Now Fox Business Network’s Charlie Gasparino has been busted for the same thing. Once again, MSNBC.com’s Bill Dedman caught the error, and received a statement from Gasparino and FBN:

When asked on Tuesday in which year he was nominated, former boxer Gasparino jabbed back in a one-line email: “I was nominated by the wsj sir.”

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A Fox spokeswoman also sent over a statement:

“The Wall Street Journal submitted Charlie Gasparino’s reporting of Wall Street research scandals to the Pulitzer Board in 2002,” said the statement from Kevin Magee, executive vice president of Fox Business Network. “While Fox Business never claimed he was a finalist for the award, we’ve clarified his bio to reflect the submission as opposed to a nomination.”

To reiterate, anyone can be a Pulitzer “nominee,” all you need is enough cash for the submission fee. The Pulitzer Committee selects “finalists” (which neither Liu nor Gasparino have ever been) and names one of them a “winner.” Both Liu and Gasparino had their work submitted by their editors, which is an honor within their respective news outlets, but not quite at the level of “Pulitzer Prize Nominee.”

Update: FBN executive VP Kevin Magee tells TVNewser that this whole issue is “A tempest in a thimble.”

“I just think this whole thing is a tempest in a thimble at this point,” Magee tells us. “What we are talking about is the use of the word ‘nominated,’ Charlie was lucky enough, or worked hard enough to have his work selected by the Wall Street Journal editors to be submitted to the Pulitzer committee. It was never anything more than that, I would probably call that nominated myself.  We both found out last week that they prefer you not call that nominated. So we changed his  bio and his references, it was not a big deal for us and not a big deal for him. It is a gigantic honor to have your work chosen by the editors of the Wall Street Journal, and he is justifiably proud of that, as are we for that matter.”

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In numbers just released, the ABC News show topped NBC’s “The Tonight Show” by the largest gaps in 17 years: in A25-54 demo (by +180,000 viewers), in the A18-49 demo (by +199,000) and in Total Viewers (by +333,000).

“Nightline” also won the week of June 18. Those numbers after the jump…

ABC’s ratings are based on a 25-minute broadcast, while CBS and NBC are based on approximately :50 minutes (prior to the final national commercial break of each program).

Q2 2012:

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• Total day: FNC: 391 | MSNBC: 221 | CNN: 170 | HLN: 90

• Primetime: FNC: 500 | MSNBC: 379 | CNN: 182 | HLN: 117

	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:	12a:
FNC	TheFive:	Baier:	Shep:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:	Greta:	O’Reilly:	Hannity:
	388	382	438	577	503	421	403	340
MSNBC	Matthews:	Sharpton:	Matthews:	EdShow:	Maddow:	O’Donnell:	EdShow:	Maddow:
	193	207	289	308	459	361	185	181
CNN	Blitzer:	KingUSA:	Burnett:	Cooper:	Morgan:	Cooper:	Burnett:	Morgan:
	226	215	133	206	174	165	108	117
HLN	Express:	Express:	VelezMitchell:	Grace:	DrDrew:	Grace:	Showbiz:	DrDrew:
	41	43	52	127	121	104	161	77

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Fox News – 2.934 Total Viewers / 676K A25-54
CNN – 1.065 / 348K
MSNBC – 848 / 222K

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NBC News threw a party last night, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its primetime newsmagazine “Dateline.”

While the mood was celebratory, it was hard to escape the elephant in the room. In an address to guests at the event, senior EP David Corvo paid tribute to a number of former “Dateline” staffers, including former anchor Ann Curry who bid farewell to the “Today” show earlier in the day.

“Ann had her own sweet, persistent way of coming into my office, day after day, trying to push us to do certain types of stories that we weren’t doing,” Corvo said. “Her legacy probably on the show more than anything else is ‘America Now,’ which has gotten a lot of awards, was fun to produce and made a difference in some people’s lives, which is what Ann is dedicated to.”

Dateline EP Liz Cole likened the party to a “family reunion,” and it did feel that way. TVNewser spotted Hoda Kotb (who at one point danced in the DJ booth), correspondents Chris Hansen, and Keith Morrison, original anchor Jane Pauley (but not Stone Phillips) and former “Dateline” correspondent and current Fox News anchor Jon Scott. The event, held at Catch in New York’s Meatpacking District, was the second 20th anniversary party for the series in less than a year (see our report from the first one, here). Former NBC News president and “Dateline” EP Neal Shapiro was there, as was current NBC News chief Steve Capus, who praised the program:

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Guthrie, who co-anchored the program this morning, will officially debut on July 9. The announcement of her promotion comes a day after Ann Curry‘s tearful farewell to “Today” after just a year as Matt Lauer‘s co-anchor.

In a statement, “Today” show executive producer Jim Bell called Guthrie a “standout,” praising her “one-of-a-kind combination of sharp wit and approachability.”

“I’m thrilled to welcome Savannah as our newest co-anchor, and along with Matt, Al and Natalie, we’ve got the best morning team in the business,” he said.

Guthrie has been the program’s 9am co-host since June 2011. NBC did not announce who will succeed her in that role.

