by Glynnis MacNicol | 3:25 pm, June 21st, 2010
Since Jake Tapper officially took over as interim This Week host (ahead of Christiane Amanpour’s arrival this August), ABC News’ Chief White House correspondent has hauled the Sunday show straight into the 21st Century, with impressive results. This Week is now live-tweeted (a plus for those who prefer to spend their Sunday mornings at brunch instead of in front of the TV set), and clips and transcripts from the show are posted with lightning speed, sometimes even during airing (a big plus for those of us who blog about it). He’s also brought on the non-partisan group PolitiFact to fact-check the claims made by various guests during the show — a move that was initially greeted with skepticism, but has since caught fire with the guests themselves. This decidedly New Media sensibility has breathed new life into the show, and one can only hope it remains after the anchor switch.
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