For Departing ABC News Exec, Where the Story Ends, Commentary Begins

Mimi Gurbst is leaving ABC News. The longtime “World News” senior producer is leaving TV to become a high school guidance counselor — a fact written up earlier this week by The New York Observer‘s Felix Gillette. But the story does not end there.

WebNewser’s Alex Weprin shows what happens when online commenters pick up where the story leaves off.

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