Guthrie joined NBC in 2007. Before joining “Today,” she spent three years as the network’s chief White House correspondent. In her new role, she will remain chief legal correspondent for NBC.

More from Bell, and from NBC News president Steve Capus, in the full release after the jump.

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That clip was an interview with Vicki Kennedy, the wife of former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the subject was health care reform.

“This is my last day anchoring this program. Like the first day, health care reform was the day’s driving story,” King said, setting up the clip.

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King ended the show with a back and forth with correspondent Kate Bolduan:

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Stripped from this morning’s show, the custom announcement with the anchors names, instead, this aired:

“From NBC News, this is ‘Today,’ live from studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza.”

Lauer and Guthrie welcomed viewers then got right to the news.

As for the future of the show, there’s no news there yet. At a party for “Dateline NBC’s” 20th anniversary last night, NBC News president Steve Capus did not give the timing or details of Curry’s permanent replacement, expected to be Guthrie. (Alex will have more on the party later).

One more note: this egregious error in this morning’s New York Times. TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote about Curry’s final show, and included this about a highlight reel, which never aired, not on the East Coast or in any other version of the show:

Highlight reels are the gold watch of television news, and “Today” showed a long, affectionate one of Ms. Curry, from her first days in local news to her trip to the South Pole, where she planted the NBC flag. It included goofy moments clowning on the set, and also a tableau that seemed — under the circumstances — somewhat insensitive. Ms. Curry, ebullient as ever, leaned in to Mr. Lauer, who was wearing an arm sling. “Don’t come anywhere near me with a hug,” he said, jokingly, but perhaps not entirely so.

A “Today” spokesperson tells us there was no highlight reel, not even on standby. For what it’s worth, the online version of Stanley’s story already has two corrections.

> Update: The Times has corrected Stanley’s story. What she saw, which is available on Today.com, was a highlight reel used on Curry’s first day, June 9, 2011, not her last.

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Sawyer previewed the segment by saying “Tonight ABC News has learned that arson could be to blame” for the fires, throwing to a packaged story from reporter Alex Perez.

Perez said “The FBI and local authorities have yet to pinpoint what started the wild fire, but in an exclusive interview the county undersheriff tells us investigators believe this was arson,” featuring a brief clip of undersheriff Paula Presley saying “This in many ways is a type of terrorism, where someone is trying to destroy an entire city.”

In a statement, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department took issue with the report: “The comments that ABC chose to air during the broadcast were taken out of context and misrepresented the facts. The cause of this fire is not yet known.” The full statement is after the jump.

ABC News said in a statement: “The introduction to the report notes that arson ‘could be to blame’ and the report says clearly that ‘FBI and local authorities have yet to pinpoint what started the wild fire.’ The rest of the report should have been consistent. We regret this and a full transcript of the sheriff’s remarks has been posted online and our subsequent report on GMA clarified this further.”

The full transcript of the interview shows that Presley repeatedly said that the origin of the fire needs to be investigated before any conclusions can be drawn. The closest she came to suggesting arson could be to blame was this statement:

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The Washington Post has the memo from CNN DC bureau chief Sam Feist, who told staff:

Today we failed to adhere to our own standard, namely it’s better to be right than to be first. We take mistakes seriously, especially mistakes on such important stories. We are looking into exactly what happened and we will learn from it.

Feist went on to note that the network corrected itself on every platform, and that its coverage after 10:20 was of an extremely high quality.

Poynter has the memo from CNN Digital managing editor and VP Meredith Artley, who said:
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Jon Stewart didn’t disappoint last night, with most of his ire directed at CNN:

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“The Colbert Report” also dedicated a segment to the gaffes:

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“Fox News Sunday” was in fourth place in total viewers, but fifth place in the demo, while Univision’s “Al Punto” was fourth in the demo, and fifth in total viewers.

Compared to the same week last year, CBS and Fox were down in both total and demo viewers, NBC was up in total viewers and down in the demo, while Univision and ABC were up across the board.

Cable news replays of “Fox News Sunday” averaged a combined 2.63M total viewers and 602,000 A25-54 viewers..

“Face the Nation” is based on the first half-hour only, as the full contiguous hour airs in just 65% of the country.

The numbers for June 24:

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All three shows are down compared to the same week last year, which was Ann Curry‘s second week as co-host.

For the just completed second quarter, “Today” held a +72,000 viewer lead and a larger +241,000 A25-54 viewer lead. “Today” continues its streak as the #1 show in younger viewers now at 895 straight weeks. But this is closest “GMA” has been in 17 years. “GMA” also experienced its most-watched second quarter since 2005.

The averages for the week of June 18:

• Total Viewers: NBC: 4.59M / ABC: 4.46M / CBS: 2.14M

• A25-54 viewers: NBC: 1.84M / ABC: 1.63M / CBS: 759K

The averages for Q2 2012:

• Total Viewers: NBC: 5.03M / ABC: 4.95M / CBS: 2.43M

• A25-54 viewers: NBC: 2.16M / ABC: 1.92M / CBS: 950K

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