For decades, I loyally watched ABC Nightly News. For this new comer to the US, Peter Jennings seemed more understandable and Ted Koppel’s Nightline interviews brought perspective for many topics for me. Anchor person changed, but I stayed with ABC.
In China, video podcast solved the problem. ITunes would download the news (for China, it would have been two-day old news, but still valid) and I would watch it during my commute. I even bought an expensive iPod video cable so that I would watch it on real TV during the weekend. This podcast habit continued even after I came back to the US. On my frequent business trips, this is how I kept up.
Essentially, I have only two sources for daily news: NPR and ABC. Both I receive free through my iPod. I read newspapers, magazines, and various web sites, but not daily.
Several weeks ago, David Muir gave me the last episode of the ABC News Podcast. They will deliver exclusively via their website and an iPad app. This means no offline access to ABC news anymore. I could DTR the program, but that is very restrictive.
I found video podcast from CBS, NBC, CNN, and Fox. Guess ABC is losing one fan now.
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