CNN’s Jaw-Droppingly Awful Hour of Boston Bombing Coverage
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At 1:45 pm, CNN’s John King, citing a Boston law enforcement source, announces something he probably regrets now:
“I’ve just been told that an arrest has been made. We know they have identified a suspect based on surveillance video and they were then taking the further steps in the investigation. Just in to us and again, Fran Townsend has a second source and this is from one of her sources that an arrest has been made in this investigation. A dramatic shift.”
Yes, John King, dramatic indeed. Now that CNN has everyone’s attention, Fran Townsend backs up King’s Boston source with a federal source claiming an arrest had been made. Fran also adds this unconfirmed hunch…
