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Like a nation of Dr. Phils, we couldn't get enough of stating the obvious. People wrote news stories that seriously examined Gary Condit's re-election bid and fat people suing fast-food restaurants, leaving very little for the Onion to do. When Letterman almost bumped Nightline off ABC, long editorials were written saying that Ted Koppel's show is indeed smart--many by Ted Koppel himself. After extensive video review, we determined that people should not dangle their babies over the railing of the third-floor balconies or shave off their entire nose. We pretended to get newly...
DIED. ROONE ARLEDGE, 71, pioneering ABC executive whose technical innovations, show-biz flair and fierce competitive drive changed the face of TV news and sports; of complications from cancer; in New York City. Joining ABC Sports as a producer in 1960 and rising to head of the division, he introduced instant replay and slow motion, infused ABC's Olympics coverage with human drama and journalistic rigor, and made Howard Cosell and Monday Night Football national obsessions. Traditionalists were alarmed when the sports guy was named president of ABC News in 1977. But he made the No. 3 news network...
...last year. Under pressure from Congress to upgrade their systems by the end of 2006, more than 600 local stations in 165 of the nation's 215 TV markets are transmitting at least some of their shows--mainly prime-time favorites such as CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond and ABC's The Practice--in high definition, and the networks are adding programming all the time. ABC has announced plans to broadcast the next Super Bowl in HD. Starting next year, look for high-definition NBA finals, Stanley Cup and Monday Night Football...
...political newsletter “The Note,” published on the ABC website, reported last Tuesday that “Kerry consulted with the likes of Massachusetts resident Larry Summers in drafting the remarks” on a speech he gave the same day in Cleveland, Ohio...
Elizabeth E. Wilner, the deputy political director of ABC News, said The Note received the tip that Kerry frequently consults with Summers from an “excellent Kerry source...