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Janet Jackson: Michael in denial over drug problem

Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael's drug problem, and tried to help him, but that he rebuffed those attempts to intervene. "You can't make 'em drink the water," Jackson told ABC News in an interview airing Wednesday. When asked if her brother was in denial about his addiction, she replied, "Possibly."

Sawyer to take over as anchor of ABC evening news

Women will anchor two of the three major network evening newscasts — the premier jobs in the TV news business — as Diane Sawyer replaces Charles Gibson, who is retiring from ABC at the end of the year.

ABC expands medical coverage, hires CDC doctor

ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage.

ABC News' Bob Woodruff returns to Iraq

ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq on Monday for the first time since he was nearly killed there by a roadside bomb more than three years ago.

ABC News asks for probe of evening news ratings

ABC News is crying foul over a report that says "World News" most likely had its smallest audience ever.

ABC News to air Obama interview on health care

ABC News will present a prime-time interview with President Barack Obama on health care issues next week.

ABC News devotes newscasts to `The New Normal'

The economic crisis isn't over yet, but ABC News is concentrating some reporting on what life will be like when it is.

ABC News curious about odd news rating

ABC News has asked Nielsen Media Research to investigate after the company's ratings indicated that "World News" most likely had its smallest audience ever.

A 'Twitterview' between Stephanopoulos and McCain

George Stephanopoulos and John McCain plan to be "tweeting" Tuesday in an interview hosted on the Twitter Web site.

Palin sticks to the familiar in first solo outing

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin made her first solo campaign appearance outside her home state Saturday, sticking largely to a speech that has boosted her popularity among Republican faithful but drawn criticism for having misstatements.

ABC News staffer jailed in Denver amid convention

An ABC News producer covering the Democratic convention was pushed into traffic by a sheriff's deputy on Wednesday and then arrested, the network said.

Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter.

Life different for documentary unit in `reality' world

In filming a sequel to a 2000 series about Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, ABC News producers found that reality television had changed how they could present reality on television.

McCain, Obama reject NYC offer on town hall

John McCain and Barack Obama rejected an offer Sunday from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News to host the first proposed presidential town hall because they do not want it limited to one television network.

Clinton, Obama cross Pennsylvania on eve of primary

It's the last full day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary, and once again, the two Democratic candidates will spend the day criss-crossing the state.

Gibson, Stephanopoulos criticized for work on debate

ABC News drew both impressive ratings and a heap of complaints about how Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos moderated the Democratic presidential debate, criticism that Stephanopoulos on Thursday called a sign of how much people care.

ABC's Woodruff to Receive Pearl Award

Bob Woodruff, the ABC News correspondent nearly killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, has won the Daniel Pearl Award for Courage and Integrity in Journalism.

ABC to Air Prostitution News Special

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's call girl scandal prompted ABC News to give the go-ahead to a two-hour prime-time special on prostitution that includes Diane Sawyer's visit to a legal brothel in Nevada.

Woman Whose Abuse Was Filmed Sues ABC

A woman who was shown on an ABC News program being beaten by her stepfather sued the network Wednesday, claiming negligence and recklessness.

Exhibit Stops Using Bodies From China

The doctor behind the "Body Worlds" exhibits that show cadavers in different poses says he has stopped using bodies from China for fear that some of them may be executed prisoners, ABC News reported on Friday.

Former ABC Correspondent McWethy Dies

John McWethy, a retired ABC News correspondent who had to flee the Pentagon after the 2001 attacks but continued reporting live, died Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 61.

Networks Gearing Up for Super Tuesday

ABC News will broadcast five hours of live primary coverage on Super Tuesday as voters in nearly half the country go to the polls next week.

ABC News Subpoena Quashed in Sex Case

A woman accused of running a high-end Washington prostitution ring cannot demand documents from ABC News as part of her defense strategy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Kucinich Files Complaint on ABC Debate

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates on Saturday.

WGA Reaches Tentative Deal With ABC News

Unionized ABC News staffers who have been working under an expired contract for nearly three years reached a tentative labor agreement with the Disney-owned network, the Writers Guild of America East said Thursday.

The Vine

Will you be avoiding or following the Sarah Palin blitz this week?

Most people seem to love or hate Sarah Palin. Regardless of how you feel about her, the former Governor of Alaska and 2008 GOP Vice-Presidential candidate will be hard to miss this week. On Monday her much talked about interview with Oprah will be broadcast.

Arizona: Muslim ran down daughter for being "too Westernized," Islamic apologist hauls out usual denial and deception
Source: Jihad Watch

Denial and deception instead of any honest effort to come to grips with the root causes of honor killing.

