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 Chris Brown: I'm 
 Paying for What I Did 

Singer apologizes to Rihanna on air, says he regrets assault

Nov 13, 09 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown apologized to Rihanna on BET’s 106 & Park yesterday, adding that he’s “embarrassed” by the assault. The singer says he doesn’t agree with his ex-girlfriend's decision to discuss the incident on 20/20, but “I can only be a man and just accept the... More »

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entertainment • domestic violence • celebrity • Rihanna • ABC News • physical abuse • Chris Brown • BET • 20/20 • 106 & Park

HYPE VS. REALITY

 Rihanna's ABC Interview a Bust 

Source says she gives no details on beating by Chris Brown

Nov 3, 09 12:19 AM CST
(Newser) - ABC is plugging its exclusive sitdown with Rihanna as her first in-depth account of February’s beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown—but the Diane Sawyer interview is apparently a bust. A source tells Media Take Out that Rihanna, 21, says virtually nothing about the incident beyond the... More »

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entertainment • Rihanna • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • celebrity interview • Chris Brown • Jay-ZTV

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet 

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

Oct 23, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they... More »

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gambling • betting • feud • NBC News • sports betting • NLCS • baseball • ABC News • Robert Gibbs • beard • facial hair • Chuck Todd • Jake Tapper

OPINION

 Stossel: Yeah, I'm Biased. So? 

Every reporter is, latest Fox hire opines

Sep 25, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - When John Stossel announced he was leaving ABC for Fox News, many complained he was “biased.” His response? “Every reporter has political beliefs,” he writes for Reason Online. “The difference is that I am upfront about mine.” For example, most media outlets call President... More »

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journalism • Fox News • libertarian • ABC News • media bias • President Obama • John Stossel

(Newser) - NBC's Chuck Todd got a lesson in how to sneeze properly today when he let one fly during a briefing with health secretary Kathleen Sebelius. After Todd sneezed, Sebelius stopped the press conference to razz him about not sneezing into his sleeve, reports MediaBistro. "What's up with that? she... More »

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Health and Human Services • Kathleen Sebelius • ABC News • Chuck Todd • sneeze • swine flu • Elmo

 ABC's John Stossel 
 Jumps Ship for Fox 

20/20 anchor joins fellow transplants Chris Wallace, Brit Hume

Sep 10, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - 20/20 anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC for Fox News and the Fox Business Channel, Mediabistro reports. The move is yet another shakeup for ABC—Stossel’s co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is a frontrunner to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. Stossel, a frequent guest on Fox, will... More »

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television • Fox Business Network • Fox News • Good Morning America • anchor • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • Chris Wallace • Brit Hume • John Stossel • Elizabeth Vargas • 20/20

commentary

 Sawyer Nabbed 
 Anchor Job 
 by 'Waiting 
 Around' 

Passage of time has 'smoothed bumps on her resumé'

Sep 6, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - What Diane Sawyer has achieved as the second female solo news anchor is “more subtle” than Katie Couric’s ascendancy, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times. Sawyer “is a gorgeous, glamorous television personality who got to the top job by waiting around,” Stanley notes. It... More »

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Katie Couric • women • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • news anchor • television news

OPINION

 Dear Diane, 
 Save the News— 
 Nix the Anchor Job 

Sawyer shouldn't take post with 'marginal' journalistic worth

Sep 4, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nightly network news is fading into irrelevance—and if Diane Sawyer wants to make a difference in the media, she should turn down Charlie Gibson’s job so ABC can pay for some real reporting, writes Jack Shafer for Slate. The broadcasts have essentially become infotainment, an expert says, “... More »

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media • journalism • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • news anchor • reporters • Charlie Gibson

(Newser) - Diane Sawyer finally has the job she’s been waiting for, Rebecca Dana writes for the Daily Beast: “anchor of World News, the once towering, now considerably diminished evening broadcast.” But her renewed rivalry with Katie Couric and her struggle to hold on to Charles Gibson’s ratings... More »

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Katie Couric • Good Morning America • CBS News • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • news anchor • CBS Evening News • Charles Gibson • David Westin • World News

Charles Gibson to Leave ABC's World News

Diane Sawyer will take over as nightly news anchor in January

Sep 2, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Gibson will step down as ABC’s World News anchor at year's end, and Diane Sawyer will take the top slot, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In an email to the staff, Gibson explains that he had earlier hoped to retire from his post at Good Morning America in 2007,... More »

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ABC • Good Morning America • ABC News • Diane Sawyer • Charles Gibson

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 LA Mayor: Thanks, But 
 We Can Pay for MJ Memorial 

