ABC’s Diane Sawyer: ‘We don’t do infomercials’

Bobby Eberle

6/22/2009

This is the week that we get our full dose of health care “news” on ABC. The special which airs on Wednesday is a townhall format in which Barack Obama will answer “tough” questions from the audience as picked by ABC News.

Conservatives and other media critics have been up in arms ever since ABC News announced the format. Diane Sawyer, co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” recently went on the air to defend the program and deny that it was a glorified infomercial. She actually said she is proud of the program, because it’s important to have a debate on this serious issue. Note to Dianne… it might just be me, but I thought it takes two opposing sides to have a debate. Right?

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