Former Correspondent Brian Rooney Speaks About the Carnage at ABC News

Franklin Avenue and Variety scribe Michael Schneider spoke with recently downsized ABC News correspondent Brian Rooney about what the mood was like in the office leading up to the recent layoffs — which gutted about 25 percent of the ABC News workforce. Rooney’s answer is about what you would expect.

The mood not just here in Los Angeles, but all over ABC News is dark. Friends are disappearing and few people know whether they will have a job or what their job might be at the end of this.

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