Media Outlet / Personality: Disney/ABC

Disney acquired ABC in 1996. The ABC Television Network manages ABC News, ABC Entertainment, ABC Daytime, ABC Sports and ABC Kids in addition to some local radio stations.


Media Advisory: Midterms and the Media: Was the press fair to voters? (11/6/06)

CounterSpin: Sheldon Rampton on The Path to 9/11, Wayne Barrett on Giuliani and 9/11 (9/8/06)

Economy Extra!: Stossel’s "Stupid" Schools: A beginner’s course in deceptive reporting (May/June 2006) By Peter Hart and Janine Jackson

Activism Update: Brian Ross "Completely Aware" of WMD Context: So why weren't ABC viewers allowed to know? (3/3/06)

Extra!: Media Lick the Hand That Feeds Them: Does Wal-Mart’s money buy more than ads? (November/December 2005) By Peter Hart and Janine Jackson

Action Alert: ABC's Antiwar "Reality Check": World News Tonight minimizes support for withdrawal (9/1/05)

Economy Action Alert: ABC's One-Sided Wal-Mart Report: Does a big advertiser get special treatment? (8/10/05)

Action Alert: Network Viewers Still in the Dark on "Smoking Gun Memo": Print media continue to downplay story (5/20/05)

Action Alert: ABC's Assist to Campus Conservatives: Were censorship stories too good to check? (2/3/05)

Economy Action Alert: ABC Muddles the Social Security Debate: Not "everyone agrees" with distorted claims (1/14/05)

Activism Update: ABC Responds to Critics of Campaign Coverage (12/12/03)

Action Alert: ABC Narrows the Field (12/11/03)

Action Alert: Peter Jennings Cries Wolf (9/18/02)

Action Alert: Call of the Wild: ABC's In Search of America Special (9/18/02)

Press Release: Networks Accept Government "Guidance" (10/12/01)

Extra!: Protesters Rain on ABC's Parade (March/April 2001) By Jim Naureckas

Action Alert: ABC News Analyst Advocates Brutality (11/21/00)

Action Alert: In the Soup at The View: ABC allows corporate sponsor to buy talkshow content (11/20/00)

Extra!: For Press, Magenta Hair and Nose Rings Defined Protests (July/August 2000) By Rachel Coen

Article: Limbaugh: A Color Man Who Has a Problem With Color? (6/7/00) By Jeff Cohen and Steve Rendall

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See also:

Disney
World News Tonight
Nightline
John Stossel
ABC Radio Networks
This Week

Contact:

ABC News
47 West 66th Street
New York, NY 10023

Phone: (212) 456-7777
Fax: (212) 456-4292
Email: netaudr@abc.com

Links:

What does Disney own?, from CJR.

Walt Disney Company's Board of Directors.

Disney home page

Disney Annual Reports

ABC News

Radio Rat Poison: The dark side of Disney, by Daniel Zoll (SFBG.com, 9/20/00).

Books:

Networks of Power: Corporate TV's Threat to Democracy, by Dennis W. Mazzaco (South End Press, 1994).

By Invitation Only: How the Media Limit Public Debate, by David Croteau and William Hoynes (Common Courage, 1994).