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No longer decent news but long ads!
I am having to pilotage my 2023 review. No longer does ANC have unbiased news reporting. Its really sad to see them loose middle of the road people like myself because of the way they are biased against conservatives. ABC is the new CNN. ———— This is 2023, there is no call for having 30 second long ads to just show Short news clips. Compounding that, if you scroll down at all where the ad isn’t fully seen and then scroll back up, it starts from scratch brand new 30 second ad, even if you had already watched 20 seconds of the previous one. There are news outlets everywhere, no need to use this ABC app.Show lesskjv1769
Not news, propaganda
User beware this network is 100% biased to the left wing and basically useless unless you’re completely partisan or don’t want to be informed. For those who don’t follow politics, you’re only getting one side of the story and it’s framed to fit a narrative and talking points that favor the left. Recently to the level of gaslighting and flat out lying. They won’t do news stories on things that seriously affect you about the real news and truth about the wars around the world because “their” political party is in the White House. They’re not there to inform you but control you and manufacture consent for the establishment. Not just ABC but they are one of the most biased. Please double check what you’ve been told and go back to the original source where possible.Show lessWhizkid Labs
Disappointed with debate coverage
Really disappointed with the debate coverage of the Harris - Trump debate. I thought the choice of questions, “fact-checking”, and general behaviour of the moderators was partisan and unfair to former president Trump. CNN’s debate earlier between Trump and Biden was much more fair and objective.
For example, how in the world does ABC “fact check” if migrants ate pets in Springfield? It’s a ridiculous statement and I have no idea if it’s true or not, but who believes that ABC has the resources or ability to check if that actually happened or not? Moderators should have kept their mouths shut instead of acting as if they are the final arbitrators of truth.
The “analysis” after the debate was even worse. Americans are sick of media acting as propaganda channels for the two political parties and ABC should be ashamed to call this journalism.Show lessPAssword@23
Great news organization that has become the clickbait news application
I have tons of news apps on my phone. I always respected ABC and their quality journalism.
The ABC News App started with advertising on news worthy video clips. In some cases you require the user to watch a one minute commercial to watch a 30 second news clip. This click the add feature appears to have been added to news stories where I have to watch a commercial to read a story. I can get all the news from other quality news organizations that don’t require me to watch a commercials to see EVERY SINGLE THING in their news app.
What a shame Harry Reasoner is rolling in his grave.Show lessMoreFreqNewsUpdates
ABC news
I put ABC second to Fox News. Both are more realistic with a balance between stories vs the fake editorials by CNN and NBC. News should not be siding with political parties but instead saying the truth on both sides and allowing people to judge based on merit. Watched a segment on NBC and the woman reporter was sneering as she talked taking the content out of context. I see a bit too much of that on Fox rather than simply telling the story and letting people judge fir themselves. Problem with ABC who has it together pretty well is they lean too far left and not enough right…should be a clear balance which people of any sense would appreciate and watch more. It’s time real news comes back and the editorials be special shows outside the real news and called some t going like The View. Of course even that show has become far left which takes the balance if anything good out of it. We want both sides and the good as well as the bad views first and each the same. Civilized instead of just ugly how it is now.Show lessCinRK59
Best of the major news apps
My problem with ALL the major news outlets and their apps is the way they slant their presentations of the news. From the left leaning CNN to the right leaning Fox, they all have an agenda and insist on tailoring what they present, and most annoyingly, how they present it.
Please, just present the news and allow that we have the intelligence to make up our own minds without the heavy handed prodding and aggressive agenda based reporting.
That said, I find the ABC app the least openly biased of the major outlets and the app is functionally better than most.Show lessokdonenow
ABC News app on Apple TV buggy
Every time I click on a news article, I am presented with the newscaster with their mouth open frozen for five seconds, and then a long ad plays. I don’t mind some ads, but the same ad over and over every time I watch a short news report? That is really excessive and irritating. I will never buy the product in that ad because it is so irritating to see it 10 times while just trying to watch the news. This app is doing a dis-service to the advertisers
Often when opening the app and selecting a video the app will play 2 different audio tracks at the same track which cannot be stopped and the app has to be closed and reopened.Show lessJeeves108
Developer Response
Hi there! Thanks for your review. If you are seeing any issues with the app's performance, then we recommend reaching out to our Customer Support team: http://abcnews.com/feedbackLatest Upgrades Are A Dealbreaker
I have been using your app several times daily for years, but the latest upgrades are too problematic. I view on an iPad and still the print is so tiny I can’t read it. There is no longer a feature to enlarge the screen view. Plus, most article pictures are only in the menu margin and do not open once the item is selected and opened. These pictures are also so small in the margin that I can’t see them, and they, too, cannot be enlarged. Finally, I can no longer select and copy names, etc. within the articles in order to do a broader search on the internet. Good bye, ABC.Show lessxxEnablerxx
Developer Response
Hi there! Thanks for your review. If you are seeing any issues with the app's performance, then we recommend reaching out to our Customer Support team: https://abc.com/feedbackPerfect but please let me get push notifications for breaking news!
The ABC News app is phenomenal with the new update. Love the design, layout and general usability of it. ABC has always been my favorite news source and I watch World News Tonight with David Muir, GMA, This Week, 20/20 and Nightline regularly. Love having all of that content in the app as well as the podcasts however for some reason since this last update it doesn’t let me get breaking news push notifications which I really like. Please add this back I’m not sure if it’s a bug or glitch but it’s a very important feature to me!Show lessstevenyuna766
Swipe Right Now Gone
Just opened the latest update and previously, after reading an article, I could swipe right, anywhere on the screen, to go back to the main page, with the list of stories. Best feature of any news app. Now, just like every other news app I have tried, I need to swipe down, to get the backup arrow to appear, and then reach up to the top left corner, to back up. I might as well use the CBS app, which I previously deleted, since the ABC interface was much more intuitive and cleaner. Now it it no different than the others, so any incentive to use this app is now gone. Don’t fix what isn’t broken. Just lost me. Bye.Show lessWhatever 123
