In a Final Analysis: For ABC, A Missed Opportunity
Strangely enough, ABC's failures have created an interesting opportunity for the news division that needs a game-changer the most: CBS News.
Strangely enough, ABC's failures have created an interesting opportunity for the news division that needs a game-changer the most: CBS News.
New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 04.28.2008 | Media
"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...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
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...
Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics
"ABC World News with Charles Gibson" featured a segment from correspondent David Wright on the "debate" over last night's debate. The network portraye...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
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.
Washington Post | Tom Shales | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
When Barack Obama met Hillary Clinton for another televised Democratic candidates' debate last night, it was more than a step forward in the 2008 pres...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.25.2008 | Media
This was ABC's old, flimsy history with threadbare sizzle packaged as news. It was a tabloid debate with tabloid questions. Matt Drudge come to life on a respectable stage.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
If Hillary Clinton thinks it's a big deal that Barack Obama has crossed paths with Bill Ayers, the political discourse is stuck in neutral.
Beverly Davis | Posted 04.24.2008 | Home
This debate was about the moderators. What new information did we learn? Only that the tabloid questions aimed especially at Senator Obama didn't knock him off his mark.
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media
***Update*** Jeffrey Schneider, Vice President of ABC News told HuffPost that the audience wasn't heckling the hosts for their poor questions, but rat...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.22.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — ABC's Charles Gibson spent days behind closed doors preparing to moderate two presidential debates in January, but says he feels "way...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The big news, frankly, was that there was a Castro announcement that didn't involve him being dead.
Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
ABC anchor Charles Gibson told Regis and Kelly this morning that he doesn't like the country's primary system. Gibson was on, in part, to celebrate hi...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The past year has been spent in heated battle between NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charlie Gibson for the the number-one newscasts.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Great get for Gibson: He's scored an exclusive sit-down with Sen. Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy , set to air on "ABC World News" on Monday, Januar...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
ABC's Charlie Gibson kicked off last week's New Hampshire primary coverage on a high after hosting the back-to-back GOP and Dem debates — which ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
What an exciting innovation: ABC pairs with Facebook for the biggest debate of the campaign! What a revolutionary union of old and new media! Never mi...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Smack dab between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, tonight's debates provide a potential make-or-break moment for each candidate.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
While the nation's attention is focused on the horserace in Iowa, another one is about to be decided — barely. Today is the last day of 2007, an...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
It's that time again — time for ETP's Media Winners of the Year, an arbitrarily-selected and subjectively-evaluated list of people and/or entiti...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
"ABC World News" anchor Charlie Gibson dips a toe in the waters beyond his 6:30 pm timeslot, venturing into prime time tomorrow evening to cameo in "E...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
It's the latest front in the War on Christmas: The Anchor Sign-Off! How, in these loaded PC times where even Mike Huckabee can't have a floating cross...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
Katie Couric has had a rough ride, but lately, things seemed to have stabilized. Late in the summer, she blunted the potentially disastrous effects of...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
So! Here we have our answer to the question of whether hosting SNL would bring ratings magic to Brian Williams, host anchor of "NBC Nghtly News": Yes!...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics