Mediagazer: ABC's @JakeTapper Rebuts @ABCWorldNews Over False SCOTUS Nominee Tweet (UPDATED) (Glynnis MacNicol/Mediaite)

4:20 PM ET, April 28, 2010

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:

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Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:

ABC's @JakeTapper Rebuts @ABCWorldNews Over False SCOTUS Nominee Tweet (UPDATED) — Wow. Looking for an example of how fast news flies and how journalists are one man operations these days? Look no further. Check out this fascinating exchange, on Twitter, between ABC News' Jake Tapper and the ABC World News Twitter feed.

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