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MEDIA |  | | LEAD STORY Disney Cuts Deep Into ABC News Workforce as Part of Major Restructuring ABC News is facing significant layoffs as part of sweeping workforce reductions at parent company Disney, according to sources familiar with the situation. The cuts are part of approximately 1,000 job eliminations initiated under Disney's new CEO Josh D'Amaro, who said the company is being "streamlined" in response to an increasingly unpredictable media landscape. "We will be eliminating roles in some parts of the company and have begun notifying impacted employees." — Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro |
Most reductions are expected to hit Disney's consolidated marketing division, along with roles across film and television units, ESPN, product and technology teams, and certain corporate departments. The restructuring comes amid a rocky period for the company's new leadership, which has seen ABC entangled in controversy tied to "The Bachelorette" and a high-profile collapse of Disney's three-year, $1 billion partnership with OpenAI. The ABC drama centers on the reality series being pulled after footage surfaced of star Taylor Frankie Paul throwing chairs at her estranged partner — footage that also showed her child being struck. Because ABC licenses the show from Warner Bros., the network may be liable for $50–70 million if the program does not air. Meanwhile, OpenAI shut down its Sora video generator just months after its launch, ending the landmark Disney partnership prematurely. The layoffs mark another chapter in the ongoing contraction of legacy media, as Disney grapples with rising costs, shifting audience habits, and the pressure to compete in a media environment increasingly shaped by streaming and artificial intelligence. For ABC News staffers, the cuts arrive as the network already faces declining viewership and credibility challenges that have dogged mainstream television news for years. |
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MEDIA |  | | MEDIA Tension Erupts on 'The View' When Joy Behar Challenges Jesus's Messianic Claims as 'Narcissistic' Tensions ran high on Tuesday's edition of The View after co-host Joy Behar sparked on-air chaos with a startling theological claim. During a panel discussion about President Trump's since-deleted social media image depicting him in Christ-like robes, Behar insisted that "Jesus himself did not run around saying, 'I'm the Messiah, I'm the Messiah'" — a claim her co-hosts immediately and forcefully rejected. "When you are the Messiah, it's not narcissism to say it!" — Sara Haines, pushing back at Behar live on air |
Alyssa Farah Griffin groaned audibly as Sara Haines jumped in to correct Behar, telling her directly that Jesus did in fact proclaim himself the Messiah — a point well documented in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The studio audience erupted in laughter as the panelists talked over one another. Behar, unfazed, doubled down: "Jesus was not narcissistic like this guy." Haines fired back that calling yourself the Messiah when you actually are the Messiah is not narcissism — to which Behar simply replied, "Yes, it is." Whoopi Goldberg finally ended the exchange by declaring, "I'm going to move this along because this is too much for me." For his part, Trump denied the image was meant to portray him as Christ, saying he believed it depicted him as a doctor or Red Cross worker and that "only the fake news could come up with that one." The moment went viral almost instantly — and it's not Behar's first religious controversy. In 2018, she declared that hearing Jesus when you pray was a "mental illness," drawing enough backlash that she was forced to issue a public apology. This time, even her own co-hosts weren't having it, turning the segment into one of the day's most-shared clips and a fresh reminder of the show's increasingly difficult relationship with basic facts. |
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