'GMA' GIVES KATIE A FREE RIDE

• AdamsWorldBlog

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  As a journalist I'm disappointed in GMA for this.

  Posted 1/15/2008 (reply) (flag)

• Erin

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  Murphy's being a good company man and taking the fall for Diane Sawyer. I don't buy for a minute that she was on the cusp of: "Speaking of Suri, she is just adorable! And is it true that L. Ron Hubbard is her biological father?"

  Posted 1/15/2008 (reply) (flag)

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Why Didn’t GMA Ask Katie Holmes The Big Question?!
Published 1/15/2008 by steph at Celebrity Mound
... would not have mentioned the tome because it has been widely criticized over the quality of its journalism. “A lot of innuendo and gossip in that book is reported as fact,” he said. Holmes was also interviewed yesterday on the syndicated show “Live With Regis and Kelly,” where there was similarly no mention of the book. Morton appears tonight on “Inside Edition” and on the “Opie & Anthony” radio show on Thursday. (source)

Paris Hilton: 'Woman of the Year'
Published 1/15/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
... Tom made went up on - and quickly down off - the Web yesterday. Diane Sawyer never got around to asking Katie Holmes about the book yesterday on Good Morning America . But on ...

Katie Holmes Is Ready For Her Closeup
Published 1/15/2008 by abby at Yeeeah! - Snarky Celebrity Gossip
... Katie Holmes was interviewed on “Good Morning America” yesterday, and host Diane Sawyer asked all the hard-hitting questions you’d expect of a journalist. Except for the ones having anything to do with Scientology, contractual agreements, or being the surrogate for the demon seed of L. Ron Hubbard. Page Six says ...

THE MORNING SIFT - Katie Holmes Narrowly Escapes Diane Sawyer's Clutches
Published 1/15/2008 at Radar: Fresh Intelligence Blog
Ladies' softball league : Just as Diane Sawyer had lulled Katie Holmes and viewers into a peaceful nap on Good Morning America , the show's producer, Jim Murphy , ends the segment stymieing Sawyer's plan to drill Holmes on the details of ...

Idle Chatter: Olbermann, Nikki Finke, 'GMA'
Published 1/15/2008 by jbercovici at Portfolio.com: Mixed Media
... -Good Morning America executive producer Jim Murphy is shouldering the blame for Diane Sawyer's ultra-softball interview with Katie Holmes yesterday. [P6] ...

Missed Opportunities
Published 1/15/2008 by Michael K at Dlisted - Be Very Afraid
... GMA's executive producer said that it was Diane's intention to ask Katie about the book, but they ran out of time. He told Page Six, "She (Diane) knew we wanted to be fair and deal with [Holmes' new] movie and she wanted to talk about her life because Diane likes to produce a well-produced segment and bring something special to it when you get somebody that you don't see often on live television - but we had a time issue." ...

Today Asks the Tough Tom Cruise Questions Good Morning America Never Got Around To
Published 1/15/2008 by david at Jossip
... While GMA executive producer Jim Murphy claims there was no contract in place that kept them from asking the hard questions in exchange for access to Holmes, few believe their story. (For his part, Murphy claims it was he who ended the interview early, angering Sawyer who didn’t get a chance to get to the tough Qs. Take one for the team!) ...

Katie Holmes does interview circuit unscathed
Published 1/15/2008 by Hot Momma at Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog
... Last night, the network was in full damage-control, trying to say its coverage wasn’t a whitewash. GMA’s executive producer said that it was Diane’s intention to ask Katie about the book, but they ran out of time. He told Page Six, ...

Diane & Katie: The latest lies from network news
Published 1/15/2008 by tabloidbaby at tabloid baby
... days, comes from Jim Murphy, executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America after his host and personality Diane Sawyer interviewed Katie Holmes about her new movie, without asking anything about the huge news story Holmes is enmeshed in-- the new book by Andrew Morton that says lots of scurilous things about her husband Tom Cruise and her marriage to him. Sawyer stuck with the fluff questions. Obviously so. Sickeningly so. Corruptly so. And when asked about it by our pals at the New York Post's Page Six , Murphy insisted "there was no agreement to avoid the touchy subject. ...