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Obama: Gay Marriage Should Be Legal

Says it's clear to him now after his own evolution on the issue

(Newser) - President Obama stepped into the fray over gay marriage in a big way today, telling ABC News flatly that he thinks it should be legal. Here's the big quote from the interview with Robin Roberts, which will air on the evening news:
  • "I have to tell you that
...

Gingrich Admits Debate Answer Was Wrong

He didn't actually offer ABC any witnesses to refute ex-wife

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich's campaign today admitted that it hadn't actually offered ABC any character witnesses to refute allegations made by his second wife , as the speaker had angrily insisted it had. "The story was false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period says the...

Gingrich: What My Ex-Wife Told ABC Is Old News

Says he's not worried what Marianne Gingrich will say

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich isn't worried about the allegedly devastating interview given by his ex-wife that ABC is set to air tonight—or at least, that's what he told Today this morning, dismissing the "16- and 20-year-old stories" she might tell. "I’m not going to say anything...

Yahoo, ABC News Team Up
 Yahoo, ABC News Team Up 
Oct 3, 2011 9:26 AM CDT

Yahoo, ABC News Team Up

Yahoo will distribute ABC content, ABC will provide exclusive video

(Newser) - ABC News and Yahoo! announced a major new alliance today that will make ABC the “premier news provider” for Yahoo’s news sites. “Teaming with Yahoo will transform the future of ABC News by distributing your journalism to a vast new audience,” ABC News President Ben Sherwood...

Not So Fast, ABC: Giffords Interview Never Confirmed

It was apparently a misunderstanding

(Newser) - It turns out that Gabrielle Giffords hasn’t exactly agreed to an interview with Diane Sawyer after all, contrary to yesterday’s reports . A Giffords spokesman tells the Tucson Sentinel that Giffords “has not decided if she's going to conduct an on-camera interview.” Sawyer will “sit...

ABC Says Jackie Tapes Not So Sordid, but Won't Spill

You'll have to wait for the network special

(Newser) - ABC officials are saying that their Jackie O tapes are not nearly as "sordid" as claimed in press reports—but aren't saying what's on them. The Daily Mail has reported that Jackie Kennedy told historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in a lengthy interview that she believed Lyndon Johnson...

Katie Couric, 'The View': Former CBS Anchor Guest Co-Hosting August 3
 Couric to Co-Host The View 
Jul 21, 2011 9:51 AM CDT

Couric to Co-Host The View

Couric to join 'The View' ladies on Aug. 3

(Newser) - Katie Couric will soon get some practice at hosting her own daytime talk show, thanks to The View. Couric will be a guest co-host on the ABC talk show airing live on Aug. 3, the executive producer said yesterday. Last month, it was announced that ABC and Disney had signed...

Elizabeth Smart Hired by ABC News

Kidnapping victim will discuss missing person cases

(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart knows firsthand what it's like to be kidnapped—and she'll soon be sharing that perspective as an ABC News contributor. She'll appear on Good Morning America and possibly other programs "when there are missing children or missing-person cases in the news," an ABC...

Egypt Cop to ABC Producer: I'll Cut Off Your Head

Chilling threat part of mounting attacks on journalists

(Newser) - Police threatened an ABC News journalist covering the crisis in Egypt with decapitation in one of a mounting series of attacks on reporters. Two vehicles carrying producer Brian Hartman and three other ABC employees were carjacked to an isolated neighborhood yesterday where an angry mob surrounded them and a police...

Sarah Palin Warms to 'Lamestream' Media

Politico piece may have prompted work with NYT , ABC

(Newser) - Though the “lamestream media" has long been her punching bag, it appears Sarah Palin is ready to embrace it—selectively. Palin, who has largely relied on Fox News, Facebook, and Twitter to air her thoughts and grievances, is now turning to outlets her supporters have been critical of in...

State Politics: Hotbed of Sleaze, Booze, Scandal

ABC investigation finds no shortage of sleaze at state level

(Newser) - You hear a lot more about the sleaze in Congress and governors' mansions than the sleaze at the state legislator level, but that's not because of a lack of low-down behavior, an ABC News investigation finds. Five grad students sent to cover a national convention of state legislators in Louisville,...

