Dan Harris in for Bill Weir as 'Nightline' anchor

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Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News says Dan Harris is joining "Nightline" as a co-anchor, succeeding Bill Weir, who's headed to CNN.

Harris will remain on the weekend edition of "Good Morning America," which he has co-anchored for three years.

Effective immediately at "Nightline," he replaces Weir, who will join CNN next month as an anchor and its chief innovation correspondent.

Weir had been a "Nightline" co-anchor since 2010 and is a former co-anchor of the weekend "GMA." He'll work with producers to develop original programming across the CNN schedule, the network said.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dan-harris-bill-weir-nightline-anchor

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Dan Harris has a history of uncritically advancing right wing propaganda:
- 2005: bought hook, line, and sinker to "colleges censoring conservatives" stories without examining WHY they happened; also downplayed Americans' support for withdrawing from Iraq; blamed Newsweek "Quran in the toilet" article for inciting riots in the Middle East
- 2006: More BSing about Americans' perception of the war
- 2007: reported on a "miracle baby" born just 21 weeks after conception
- 2009: Writing on ABCNews.com about the fake Obama school speech controversy, Harris admitted: "While the media loves a good fight -- even when the charges are unfounded -- there may be more to conservatives' complaints that play into larger concerns about the president on health care reform."
- 2011: Blaming Greek pensioners for screwing American workers
- 2013: Beating the war drums for Iran

Ted Koppel is simply irreplaceable.

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1. Just what we need. Another right winger on the tube.