ABC News Sticks With Webcast Despite Rumors
NEW YORK -- Rumors of the demise of ABC News' pioneering Web newscast have been greatly exaggerated. ABC News confirmed to The Reporter that the 2-ye...
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Anchors Away! (On Obama's Overseas Adventure)
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.17.2008 | Media
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There's no doubt that Obama makes news differently than McCain. But there's a difference between covering candidates equally and meticulously allotting them equal time and coverage.
News Flash: Anchor Stands Against "Unfair" Campaign Spending
Jeff Cohen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media
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When longtime media lapdogs on campaign inequities transform into fierce watchdogs in the face of Obama's online fundraising clout, the public is wise to be suspicious.
Charlie Gibson: "I Honestly Don't Know" If I Want To Renew My ABC News Contract After The Election
New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media
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Charles Gibson, whose contract as anchor of "World News" on ABC is due to expire soon after the presidential election, said in an interview this week ...
News anchors to promote cancer initiative
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
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NEW YORK — ABC, CBS and NBC have set aside a prime-time hour on the Friday after Labor Day to simulcast a fundraiser for cancer research. "Stan...
ABC Bumps Clinton For Edwards And Obama
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media
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On Wednesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton sat down with Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, and Brian Williams — in that order — for one-on-one in...
Shameful Days: Why Won't The Media Pursue the Pentagon Propaganda Scandal?
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media
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The near-complete blackout on the Pentagon propaganda story, self-imposed by the culpable news organizations, is a despicable abdication of their role as a constitutionally protected check on our government. Read More Probing a Political Paradox: Why the Discredited Right Still Sets the Agenda and Dominates the Debate How is it that the 28 percent of the population that continues to support George W. Bush no matter how many bodies pile up in Iraq, how many jobs disappear overseas, or how high gas prices get, continues to dominate our politics? Read More Watch Arianna On: Good Morning America, 20/20, Charlie Rose, Real Time, The Situation Room, AC 360, CNN's Election Center, and MobLogic TV
The Capital Gains Tax Question Charlie Gibson Should Have Asked
David Sirota | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics
Are the candidates serious about ending the situation whereby their wealthy donors in the private equity industry are being allowed to bilk American taxpayers?
The Toxic Thinking of the Right Infects the Body Politic
Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
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The Neanderthal wing of the GOP has dragged the political debate so far to the right that even Democrats find themselves getting cozy with ideas that not so long ago would have been the exclusive domain of arch-conservatives.
Debate Backlash: ABC Feels It In The Ratings
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media
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The ratings for last week's evening newscasts are in — and it appears that the angry viewers claiming that they would no longer watch ABC after ...
Russert v. ABC: Steel Cage Stupidity Death Match
Stephen Kaus | Posted 04.21.2008 | Media
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Why did Russert ask David Axelrod about the Pledge of Allegiance on Meet the Press on Sunday?
In a Final Analysis: For ABC, A Missed Opportunity
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics
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Strangely enough, ABC's failures have created an interesting opportunity for the news division that needs a game-changer the most: CBS News.
Frank Rich: Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck!
New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 04.20.2008 | Media
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"THE crowd is turning on me," said Charles Gibson, the ABC anchor, when the audience jeered him in the final moments of Wednesday night's face-off bet...
The Difference Between Tough and Inappropriate Questions
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics
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If the press concentrated on what the Republicans have done in the past seven years and what John McCain has signed on to in that time, he would stand absolutely no chance of winning.
Friday Talking Points [28] -- It's Debatable...
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
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The twenty-first debate of the Democratic presidential nomination race happened this week. Much fulminating in the blogosphere immediately followed. ...
Video: I Chat with Keith Olbermann About ABC Debate "Travesty"
Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media
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We agreed that maybe Charlie Gibson, who has been hooted or booed twice this year by audiences at debates, maybe ought to be chained to his anchor desk for the public good.
Worst Debate Ever? Demographics Anyone?
Joe Lauria | Posted 04.18.2008 | Media
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ABC's market research apparently showed that keeping questions to the level of flag pins and what your pastor thinks would draw and keep an audience tuned in. Hence, the worst debate ever.
The Constitution at Constitution Hall
Doug Kendall | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
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Of the many important topics that got left on the cutting room floor Wednesday night as Gibson and Stephanopoulos played gotcha, perhaps the most surprising victim was the Constitution itself.
ABC News Discusses The "Debate Over The Debate"
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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Following what many news outlets and viewers labeled a disaster of a debate, ABC News decided to address its critics by discussing the "debate over th...
The ABC News Debate: As Bad As FEMA's Response To Katrina
Steven G. Brant | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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Regrettably, we did not see two heroic journalists in action. We saw two buffoons. The voting public was not served. It was played with.
ABC's Democratic Debate: HuffPost Bloggers Respond
Huffington Post | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
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Jerry and Joe Long: What Passes For Debate: Back in the days of our radio show, our standard name for the media was one taken from Jerry Lewis..."pim...
The Very Serious Debate, Starring The Very Serious George & Charlie
Bob Cesca | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
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The nation has witnessed, firsthand, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Gibson for who they really are: pandering yellow journalists. Carnival barkers. They're Penn & Teller without the talent or insight.
ABC Debate: High Ratings, Critics Give Broadcast Poor Reviews
Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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"ABC World News with Charles Gibson" featured a segment from correspondent David Wright on the "debate" over last night's debate. The network portraye...
Flag Pins, Cookies, and a Depressing Debate
Matt Cooper | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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Charlie Gibson was unctuous and petty and wrong. If Americans needed more proof that the media elite are rich and out of touch, Gibson gave them more.
The "What He Said" Game
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media
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This game sickens me. All I want to know now is whether the so-called news folks are in on it or if they are fools being played like clueless puppets.
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