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more about #abcnews more comments → atlasfugged: Good work, Mr. Cook. There are some in this thread and in other threads who are criticizing you for devoting so much effort to painting Nidal Hassan a... more » RandomLunatic: ABC News has been a muted Fox doppelganger for a while now. Ross is just proof of this. #nidalmalikhasan more » HandsomeBwonderful: Your nitwitted nit-pickery is awesome. The guy shot and killed over a dozen people. He did it in the name of Islam. He reached out to a radical cle... more » thatgirlinnewyork: and what you knew is nothing new. another reason to ignore network "news". #nidalmalikhasan more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Liar liar liar liar. #nidalmalikhasan more » Cynner: Who knew ABC had a Glenn Beck? Now the world does. Sad. #nidalmalikhasan more » eatsshootsleaves: I would be fired if I ever did any of this. And I don't work for anything approaching ABC News. #nidalmalikhasan more » icy_one: With the timely passing of Robert Novak, I crown you, Brian Ross, the new Douchebag of Liberty! #nidalmalikhasan more » Hamilton Nolan: Dammmm. #nidalmalikhasan more » TheBusinessGuy: John: you wear a skirt up which there is a chance that smoke may be blown? #goodmorningamerica more » themediatrix: People who want news in the morning listen to NPR. Those who don't... more » Victor Ward: But does The White House think it's a news show? #goodmorningamerica more » Thistledew: I don't know how or when it happened, but I fell in love with GMA. I hope Cuomo takes the helm, Stephanopoulos was hosting all last week and it was p... more » fuzzywhat: This goes along with the odd casting speculation of Cameron Matheson being in the running for the GMA gig. Admittedly, that charming hottie may get m... more » adiam7: They are going to hire you Topper and you will get a ton of money just calm down a bit , its in the works. #jaketapper more » -
#hype
How ABC News' Brian Ross Cooked His 'Hasan Contacted Al Qaeda' Scoop
ABC News' Brian Ross has a breathtaking record of recklessly inaccurate, overhyped stories that don't live up to the headline. His scoop yesterday about Nidal Malik Hasan's "attempt to reach out to al Qaeda" was one of them. More » -
#exclusive
ABC Considering Admitting the Obvious: Good Morning America Isn't a News Show
Good Morning America was for years produced by ABC's entertainment division, before people got all huffy about "journalism." Now, as ABC contemplates what to do after Diane Sawyer departs for World News Tonight, it may be headed back.
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#journalismism
Jake Tapper Demands White House Apologize To Fox News
ABC White House correspondent and alleged tool Jake Tapper is furious with the White House for saying Fox News is not a "legitimate news organization." He had an argument with Robert Gibbs about it! More » -
#debt
Mike Huckabee Owes Chuck Norris $23,570 for His Endorsement
According to newly released campaign data, the Huck owes the Chuck $23,570 for travel expenses from Huckabee's failed 2008 primary bid, and CNN and ABC News in turn both owe Huckabee a total of $3,700. More » -
#startingover
Being a Right-Wing Pundit Isn't What It Used to Be
Amy Holmes, the affable former speechwriter for GOP Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist who tried to represent a reasonably conservative point-of-view for CNN, has left the network and is filling in as an anchor for ABC News' unwatched digital channel. More » -
#espionage
ABC Presents Probably Fake Russian "Sex Tape" Of American Diplomat
So much honey trap news this week! A Russian "news website" with no known reporters that most believe is a front for the modern KGB (basically Russia's Politico) posted a curious "sex tape" involving a US diplomat. More » -
#quoteoftheday
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reacting during a Good Morning America report about whether Barack Obama is overexposed after Jake Tapper suggested the White House "would be happy to deny all of ABC News' interview requests for the president," via TVNewser. -
#blagoplease
Exclusive: How the Press Pandered to Blagojevich after His Arrest
On the morning he was arrested on corruption charges last December, Rod Blagojevich was the nation's biggest greaseball. So obviously, the national press was willing to say anything to land an interview. And we've got their emails to prove it. More » -
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#documents
Blagojevich's Post-Arrest Interview Requests
The deluge of media e-mails to Rod Blagojevich's press secretary in the wake of his arrest, obtained from the state of Illinois through the Freedom of Information Act. More » -
#tvnews
Diane Sawyer Will Take Over ABC's World News Tonight Anchor Chair
In moving Diane Sawyer from GMA to World News Tonight next year, ABC News is shifting a star resource from a hugely profitable morning show to a dying legacy newscast. All so she can sleep in a few hours later.
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#iflookscouldkill
We Know Exactly What He's Thinking
Jake "The Octagon" Tapper has updated his Twitter avatar to this photo, which pretty much says it all. We'd be proud too if we could elicit a glower like that from the president, but we'd probably go about it differently. -
#howthingswork
Jake Tapper Knows How to Grease a Gatekeeper
ABC News' Jake "The Octogon" Tapper thinks NBC News is totally "slimy" for their gross and "insulting" reporting during South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's disappearance. The nerve of those guys, suggesting that something untoward was going on! More » -
#mediacrack
Harvard Whizzes Invent Concept of 'Beats'
In your superior Monday media column: the internet fights with the old media and wins (sort of), an old man makes comical remarks about women, Bob Woodruff returns to Iraq, and the Harvard Business Review is smarter than everyone. More » -
#mediacrack
Greta Van Susteren Talking Out the Side of Her Neck
In your plastic Wednesday media column: Greta Van Susteren explains why she's a better friend to "poor African Americans" than Barack Obama is, along with newspaper news, TV news, and New York Post blowjob news. More » -
#crackdowns
Iran Tightens Crackdown on Foreign Media
The crackdown in the foreign press in Iran has intensified significantly today. This morning, foreign reporters were barred from covering protests. Now ABC News' Jim Sciutto says via Twitter that he's not allowed to leave his hotel. More » -
#gawkergetsresults
ABC News' Sex Panther Pays Attention to Our Reasonable Arguments
A while back, we mocked Jake "The Octogon" Tapper's habit of reproducing his exchanges with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on his blog with his own tough, no-nonsense questions in bold. He didn't like that! More » -
#television
Dylan Ratigan Screws Over ABC News
Dylan Ratigan, the CNBC anchor who abruptly left the network a month ago, is heading to MSNBC. Funny thing, because he promised ABC News he was all theirs as soon as his noncompete agreement was up. More » -
#journalismism
ABC News Fiercely Defends Notoriously 'Desperate' Reporter
ABC News' Brian Ross styles himself a gumshoe of the old-school, and his network calls him "one of the most honored and respected journalists in the country." So why is he wrong so often?
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#flackery
Spook's Torture Lie Made Waterboarding Cool
A "former" CIA officer named John Kiriakou told ABC News that spies broke an al Qaeda terrorist in "30, 35 seconds," using waterboarding. The story spread everywhere. Of course it was a horrific lie. More »
