Gonzales: TV Follows Paper’s Lead

With all the gloom and doom scenarios about the state of the U.S. newspaper, print reporters still know how to break stories. The NYTimes’ Steven Lee Myers broke the story of the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this morning. The cable nets sourced the report soon after: CNN at 8:13amET, MSNBC at 8:14 and FNC at 8:16.

Two weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot had the story first, that Karl Rove would be leaving The White House.

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