Pretty simple stuff really to report a decision announced from the bench of the United States Supreme Court. Unless, of course, in a vainglorious effort to be first, one of your news moles rushes out of the court chamber while Chief Justice John Roberts is making a labored announcement of the decision—before he gets to the punch line. Both CNN and Fox were offenders this morning. Poynter has assembled a collection of screen shots. NPR has a summary of the cablers’ “Dewey defeats Truman” embarrassment.
