ABC News Suspends Brian Ross for 4 Weeks Without Pay: Effective Immediately

[B2G]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thewrap.com/abc-news-suspends-brian-ross-4-weeks-without-pay-effective-immediately/amp/

[CakeGrrl]

1. That's from 2015 - suspended for Iraq war embellishments. -nt

OK, then link changed to say that ABC's Brian Ross was suspended for Flynn story.

[JDC]

2. ?

[SummerSnow]

3. The article was written in February 2015.

Ok new link. TY

[B2G]

4. Sorry, copied the wrong link. Corrected.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Linked article is about Brian Ross/ABC, not Brian Williams...

try proofreading a bit.

[B2G]

9. Corrected now.

[meadowlander]

6. The link is a 2015 story about Brian Williams.

[lisa58]

7. It's Brian Ross from ABC - 4 weeks

[tenderfoot]

8. You mean Brian Ross

Easy to get the two confused. Interestingly, I saw several tweets yesterday stating to take his reporting with a grain of salt because of his history of screwing up constantly.

[frogmarch]

10. Brian Ross, not Brian Williams.

Whew. I like Brian Williams. Don't know Brian Ross.

[lapfog_1]

11. the link is to a story about Brian Ross

of ABC news not Brian Williams

[Turbineguy]

12. If I were ABC,

I'd keep that 4 weeks pay in the bank. Ross may yet turn out to be right.

[Skittles]

13. of course he is right

[Ms. Toad]

14. Whether he is ultimately right is not the point.

There are proper vetting procedures to ensure that the news ABC reported is not fake news. He didnt follow those procedures and, as a result, tarnished ABC's image as a trustworthy source of news - at a time when it (and all other mainstream) news sources are under attack for taking sides and not properly vetting sources.