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Both Kinds of Standards – ABC NEWS

See, they are professionals, and this could not be helped, unlike that other time.

On ABC World News Tonight, David Muir was on the receiving end of some technical foibles, unable to throw to his man in the field, and he had to scramble and have his weather girl bail him out before things were corrected.

Nobody in media circles is throwing harsh criticism today.

This is a departure from what was seen just weeks ago, when Tony Dokoupil experienced the same problem on his debut on The CBS Evening News, which was held up by many as an example that Bari Weiss could not do her job.

WAIT: I was told this kind of technical snafu was only the kind of thing that happens to supposed amateurs like Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil at the 'CBS Evening News,' NOT the top-rated ABC's 'World News Tonight' with David Muir! pic.twitter.com/PC0vgNrn9N

Reporting on the Mirror – CBS NEWS

Well, clearing the decks is certainly one way to get the mutiny under control.

At NPR, David Folkenflik has collected several anonymous voices from inside CBS News willing to feed him details about what operations are like under Bari Weiss. The new head of the news division has been saying she encourages internal discussions on operations,........

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