Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report

Page 6 ^ | 2 JUN 18 | By Mara Siegler

[DCBryan1]

ABC News’ Brian Ross — who was suspended last year as chief investigative correspondent for a faulty report on Michael Flynn — is leaving the network, Page Six has exclusively learned.

ABC suspended Ross last December for a month without pay for a botched report on ousted White House national security adviser Flynn that reported President Trump directed Flynn to make contact with Russian officials. The mistake even sent stocks tumbling, and ABC issued an apology saying: “We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error.”

[dragnet2]

Who’s next?

[Candor7]

That’s OK Brian. Congratulations on your new job at the Joseph Goebbels institute at the DNC.

[rlmorel]

I think his atrophied brain should be good enough company for the others on the Young Turks...particularly Cenk Uygur.

I just loved when he dismissively and condescendingly interviewed Diamond and Silk, and they tore into him!

Just brilliant! By the time the interview was done, he had the look on his face of a guy who grabbed two tigers by the tail and had no idea how to let go without being eaten!

Grinning as I re-watch it now!

[rlmorel]

OMG, Cenk Uygur just started spouting liberal BS on free college education, oppression of blacks, voter ID and each time he does it, they just jump right in, cut him off, and shred him!

He started talking about free college, and they correctly eviscerated him, saying nothing is free, someone has to pay, the quality is going to be crap, and if they give it to you, they control you!

Then he began about oppression of blacks by Republicans, the "Southern Strategy", and Diamond and Silk jumped right on him and said the KKK was started by Democrats, and how they were the party of slavery.

Then he talked about how the Republicans were trying to roll back voting rights by required photo ID, and they didn't even let him finish..."What you talkin' about? Don't you have to have an ID to cash a check? Don't you have to have ID to fly on a plane?" They reminded me so much of this Ami Horowitz piece where she goes to UC Berkeley to interview liberals on voter ID, then goes to Harlem with the same question and the liberals talk about how the poor, dispossessed blacks are too incapable of getting a photo ID, and the poor, dispossessed blacks in Harlem who all look at her like she is from another planet, and say "Yeah. Of course we have photo ID. We need it to drive, to fly, to cash a check..."

There are people who say Diamond and Silk are just there for the show, making money, and yes...they do that. But they also are conservatives, and can defend their conservative views better than the majority of conservatives...great to watch them in action!

[COBOL2Java]

Brian Williams still at NBC.

He's been there for over 3,000 years

[1Old Pro]

Reminds me of an old lawyer joke, it’s a good start but I can think of dozens of other corrupt journalists who spread lies and fake news and should be fired.

[Reagan80]

Why? This should lead to being promoted to head of the News Division at ABC News for a (fake) job well done.

[StAnDeliver]

He had a sinecure that in any other era would have set him up for life; BUT Disney is beating up ESPN and ABC for underperforming, and so out he goes. Disney even evicting ABC from its longtime Manhattan HQ. #Schadenfreude

[Trevieze]

Reporter #4..........

[huckleberry55]

... HAY Brian , don’t let the door hit your butt on your
way out .... BTW , I have never watched your FAKE NEWS.

[apoliticalone]

Liberals and coastal elites are the real supremacists who believe only they can be brilliant and wise. Others like blacks and deplorables need to be led by the nose, otherwise they know nothing. The liberals on campus need chastised. That Ami Horowitz piece was right on target.

[dp0622]

sent the stock market plunging?

someone made a lot and someone lost a lot that day.

not saying conspiracy.

just that it’s ####ed up.

[rlmorel]

Well said.

[piasa]

1990 Press Photo Brian Ross Ira Silverman | Historic Images
https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/dfpa26095

Caption: INVESTIGATIVE TEAM BRAIN ROSS AND IRA SILVERMAN - NBC News investigative reporting team of correspondent Brian Ross and producer Ira Silverman are featured in NBC News. The front and back of this photograph are pictured below.

hmmm....Ira Silverman...

[piasa]

There is another theory for Mr Levinson’s journey to Kish – a possible media connection. In 2002, Ira Silverman, a former NBC chief investigative producer, went to Tehran to meet Mr Salahuddin and wrote about him in the New Yorker magazine. He noted that his capture “would be a triumph for law enforcement”, but also argued that “from an intelligence perspective” he would be “more useful left in place” because of his access to the inner circles in Iran . Mr Silverman was also a friend of Mr Levinson and Mr Shoffler. Acquaintances believe he introduced Mr Lev­in­son to the fugitive with a documen­tary in mind. Mr Silverman declined to be interviewed for this article. A US official, who asked not to be named, said US authorities also suspected that Mr Levinson was on a media mission. He did not name Mr Silverman. ----- Missing American Feared a Victim of 'Dirty War,' Financial Times, April 13, 2007

Mr Levinson disappeared on March 8 [2007] after a six-hour meeting on the Iranian island of Kish with Dawud Salahuddin, an American who converted to Islam and was recruited by revolutionaries to assassinate an Iranian opposition activist near Washington in 1980.----- Missing American Feared a Victim of 'Dirty War,' Financial Times, April 13, 2007

[piasa]

Speaking of Robert Levinson :

…. [Robyn] Gritz had worked with the intelligence community for over a decade, helping them successfully track down global terrorists and rescue Western hostages. According to Circa, "she was even occasionally called upon to personally brief then-Director Robert Mueller on sensitive cases like the disappearance of a retired agent Robert Levinson inside Iran." But her stellar career suddenly hit the skids after she started working for McCabe and his leadership team. In 2012, she received her first negative rating after years of outstanding performance reviews and was eventually drummed out of her job.....(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ... ------ Circa: FBI's Investigation of Michael Flynn Sure Looks Like a Case of Political Retaliation PJ Media ^ | 06/27/2017 | Debra Heine

[piasa]

Speaking of Robyn Gritz :

But her stellar career suddenly hit the skids after she started working for McCabe and his leadership team. In 2012, she received her first negative rating after years of outstanding performance reviews and was eventually drummed out of her job. She initially filed an EEOC complaint against a handful of bureau executives. Later in 2014, she added McCabe to the complaint, alleging that she suffered “a hostile environment, defamation of character through continued targeting by Andrew McCabe." In official documents, Gritz alleged that she was a victim of "continuous patterns and instances of severe and excessive hostile behavior/attitude" and that the actions had "a negative impact on the complainant, professionally, financially, and personally.” (Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com … --- ---- Circa: FBI's Investigation of Michael Flynn Sure Looks Like a Case of Political Retaliation,PJ Media ^ | 06/27/2017 | Debra Heine

[piasa]

Andrew McCabe is the guy whose wife Jill McCabe, a die hard Hillary Clinton supporter, was given loads of money by the Democrats after being recruited by Hillary running mate Tim Kaine and Clinton crony Terry McAuliffe , both heavily tied with Washington DC area muslim groups, to run for office.

[piasa]

Speaking of Andrew McCabe and Robyn Gritz :

In 2014, Flynn, then director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, personally intervened on behalf of Supervisory Special Agent Robyn Gritz by writing a letter vouching for her on his official Pentagon stationary and offering to testify on her behalf. He also supported her case in a radio interview in 2015. Gritz had worked with the intelligence community for over a decade, helping them successfully track down global terrorists and rescue Western hostages. According to Circa, "she was even occasionally called upon to personally brief then-Director Robert Mueller on sensitive cases like the disappearance of a retired agent Robert Levinson inside Iran." But her stellar career suddenly hit the skids after she started working for McCabe and his leadership team. In 2012, she received her first negative rating after years of outstanding performance reviews and was eventually drummed out of her job. She initially filed an EEOC complaint against a handful of bureau executives. Later in 2014, she added McCabe to the complaint, alleging that she suffered “a hostile environment, defamation of character through continued targeting by Andrew McCabe." ---- Circa: FBI's Investigation of Michael Flynn Sure Looks Like a Case of Political Retaliation PJ Media ^ | 06/27/2017 | Debra Heine

[piasa]

Speaking of Flynn:

ABC News’ Brian Ross — who was suspended last year as chief investigative correspondent for a faulty report on Michael Flynn — is leaving the network, Page Six has exclusively learned. ABC suspended Ross last December for a month without pay for a botched report on ousted White House national security adviser Flynn that reported President Trump directed Flynn to make contact with Russian officials. The mistake even sent stocks tumbling, and ABC issued an apology saying: “We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error.” (Excerpt) Read more at pagesix.com ...---- Brian Ross is leaving ABC after botched Michael Flynn report, Page 6 ^ | 2 JUN 18 | By Mara Siegler