Andrea Morabito

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Tapper Takes ‘The Lead’ of New CNN Show

Why did CNN’s Jake Tapper want to be an anchor? For that the former ABC News correspondent cites a line from the 1987 film Broadcast News : “It’s because if I do it well then they’ll pay me more, and my life will be great and they’ll treat me better — that’s why.” In seriousness, Tapper says he jumped at the chance to anchor his own... More

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Lauer On ‘Today’s Bad Press: ‘We Hate Being the News’

In the final minutes of NBC News Group’s upfront presentation at the New York Public Library on Thursday afternoon, Today co-anchor Matt Lauer sidetracked briefly from thanking advertisers for their support of the show to address “what might be a teeny white elephant in the room.” “All of us in this room that work for NBC News, we love covering the news. We hate... More

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Nets Break in to Cover News of New Pope

The Roman Catholic Church has a new leader. On only the second day of the papal conclave, the College of Cardinals selected a pope to succeed Benedict XVI. White smoke went up from the Sistine Chapel at 2:06 p.m. ET (7:06 p.m. in Vatican City) signaling the cardinals had reached a decision, with the broadcasters breaking in for special reports to cover the news. The networks stayed in... More

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Nets Set Papal Conclave Coverage

The network and cable news networks are all heading to Rome as the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next pope. The 115 cardinal-electors will cast their first ballot Tuesday afternoon, after which they will vote twice each morning and twice each afternoon. The networks will produce special reports for each ballot until a new leader is selected, with the cablers in continuing coverage. The... More

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News Nets Punked By Fake Video

Is a pig rescuing a goat news? It turns out in this case, it wasn’t even real. A video of a pig heroically rescuing a goat from a pond was featured on several TV news programs including ABC’s Good Morning America , NBC’s Nightly News with Brian Williams and Today and Fox News’ Fox & Friends after going viral on YouTube. The only problem? The video was a... More