All day there have been ferocious flurries of reports about whether or not there has been an arrest in the Boston Marathon bomb case. I caught this tweet of a concise recap of who got it right and who got it wrong:

I tweeted this in response: It appears that lefty, commie Marxist socialist Obama-owned MSNBC had more accurate reporting than other news sources. #CommercializedNews

It's been an embarrassment of scrambling news sources trying to justify their erroneous reporting. CNN much? Commercialized news strikes again, where profit trumps accuracy, and infotainment trumps real news.

Hey, remember when the Daily Show hammered CNN and Fox for their erroneous “unconstitutional mandate hyperventilation” over Supreme Court decision? Me too!

Snarky, hilarious, harsh, and even poignant tweets have been flying all over the Twitterverses about how news outlets seemed to be more concerned about getting a scoop than about accuracy in reporting. Here are a few that I caught (one is a RT by me of another tweet):

RT @acarvin: CNN guest: "Now he knows he's a suspect." Host: "How does he know that?" Guest: "Because we just reported it."

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) April 17, 2013

#CommercializedNews"@democratmachine: Suspect relieved to know that he's not under arrest, was a bit tense watching CNN"| v @laloalcaraz.

— GottaLaff (@GottaLaff) April 17, 2013

George tries to pick up a woman by claiming to be a cop that arrested a suspect in Boston case. CNN producer overhears it, runs it as fact.

— Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) April 17, 2013

What a shock if Fran Townsend got story wrong.

— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) April 17, 2013

Love this quote, Pete Williams just now on conflicting reports on Boston arrest: "Someone's right."

— Greg Mitchell (@GregMitch) April 17, 2013

RT @eastsiderj: CNN stumbles across secret to Fox News success:say a bunch of bullshit and it will surely get you attention.

— ProfB (@AntheaButler) April 17, 2013

Now check out this excerpt from an email from a TV industry executive, fresh from Politico:

It's not about getting to the truth or serving the public good, it's about who can make the wittiest joke to impress their friends. This is an important story for the nation, and reporters from organizations new and old are trying to cover it. People make mistakes.

Whatsamattayou? This isn't about getting to the truth!  Hey, people make mistakes! Even the so-called professionals who claim they're the ones who you can TRUST!

As you can see in the video, here's what the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Boston division had to say:

Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate. Since these stories often have unintended consequences, we ask the media, particularly at this early stage of the investigation, to exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting.