2b. Asked if she was personally disappointed in the breakup with ESPN, Aronson-Rath said, “I am a person who believes in partnerships and collaboration across news organization. My disappointment has to do with the fact that we were doing great work. I am a journalist and I want to great work with other journalists. So when that relationship disintegrated earlier this week, of course, I was disappointed.”
2c. ESPN ombudsman Robert Lipsyte weighed in on the story, and particularly interesting are John Skipper’s comments on Frontline’s trailer and his talks with Disney’s CEO and lawyers.
2d. A Frontline spokesperson said its highest-rated program show this year has been The Choice, which focused around Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The show drew 5.768 million viewers. We’ll see how close League of Denial comes to it.