Last week, when a new bin Laden videotape surfaced, Fox News and MSNBC beat CNN to the punch on coverage, to the tune of 30 minutes. At the time, Inside Cable News noted a case of "bad timing": CNN had recently severed its ties with Reuters, who got a hold of the tape and disseminated it to its clients at Fox and MSNBC.
As it turns out, there was more to the story. ICN has since made contact with...
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