FNC was the first cabler to report that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will release the 15 British sailors.
Bill Hemmer reported the news from London at 9:10am. CNN and MSNBC reported the news at 9:12am, two minutes later.
> Also: FNC’s Amy Kellogg was the only major U.S. TV correspondent in Iran at the press conference with Ahmadinejad and who was able to ask a question…
> Update: 3pm: “CNN got smoked in a big way this morning,” an e-mailer says. “Christiane Amanpour is their face for international news yet Amy Kellogg stole her thunder in a huge way by having a major presence at the Iranian press conference while Christiane was in some remote studio…”
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