NEW YORK – As the United States prepared for the formal reopening of its Embassy in Cuba after a half century of dour relations with that country, at ABC news there was a story behind the story.
The New York Post’s Page Six reports that there is an ongoing rivalry behind the scenes between ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos, and World News Tonight anchor David Muir.
Both newsmen bickered about which one would get to cover the story for ABC, the Post reported, to the point that ABC simply considered sending them both.
An unlrelated glitch was that ABC could not get its satellite to broadcast live in HD from Havana. But an ABC source said, the Post reported, that “not only is there a dish issue, there is a male diva issue here at ABC.”
Ulitimately, neither Muir nor Stephanopoulos were given the assignment. Instead, Jim Avila was sent, “because of his previous Cuba coverage.”
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