On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> The net said that Brian Ross had not properly vetted information based on > the fact that someone with the same name as the schmuck was on a roster of > the Colorado Tea Party: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/abc-news-apologizes-suggesting-dark-knight-rises-shooter-had-tea-party-connections-48576 > Interesting background in this article from Politco (not exactly the gold standard of credibility itself of course): http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78793_Page2.html#ixzz21EfiwxUI "....sources at ABC News attributed it to Ross’s desire to create news, and dismissed any suspicion of partisanship. I would emphatically say its not a left-right thing. I’ve never discerned in his reporting any ideological movement,” one ABC News source told POLITICO. “It’s the big sensational story that he’s after, and he’ll do the same on either side.” (SNIP) Under David Westin, who served as president of ABC News from 1997 to 2010, the network seems to have tolerated Ross’s errors in exchange for his scoops and exclusives. Sources say they are uncertain how Ben Sherwood, who took over from Westin in 2010, will respond to Ross’s report on the tea party connection" -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
