Sen. Craig Audio Tape

All three cable news networks aired a five minute audio tape between Sen. Larry Craig and a sergeant from the Minneapolis airport police after his arrest for lewd conduct in June. MSNBC had the tape first at 4:42pmet, followed at 4:44 by FNC, and then CNN at 4:49.

>Correction: MSNBC actually aired the tape at 3:38pm, more than an hour before FNC & CNN.

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