Romney Out: FNC is First, With The Source

Fox News was the first network to report the news that Mitt Romney would either withdraw from or suspend his Presidential race. Jane Skinner broke the news at 12:07pmET, while CNN was second at 12:13pmET. MSNBC first reported the news at 12:26pmET.

Time Magazine’s senior political analyst Mark Halperin broke the news on Time.com and was on FNC minutes later.

ABC’s Charles Gibson broke in to programming at 12:19 to report the Romney news; Randall Pinkston anchored a special report on CBS at 12:31, while Brian Williams broke in to NBC’s programming at 12:37.

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