ABC News Chief Stepping Down

David Westin leaving after 13 years

(Newser) - David Westin is stepping down after 13 years at the helm of ABC News. Westin—currently the longest-serving US network news chief—has told staffers the time is right for him to move on, and he'll be leaving before the end of the year, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Amanpour's New, This Week 's the Same
 Amanpour's New, 
 This Week's 
 the Same  
tv review
Aug 1, 2010 12:19 PM CDT

Amanpour's New, This Week's the Same

Former CNN correspondent moves into ABC host chair

(Newser) - Christiane Amanpour made her much-debated move into the host's chair at ABC's This Week today, replacing George Stephanopoulos and a parade of interim fill-ins, and critics agree: The show feels essentially the same.
  • Besides some cosmetic tweaking, the highest-profile change was "a new face who fit with Amanpour's goal
...

Who Gets Helen Thomas' Front-Row Seat?
 Who Gets 
 Helen Thomas' 
 Front-Row Seat? 
burning question
Jun 7, 2010 6:30 PM CDT

Who Gets Helen Thomas' Front-Row Seat?

Opening in White House press room ignites speculation

(Newser) - Fox News and Bloomberg have already called dibs on the front-row seat in the White House briefing room held for decades by Helen Thomas, but will either one get it? The White House Correspondents Association will make the call, and Thomas, who retired in disgrace today , isn't talking. Pretty much...

Gulf Oil Spill Worse Than Katrina: Poll

Majority of Americans want BP to face criminal charges

(Newser) - The federal government's handing of the Gulf oil spill is even worse than its reaction to Hurricane Katrina, and BP should face criminal charges related to the disaster, a majority of Americans say in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll . The feds' reaction was "poor" or "not so...

Ted Koppel's Son Dies After Drinking Binge

Witness: 'He was very drunk'

(Newser) - The son of former ABC newscaster Ted Koppel has been found dead in a New York City apartment after an apparent daylong drinking binge with a 32-year-old waiter he had just met, police say. Andrew Koppel, 40, was declared dead at around 1:30am yesterday, reports the AP . A 53-year-old...

How Foxy Knoxy Suckered America
 How Foxy Knoxy 
 Suckered America 
OPINION
Apr 6, 2010 11:34 AM CDT

How Foxy Knoxy Suckered America

US journalists were seduced by Amanda Knox's media machine

(Newser) - By the end of the Amanda Knox trial, the American media had been fully taken in by the soon-to-be-convicted murderer—but she didn't convince Barbie Latza Nadeau. In an excerpt from her upcoming book on the Daily Beast, Angel Face: The True Story of a Student Killer, Nadeau explains how...

ABC Hires Amanpour for This Week

 ABC Hires 
 Amanpour 
 for This Week 
updated
Mar 18, 2010 3:09 PM CDT

ABC Hires Amanpour for This Week

CNN correspondent switches networks

(Newser) - Christiane Amanpour has struck a deal with ABC News to become the new host of This Week in August. Though the CNN foreign correspondent is known for her international reporting, an ABC staffer says Amanpour feels confident about switching to domestic political reporting. She replaces George Stephanopoulos on the Sunday...

Toyota Dismisses Prof's Claim of Faulty Electronics

Experiment by David Gilbert, ABC was 'completely unrealistic'

(Newser) - Toyota fired back today at the professor who claimed before Congress and in an ABC News report that faulty electronics are to blame for the acceleration problems plaguing an ever-increasing numbers of the company’s vehicles. David Gilbert sent an extra charge into a Toyota, which caused the engine to...

ABC News May Cut Up to 300 Jobs
ABC News May Cut
Up to 300 Jobs
Feb 23, 2010 4:47 PM CST

ABC News May Cut Up to 300 Jobs

Major restructuring is in the works

(Newser) - ABC News is drastically cutting back its operations and will thin its newsroom by 20%, or up to 300 positions. Most of those who remain will have to produce and shoot their own stories, reports the Los Angeles Times . Staffers will get letters this week asking for volunteers to take...

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