Read more ABC News stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24107/abc-news.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:02:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73999/chris-brown-im-paying-for-what-i-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChris Brown apologized to Rihanna on BET’s 106 & Park yesterday, adding that he’s “embarrassed” by the assault. The singer says he doesn’t agree with his ex-girlfriend's decision to discuss the incident on 20/20 , but “I can only be a man and just accept the fact that I was wrong...http://www.newser.com/story/73999/chris-brown-im-paying-for-what-i-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73155/rihannas-abc-interview-a-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagABC is plugging its exclusive sitdown with Rihanna as her first in-depth account of February’s beating at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown—but the Diane Sawyer interview is apparently a bust. A source tells Media Take Out that Rihanna, 21, says virtually nothing about the incident beyond the teaser...http://www.newser.com/story/73155/rihannas-abc-interview-a-bust.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 0:19:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72443/chuck-todd-chickens-out-on-goatee-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they won, his...http://www.newser.com/story/72443/chuck-todd-chickens-out-on-goatee-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 13:29:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70256/stossel-yeah-im-biased-so.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen John Stossel announced he was leaving ABC for Fox News, many complained he was “biased.” His response? “Every reporter has political beliefs,” he writes for Reason Online. “The difference is that I am upfront about mine.” For example, most media outlets call President Obama’s plan to overhaul health care...http://www.newser.com/story/70256/stossel-yeah-im-biased-so.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 15:56:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69662/sebelius-schools-reporter-on-how-to-sneeze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNBC's Chuck Todd got a lesson in how to sneeze properly today when he let one fly during a briefing with health secretary Kathleen Sebelius. After Todd sneezed, Sebelius stopped the press conference to razz him about not sneezing into his sleeve, reports MediaBistro. "What's up with that? she asked....http://www.newser.com/story/69662/sebelius-schools-reporter-on-how-to-sneeze.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 14:52:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69084/abcs-john-stossel-jumps-ship-for-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag20/20 anchor John Stossel is leaving ABC for Fox News and the Fox Business Channel, Mediabistro reports. The move is yet another shakeup for ABC—Stossel’s co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is a frontrunner to replace Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America . Stossel, a frequent guest on Fox, will have a 1-hour...http://www.newser.com/story/69084/abcs-john-stossel-jumps-ship-for-fox.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 14:10:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68726/sawyer-nabbed-anchor-job-by-waiting-around.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat Diane Sawyer has achieved as the second female solo news anchor is “more subtle” than Katie Couric’s ascendancy, writes Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times . Sawyer “is a gorgeous, glamorous television personality who got to the top job by waiting around,” Stanley notes. It has smoothed “bumps in...http://www.newser.com/story/68726/sawyer-nabbed-anchor-job-by-waiting-around.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 6:59:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68638/dear-diane-save-the-news-nix-the-anchor-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNightly network news is fading into irrelevance—and if Diane Sawyer wants to make a difference in the media, she should turn down Charlie Gibson’s job so ABC can pay for some real reporting, writes Jack Shafer for Slate. The broadcasts have essentially become infotainment, an expert says, “aping the...http://www.newser.com/story/68638/dear-diane-save-the-news-nix-the-anchor-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 14:10:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68534/sawyer-faces-uphill-battle-backstage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiane Sawyer finally has the job she’s been waiting for, Rebecca Dana writes for the Daily Beast: “anchor of World News , the once towering, now considerably diminished evening broadcast.” But her renewed rivalry with Katie Couric and her struggle to hold on to Charles Gibson’s ratings will likely provide a...http://www.newser.com/story/68534/sawyer-faces-uphill-battle-backstage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 13:15:44 CDT