The only thing that needs to be said about the ABC "scandal."

[Bleacher Creature]

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Bingo.

[mopinko]

2. or obama.

[MikeydaDog]

3. Isn't it simply he didn't say President-Elect? Or was the story simply wrong?

Anyway, I like the post. Exactly right.

[2naSalit]

4. He used the word...

"candidate" but it was following the selection in November so he was incorrect which implicated a different crime so to speak... the sacred stock market took a slight stumble, allegedly, on that news so... off with his head.

[MikeydaDog]

5. I see. Thank you.

[Ms. Toad]

17. A candidate speaking with the head of a foreign government, amid allegations

of election tampering is far more likely to be illegal (at all) than a president-elect who could legitimately start to work on relationships with other foreign leaders (so perhaps not a crime at all - just a major break with protocol).

[Ms. Toad]

14. There's a significant difference between a candidate talking to the head of Russia

and a president-elect talking with a future peer to set the stage for future relations.

The latter is in extremely bad form but less likely to be illegal per se.

It's not just a matter of using the wrong word.

[MikeydaDog]

16. I got that from the previous post. It makes sense. Thank you for the distinction. Nt

[kimbutgar]

6. Iokiyar

The media only attack Demcrars never republicans. They must feel in agony having to report negative stuff on twitler.

[Nitram]

13. Um, I seem to recall the media has been pretty hard on Moore.

For example.

[hexola]

7. Is it possible this whole sequence was part of the investigation?

(thinking of the stock market)

A head fake to see who flinches.

A leak that makes in on air...if its from ABC...activate plan B!!!

[former9thward]

8. This was not Ross's first rodeo.

Which is why he got suspended. He has a long history of these mistakes.

In 2001, Ross incorrectly reported that Saddam Hussein was responsible for anthrax attacks that terrorized the United States in the months after 9/11. The White House told ABC News not to go with the anthrax story because it was wrong. Ross went with it anyway - and one week later issued a "never mind" scorrection.

In 2006, Ross reported that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert was a target of a federal corruption probe involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Despite the Justice Department's denial, Ross insisted that Hastert was "very much in the mix" of the investigation. Hastert was never approached by prosecutors.

In 2010, Ross filmed a report called "Taking on Toyota," which claimed that some of the Japanese automaker's cars contained a defect that caused "unintended acceleration." The report included footage of a tachometer shooting from 1,000 to 6,200 RPM in seconds while Ross sat behind the wheel. However, the same footage showed that the car Ross was sitting in was parked with the doors open at the time. It turned out the report was set up by a paid consultant who was working for lawyers suing Toyota.

In 2012 Ross said the Colorado movie theater shooter was a Tea Party member. Ross said he found the name in the phone book. It turned out to be a completely different person and Ross had to apologize.

[SergeStorms]

15. Sort of reminds me of....

Stephen Glass and his "reporting" for 'The New Republic'. What a ball of snot that turned out to be!

It's better that they suspend Ross now, before he causes some damage they can't dig themselves out from under.

[SeaDoo77]

9. There Is A Whole Industry Built To Like About The Clintons

With health care, and retirement benefits.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

10. Welcome to DU!

We all know it violates Republican Sacred Law to compliment any Democrat.

And it breaks their 11th Commandment to criticize any Republican.

[pansypoo53219]

11. ALL the gnewz channels pimped the MORON because they did NEEDED a CLOSE RACE!

this wasa ratings ploy & they played w/ the future of amerika for RATINGS. plus, they have been on the GOP SIDE SINCE RAYGUN & THE RISE OF RUPURT GNEWZ.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. eliminating journalists he dosent like or dosent do his bidding . hem