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The broadcast by a station of false information concerning a crime or catastrophe violates the FCC’s rules if:

The station licensee knew that the information was false;

Broadcasting the false information directly causes substantial public harm; and

It was foreseeable that broadcasting the false information would cause such harm

You can argue "substantial public harm" either way.

I still say it was a business decision.