U.S. Attacks Iran Via CIA-Funded Jundullah Terror Group :Bankrolling and arming Al-Qaeda offshoot
Source: Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com

Bankrolling and arming Al-Qaeda offshoot part of 2007 White House directive to destabilize Iranian government

ABC News: Are 'Dead Peasant' Life Insurance Policies Fair?
Source: Crooks and Liars

excerpt: "" Are 'Dead Peasant' Life Insurance Policies Fair?. The anchors were "stunned" to find that this is going on after watching Michael Moore's new movie, Capitalism a Love Story.

Polanski's Victim Speaks About her Rape - video
Source: ABC News

2003 interview with Samantha Geiner, who was the 13 year old little girl raped by Polanski.

Obama at the Precipice - Frank Rich New York Times Op-Ed Columnist
Source: The New York Times

THE most intriguing, and possibly most fateful, news of last week could not be found in the health care horse-trading in Congress, or in the international zoo at the United Nations, or in the Iran slapdown in Pittsburgh. It was an item tucked into a blog at ABCNews.com.

Moore Tells ABC to Clean Up Its Labor Practices
Source: afterdowningstreet

Like all subordinated class ideologues, corrupted class elites, the reporters, editors are forced to defend corporate fascism, and this guy gets nailed by the response of Michael Moore on how Capitalism works.

Ask President Obama to create a Cold War Medal

This Sunday George Stephanopolous will be interviewing President Obama. The ABC website has a link that you can use to send a question to ask the President.

ACORN, Charles Gibson, ABC News, and Sarah Palin: Dumb and Dumber--Except Palin

You might remember Charles Gibson. He is the ABC News anchor who asked that "gotcha" question of Sarah Palin: "What do you think of the Bush Doctrine" (or something like that).

How Many of You Think That President Obama let his comment about Kanye slip to try and win back Some "Street Cred" with the White voters he lost during the Skip Gates incident?

Okay America(and the rest of the world if you like), how many of you think that any of the "State Controlled Media" would REALLY release a quote from President Obama without his permission? C'mon, really, a TWITTER before editing? That just seems a little too convenient for me t …

Obama Is Having Greater Success Taking Terrorists Out of Commission Than Bush Did
Source: ABC News Blogs

Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making the nation more vulnerable to terrorism, the president's National Security Adviser, Gen.

Will ABC Still Have Stossel Cover Health Care After He Pushed Claim That The Network Said Was Untrue?
Source: Think Progress

For years now, libertarian journalist John Stossel has used his position at ABC News to attack the idea of a government role in providing health care for all Americans.

There's a reason the Obama-hating crazies are coming out of the woodwork
Source: Crooks and Liars

excerpt: ""Experts who track hate groups across the U.S. are growing increasingly concerned over violent rhetoric targeted at President Obama, especially as the debate over health care intensifies and a pattern of threats emerges.""

Lawmakers Blast Obama "No-Visit" Gitmo Policy - ABC News
Source: ABC News

A Pentagon official Thursday largely refused to answer lawmakers' questions about why members of Congress are prohibited from meeting with Guantanamo detainees, even as intelligence officials from China and elsewhere were allegedly allowed to visit Guantanamo and interrogate pris …

ABC News president calls GOP healthcare attacks a sorry spectacle
Source: Raw Story

The GOP does not like to be told "No." And, according to ABC News President David Westin, they are not above throwing a "sorry spectacle" to get that point across.

RNC Chairman Michael Steele Joins The "ABC Is Turning Its Network Over To Obama" Crazy Train
Source: Politico

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele urged supporters Thursday to "fight" ABC News over the network's planned televised town hall on health care that is set to air directly from the White House.

ABC News controlled by Obama for one night! Unfair!! GOP Has Fox 24/7, so shouldn't Dems get a network, too? - Newsvine poll

On Tuesday the Drudge report ran with the headline, ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA; NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE, and reported the following.

'Pregnant man' gives birth to second child
Source: msnbc.com

Thomas Beatie, the so-called "pregnant man," reportedly gave birth to his second child on June 10. The child, a boy, joins sister Susan Juliette.

'Pregnant man' gives birth to second child
Source: msnbc.com

Thomas Beatie, the so-called "pregnant man," reportedly gave birth to his second child on June 10. The child, a boy, joins sister Susan Juliette.

And Then There Was One: ABC News' Memorial Weekend Interview With the Last Living WWI Veteran
Source: ABC News

No lead in text, just the video. I'd love to buy this guy a beer.

Was John Kiriakou a CIA disinformation mole doing Psy-Ops on the US Press, on orders?
Source: The New York Times

That's what I'm wondering when I read this NY Times story by Brian Stelter: How '07 ABC Interview Tilted a Torture Debate By BRIAN STELTER Published: April 27, 2009

POLL: 69% percent approval for Obama; number who say country on 'right track' highest in 6 years, up 31 points since Bush's final days
Source: ABC News

Barack Obama approaches the 100-day mark with rising economic hopes, the best job approval rating at this point in 20 years, the broadest personal popularity since Ronald Reagan and half of Americans now saying the country's headed in the right direction.

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