ABC News talent and staff I’ve been talking to over the past few hours are stunned and furious about this settlement.
Their anger primarily stems from the fact that they have faced repeated budget and compensation cuts in recent years, experienced layoffs, and yet the network —… https://t.co/m5RJCmR6Su
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 15, 2024
“Debra OConnell, the Disney executive who directly oversees ABC News, dined with Mr. Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in Palm Beach last Monday, according to two people briefed on their interaction.”
Surprise! https://t.co/qceJhwsbld
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 16, 2024
1/4 ABC News had a strong defense in Trump defamation claim. 2x in 2023 a fed’l judge said the common understanding of what Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was “rape.” The judge threw out Trump counterclaim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him by saying it, months before Stephanopoulos
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) December 16, 2024
Stephanopoulos has not publicly commented on the network’s decision, including on this past Sunday’s edition of The Week. (According to Variety, the Good Morning America co-host deactivated his X, formerly Twitter account over the weekend.) Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May, he struck a more defiant tone, saying: “I’m not going to be cowed out of doing my job because of the threat of Donald Trump.”
