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ABC President: Ross report hurts coverage

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Posted by Fred 2012-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Well, the report did its job. I talked to someone yesterday who thought the shooter was Tea Party.

Can't argue about methods when they produce the correct results.

Posted by gromky 2012-07-25 04:01|| 2012-07-25 04:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Wasn't Lee Harvey Oswald one of the founding members of the Tea Party?

He and Hubert Humphrey, right?

Posted by Bobby 2012-07-25 06:28|| 2012-07-25 06:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Other than that Mrs. Lincoln how did you enjoy the excellent play?

Posted by AlanC 2012-07-25 07:34|| 2012-07-25 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 So is Ross and Stef still employed by ABC News?

Then your statement is B-S.

Posted by CrazyFool 2012-07-25 08:10|| 2012-07-25 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Incorrect report hell. It was intentional.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-07-25 11:48|| 2012-07-25 11:48|| Front Page Top

#6 And Charles Whitman was one of the original Tea Partiers too

Posted by texhooey 2012-07-25 12:33|| 2012-07-25 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Ross has a track record of reporting-gaffes. ABC keeps him around because he's also done some stellar work.

That said, it's time for ABC's Ben Sherwood to seriously review Mr Ross' employment.

With this (deliberate?) foul-up and the now Arlene Holmes's issue, I see a few lawsuits in ABC's future.

Posted by Pappy 2012-07-25 14:56|| 2012-07-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

#8 That report had two 'gaffes'. Remember when the Batman killer's mother said, "You have the right person"? She wasn't talking about her son, as it turns out, but answering the phone by agreeing that she was Thus'n'such, mother of James Holmes. They ran the tape of her exact words in reponded to that different question.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-07-25 15:49|| 2012-07-25 15:49|| Front Page Top

#9 They ran the tape of her exact words in reponded to that different question.

Yet another case of cooking the transcript to support a fake narrative. Can we start calling this the Zimmerman Syndrome? Once upon a time, it would be unethical behavior. Today, they call it Journalism.

Posted by SteveS 2012-07-25 18:33|| 2012-07-25 18:33|| Front Page Top

#10 if you were woken up at 5:30AM, would you want to (or be awake enough) have that be evidence #1 for national scorn? I think she said, basically, "yeah, I'm his Mom, what's up?" ABC played it for explosiveness and impact

Posted by Frank G 2012-07-25 22:26|| 2012-07-25 22:26|| Front Page Top

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