Friday, December 04, 2009

Stephanopoulos Could Bring Hard News Back to GMA

George Stephanopoulos is a contender for the GMA co-hosting slot. As part of the negotiations, George is pushing to do more hard news as opposed to fluff.
Good for George. We need more credible journalism. I bet GMA would excel if it got back to basics and then the Today Show and the Early Show would have to follow suit.
As the discussions have dragged on for weeks, Stephanopoulos has pushed for a role reshaped to spotlight his interest in politics and hard news rather than feature segments. The sources, who declined to be identified discussing internal personnel matters, cautioned that the negotiations are complicated and the two sides might fail to reach agreement. WaPo