Online Writing Exercise

I chose the second exercise of following one story through three separate sources and originally I chose the story of Emily Sander, the college student who went missing on Nov 23. I found the story on AOL news, MSNBC news and ABC news and then I realized that every story was the exact same, bought from the Associated Press. The only difference was in the subline (is that right?)

AOL - nonexistent
ABC - "police in Kansas identify found body as missing 18-year-old college student Emily Sander"
MSNBC - "cause of death of 18-year-old who was also a web porn model, sealed

I personally found MSNBC's approach very tacky. Yes Emily Sander was a porn model but more importantly she was a college student who was missing and then found dead. MSNBC's tactics seem much more driven by the need to sell drama than the desire to report news.