I am subscribed to the CNN Breaking News list, and I periodically get messages like this:

U.S. troops launch assault on Baghdad international airport, wire services report. CNN is working to confirm.

So, they’re saying We don’t know if it’s true or not, but being first to deliver the news is more important than being right, so here’s our hunch.

These emails are also flawed because they link to the CNN home page.. so if you don’t read them until the next day, any relevance to that particular news flash is long gone from the home page.