CNBC Adds 5 Years To Ebbers’ Sentence

Media Mob blogs: “As of this evening, CNBC is airing new ‘First on CNBC’ commercials, touting the network’s scoop this afternoon on the sentencing of WorldCom chief Bernie Ebbers. But the spots are understating just how exclusive the breaking-news report was: CNBC’s initial live bulletin announced that Ebbers had been sentenced to 30 years in prison — five years more than he actually got.” They corrected the report a few minutes later, Reuters picked it up and put the 30-year version on the wires, attributing it to CNBC…