The Associated Press is now running a story about the ABC News visit to North Korea. The good details come at the end: “ABC News President David Westin quietly traveled to North Korea in February to see if a news team would be allowed in.”
Westin says: “It will be fascinating for us and for our audiences to see what life is like there and try to get a snapshot of everyday
existence inside North Korea.”
“Woodruff is accompanied at all times by government officials,” David Bauder writes. “The network will disclose to viewers if any restrictions are placed on Woodruff and his five-member team,” but so far there haven’t been, according to Jon Banner. TVNewser’s been all over this:
> Wednesday PM: “ABC News In North Korea: The Result Of Lustig’s ‘Long-Term, Persistent Talks'”
> Tuesday PM: “Woodruff’s First Report From Pyongyang”
> Tuesday AM: “ABC’s Bob Woodruff To Report Exclusively From North Korea Beginning Today”
> Also: This AP story sees the rare reporting as “a sign” that North Korea “may be warming to outsiders.”
ABC News Prez David Westin Quietly Traveled To North Korea In February…
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