Matt Gutman, a longtime ABC Information correspondent primarily based in Los Angeles, is leaving the community for a excessive profile function at CBS Information.
Gutman would be the first vital on-air rent by Bari Weiss, who was named editor in chief of CBS Information in October, based on folks briefed on the matter who weren’t licensed to remark publicly. Gutman didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Whereas there was hypothesis Gutman is being thought of for the anchor job at “CBS Night Information,” he’s stated to be becoming a member of the community as a correspondent. CBS has but to call a substitute for the night information anchor desk following the deliberate departures of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois later this month.
Gutman’s contract was up at ABC Information, which didn’t counter the provide from CBS, based on folks accustomed to the discussions.
Gutman joined ABC Information in 2008 as a radio correspondent. He has been chief nationwide correspondent on the TV facet since 2018. He started his profession on the Jerusalem Publish, protecting the West Financial institution.
Gutman gained journalism awards for his work on the 2017 mass taking pictures in Las Vegas and the 2018 rescue mission of 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded collapse Thailand. He additionally reported extensively from Israel for 18 months after Hamas’ assault on Oct. 7, 2023, and lined the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in January.
Gutman was suspended by ABC in early 2020 after he erroneously reported on-air that every one 4 of Kobe Bryant’s daughters had been on board the helicopter that crashed and killed the NBA icon and eight others. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died within the accident in Calabasas. The others weren’t aboard.
Gutman apologized for the error and later attributed the error to a panic assault that occurred whereas on air. He wrote a e book in 2023 about getting over his lengthy wrestle with anxiousness and panic assaults.
Gutman not too long ago confronted criticism for his protection of the investigation into the taking pictures demise of proper wing activist Charlie Kirk. In an ABC Information report, Gutman learn the texts between the alleged shooter Tyler Robinson and his transgender roommate, describing the messages as “very touching in a method we didn’t anticipate.”
Harsh social media response to the feedback prompted Gutman to apologize. “Yesterday I attempted to underscore the jarring distinction between this chilly blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk — a person who devoted his life to public dialogue — and the private, disturbing texts learn aloud by the Utah County Legal professional on the press convention. I deeply remorse that my phrases didn’t make that clear.”
