Smarmy Brian Ross Touts His 'January Surprise,' Eagerly Digs for Gingr

January 20th, 2012 12:57 PM
ABC trotted out the "best of" Newt Gingrich slams on Thursday, finally revealing the results of an exhaustive Brian Ross interview with Marianne Gingrich, the former Speaker's ex-wife. Ross boasted that his scoop could be seen as a "January surprise" to harm Gingrich. Recycling old attacks, Ross eagerly prompted the ex-Mrs. Gingrich: "You know his secrets. You know his skeletons." How…

Terry Moran to Rick Perry: Is Your 'Controversial' Campaign 'Denigrati

December 21st, 2011 3:52 PM
Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran on Tuesday huffed that Rick Perry's "controversial" ad, combined with a presidential campaign that could be seen as "denigrat[ing]" "non-Christians" and "gay veterans," might spell doom for the Republican candidate. [See video below. MP3 audio here.] The program's other anchor, Cynthia McFadden, teased the segment by proclaiming, "Plus, God and country. Who…

ABC's Surprisingly Positive Take on Tim Tebow: 'Inspired,' 'Lifted Up

December 13th, 2011 5:29 PM
Nightline co-anchor Terry Moran delivered a surprisingly positive assessment of Tim Tebow on Monday night, lauding the Christian quarterback as "inspired," "lifted up" and "strengthened" by "a power beyond his understanding." Moran also highlighted, "Psychologists are increasingly finding that the very fact that a person has religious faith can help lead to the kind of success Tim Tebow has…

John Berman's Stale Comedy: Mocks Bush's Pronunciation, Rehashes

December 9th, 2011 5:12 PM
ABC's John Berman on Thursday continued his habit of trying to force stale, anti-conservative jokes into his reporting, mocking the pronunciation habits of former President George W. Bush. In a segment on subliminal ads that "mess with your brain," the correspondent rehashed Bush's 2000 "rats" ad. While playing the 11-year-old spot, which featured the word fragment "rats" on-screen for 1/…

Networks Pile On Cain: Will 'Bizarre' Response to Harassment Claims 'D

November 1st, 2011 11:21 AM
All three network morning shows on Tuesday led with Herman Cain's response to allegations of sexual harassment in the 1990s and even speculated the scandal could end his candidacy, with NBC Today co-host Ann Curry proclaiming: "Damage control. Herman Cain changes his story....Will the controversy and his reaction to it derail his presidential campaign?" On ABC's Good Morning America, co-host…

ABC Touts Tapper's Question to Obama on Children's Books, Spikes His F

October 19th, 2011 1:26 PM
ABC's Jake Tapper on Tuesday pressed Barack Obama on the Fast and Furious gun scandal, but his network didn't allow the question to appear on Nightline, World News or Good Morning America. (All played clips of the interview.) Instead, ABC found time to air Tapper and the President playfully discussing children's books and the greatness of Dr. Seuss. During the two-segment long Nightline…

Stephanopoulos Pushes Liberal Justice Stevens to Bash GOP Audience

September 29th, 2011 12:53 PM
"Good Morning America's" George Stephanopoulos on Thursday invited retired Supreme Court Judge John Paul Stevens to bash the audience of a GOP presidential debate. The ABC host repeatedly offered up softballs to the liberal Stevens, asking at one point, "I don't know if you saw it, but there was actually a moment in one of the presidential debates where's the number of executions in Texas was…

The Boobs at Nightline Investigate Breast Enlargement Epidemic in Vene

September 23rd, 2011 3:37 PM
In what can only be described as ABC's attempt to show endless shots of large breasts, Nightline on Wednesday investigated the growing number of women in Venezuela who are having surgery to become more well endowed. In fact, it was the outcry of the country's socialist leader who brought the story to their attention. Reporter Matt Gutman explained, "Five years ago yesterday, he called…

CMI VP Gainor on ‘Nightline’ to Discuss Chaz Bono Controversy

September 20th, 2011 1:18 PM
For more than a month now, the nation has buzzed with controversy about the first transgender “star” to appear on “Dancing With the Stars,” Chaz Bono. ABC’s “Nightline” ran a segment on Chaz Bono on September 19, also the same night as the Season 13 premiere of DWTS, highlighting the controversy and featuring commentary from MRC’s Culture and Media Institute Vice President, Dan Gainor. Video…

Celeb’s Hollywood Pedophilia Stunner Met With Media Whimper

August 16th, 2011 7:24 PM
Appearing in an interview on ABC's "Primetime Nightline" last week (Thu., 8/10/11), Hollywood actor Corey Feldman aired a truly brave and shocking claim: "I can tell you that the No. 1 problem in Hollywood was and is and always will be pedophilia. That's the biggest problem for children in this industry ... It's the big secret." It was not Feldman's only stomach-turning assertion. He…

Elizabeth Smart to Become ABC News Contributor

July 8th, 2011 7:22 AM
Nearly ten years ago, Elizabeth Smart became a household name when she was abducted from her family's home in Utah and sparked a nationwide media frenzy. As a 23-year-old, she has just inked a deal with ABC to cover missing person cases on a number of programs, including "Good Morning America" and "Nightline."

Freudian Slip? MSNBC's Martin Bashir Claims Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner

July 1st, 2011 4:09 PM
On the July 1 edition of "Martin Bashir," the MSNBC anchor after which the show is named made a statement that reveals a great deal about his worldview. [Video after break]

ABC's Dan Harris Asks Ann Coulter 'Is It Ever Uncomfortable For You To

June 8th, 2011 8:46 PM
ABC's Terry Moran began the final segment of Tuesday's "Nightline" saying, "Simply put - a lot of people despise Ann Coulter." After this disgusting introduction, the first question Dan Harris asked the conservative author was, "Is it ever uncomfortable for you to be hated?" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

ABC's Bill Weir Is Smitten by 'Fashionable,' 'Vivacious,' 'Telegenic

April 12th, 2011 4:48 PM
Nightline co-anchor Bill Weir on Monday couldn't help but fawn over former Obama White House social Secretary Desiree Rogers, lauding her as a "fashionable, vivacious, interesting, telegenic person in a town with not a lot of that, frankly." The journalist failed to offer much in the way of tough questions. Regarding the 2009 fiasco of having Michaele and Tareq Salahi crash a state dinner…