。这个论断极其刀走边锋，以至于自由派法官Ginsburg要写一个concurrent
: opinion，表示John Roberts strike down commerce clause是不对的
:
: June 29, 2012 | by Warner Todd HustonSeven minutes of “f**king humiliation
: ” is how one C........
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