Mayor calls donation request 'ridiculous'

Jul 14, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Imagine the surprise of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when he returned from vacation to find his proxy asking for donations to fund the Michael Jackson memorial. “This is a world-class city, and we provide fire and police protection, period,” he says. “The idea that we would... More »

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entertainment • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Elizabeth Taylor • ABC News • Fred Astaire • Joe Jackson • celebrity death

OPINION

 Woodruff: I'm Going Back to Iraq 


Jul 13, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq today, 3 years after he and his cameraman were seriously injured in a bombing there, he blogs for ABC. Still rehabbing from a serious brain injury, he says returning was a tough decision. “None of us could ever have imagined then that I would... More »

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Iraq • journalism • injury • Bob Woodruff • ABC News • traumatic brain injury

 ABC's 
 Donaldson 
 to Retire Next Week 

Bellowing newscaster is 'sweetheart underneath'

Feb 16, 09 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Sam Donaldson is calling it quits after a 41-year career distinguished by a booming voice and tough demeanor, Howard Kurtz reports in the Washington Post. “I guess it’ll be on my tombstone,” Donaldson muses. “He yelled at Ronald Reagan.” Donaldson became famous for shouting... More »

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ABC • retirement • journalist • ABC News • television news • network news

TV Networks Scale Back Iraq War Coverage

Afghanistan becomes focus as US deaths fall, budgets drop

Dec 29, 08 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Violence is down drastically in Iraq, but so is coverage of the conflict by ABC, NBC, and CBS, who no longer have full-time correspondents in the country, the New York Times reports. Instead, the networks are shifting their focus to Pakistan and Afghanistan. “Afghanistan was the forgotten war,”... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • correspondent • NBC News • CBS News • ABC News • television news

 ABC Scores Interview 
 With Spitzer's 'Kristen' 

'Ashley Dupre story' to air next Friday

Nov 15, 08 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer’s lady of the night met with Diane Sawyer this week for her first-ever interview, set to air next Friday, Gawker reports. “This is not the Eliot Spitzer story. This is the Ashley Dupre story,” an ABC source tells MediaBistro. The call girl in the sex... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • political scandal • ABC News • Kristen • Diane Sawyer • Ashley Dupre

 Web, Cable 
 Topple Networks' 
 Election Ratings 

Big three see ratings fall 16% from 2004 election

Nov 5, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - After proving itself indispensable in this year’s campaign, the internet won again on election night, Liz Gannes writes on NewTeeVee. Web users marked record traffic on several sites, while TV’s big three networks lost 16% off 2004 ratings, with cable and internet picking up the slack. During Barack... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • CBS • Fox News • CNN • Election 2008 • ABC News

 Pelosi Calls for Probe of Dem Linked to 'Hush-Money Affair'

Florida congressman linked to sex harassment payoff of mistress staffer

Oct 14, 08 1:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for an ethics investigation following a news report that Florida Democrat Tim Mahoney had an affair with a staffer, then paid her $121,000 to dodge a sexual harassment suit. The congressman has also called for an investigation, saying he's confident he will be... More »

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Democrats • sexual harassment • House Democrats • Tim Mahoney • Election 2008 • ABC News • Patricia Allen • House Ethics Committee

(Newser) - Christie Brinkley doesn't want her kids seeing her ex spill his guts to Barbara Walters tonight, and a New York judge agrees—but he isn't on board with keeping the youngsters from seeing their dad in person, Newsday reports. The judge yesterday denied the ex-supermodel's bid for a temporary restraining... More »

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New York • Barbara Walters • restraining order • ABC News • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

OPINION

'My Muslim Faith' Quote Not
a Slip, Just Misinterpreted

What some conservatives call tacit admission was subtle allusion

Sep 8, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reports that Barack Obama mistakenly revealed his “Muslim faith” in a television interview are ridiculous, Frank James writes in the Chicago Tribune. Talking with George Stephanopoulos about suggestions he is a Muslim, Obama agreed “that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.” Stephanopoulos corrected him,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Islam • Muslim • George Stephanopoulos • Election 2008 • ABC News

Palin to Finally Meet the Press

ABC's Gibson
gets first shot at
grilling McCain's
running mate

Sep 8, 08 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin will sit for her first press interview since accepting the Republican vice presidential nomination, reports the Chicago Tribune. She'll be interviewed by ABC anchor Charlie Gibson in Alaska later this week. The McCain camp has kept Palin from the press so far, calling its coverage of the Alaska... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • press • ABC News • Sarah Palin • interview • Charlie Gibson

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