CNN and Fox Report the Health Care Mandate 'Struck Down'
In the first minutes after the Supreme Court's ACA ruling, CNN and Fox News reported that the Court had struck down the individual mandate.
The false bulletin briefly handed opponents of the Affordable Care Act a victory they did not win.
What was reported
In the first minutes after the Supreme Court's ACA ruling, CNN and Fox News reported that the Court had struck down the individual mandate.
What actually happened
Both networks seized on Chief Justice Roberts' finding that the mandate was not valid under the Commerce Clause and broadcast that it had been struck down, without reading on to the part upholding it as a tax. CNN corrected within minutes and said it regretted not waiting for the full opinion; Fox issued a statement defending its reporting as facts as they came in.
The proof
The ruling upheld the mandate; CNN issued an on-record statement of regret and correction, reported by Poynter.
The receipt. Copy this and paste it anywhere:
CNN and Fox Report the Health Care Mandate 'Struck Down' — Retracted. The ruling upheld the mandate; CNN issued an on-record statement of regret and correction, reported by Poynter. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/cnn-fox-aca-mandate-struck-down-2012/
Original reporting
- Washington Times (AP, secondary): Rush to report health ruling trips up CNN, Foxhttps://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/rush-to-report-us-health-ruling-trips-up-cnn-fox/
Corrections, findings & records
- Poynter: CNN issues correction, Fox issues statementhttps://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2012/cnn-issues-correction-fox-issue-statement-on-supreme-court-reporting-mistakes/
- NPR: CNN, Fox mistakenly report health care law overturnedhttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/06/28/155916373/they-got-it-wrong-cnn-fox-mistakenly-report-health-care-law-overturned
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: Washington Times (AP, secondary): Rush to report health ruling trips up CNN, Foxhttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/rush-to-report-us-health-ruling-trips-up-cnn-fox/