The Twitterverse Opens Fire on CNN

When CNN lead by John King broke the news that there was an arrest in the Boston Marathon Bombings, Twitter lit up with traffic.​

The social media site was buzzing with the news that CNN was reporting. #CNN was trending and ​the Twitterverse was giving CNN all kinds of credit for the scoop. 

But, then the tides turned. CNN's report was wrong, John King was backpedalling ​faster than a politician and Twitter open fire on CNN with both barrels.

Here is just some of the thousands of Tweets lambasting CNN:

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