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44-411: (Redirected from Killing Ground ) The Killing Ground may refer to: The Killing Ground (film) , a 1979 documentary film written by Brit Hume The Killing Ground (novel) , a novel by Jack Higgins Killing Ground (film) , a 2016 horror thriller film directed and written by Damien Power Killing Ground (novel) , a novel by Steve Lyons based on

88-438: A drum for a chemical, and you can take it from a customer or a generator and carry it direct to a landfill or site, and dump it on the ground and bury it." When asked about the amount of money that can be made, Carracino responded: "Millions. You can go out and rent a piece of property. Don't buy it. Rent it. Rent ten acres, rent twenty acres. Get a permit to handle drums. Bring them onto the property, and just store em. As soon as

132-407: A multi-year content deal with AP for its affiliate video service, Associated Press Television News (APTV), while providing material from ABC's news video service, ABC News One, to APTV. Scandal erupted in 1985 over a decision by Arledge, president of ABC News and Sports, to kill a 13-minute report about Marilyn Monroe , possibly due to his close ties to Ethel Kennedy . 20/20 drew criticism from

176-471: A potential chemical dump across from their high school. The landfill application has been filed by SCA Services, Incorporated . SCA had already been fined for illegally dumping chemicals at a household dump in Bordentown. ABC News demonstrated via SEC filings that SCA and the company that owns Kin-Buc Landfill had a partnership. Afterwards, SCA was included as a defendant in a lawsuit brought against

220-612: A second attempt to extend its Good Morning America brand into the afternoon with GMA3: What You Need to Know . In May 2019, ABC News Live , a news focused streaming channel, was launched on Roku. Following a reorganization of ABC's parent company, The Walt Disney Company which created the Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International segment in March 2018, ABC News Digital and Live Streaming, including ABC News Live and FiveThirtyEight , were transferred to

264-527: A wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programming . The channel was available in the United States and Europe . Its Talk Back feature allowed viewers to voice their input by submitting videos and personal thoughts on controversial issues and current topics. It was shut down as a digital subchannel after its experimental phase ended with the Presidential inauguration in 2005. ABC News Now

308-721: Is a 1979 American documentary film written by Brit Hume . It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature . The film portrays environmental and human health effects of toxic waste dump-sites in Niagara Falls, New York and other locations. The film surveys several waste disposal sites in the United States. The documentary begins with the environmental disaster at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York . Governor of New York Hugh Carey provided $ 10 million in funding for residents nearest

352-607: Is a 24/7 streaming video news channel for breaking news, live events, newscasts and longer-form reports and documentaries operated by ABC News since 2018, The channel is available through Roku , Hulu , Disney+ , YouTube TV , Sling TV , Pluto TV , Xumo , FuboTV and the news division's other streaming platforms. The service is under the direction of Justin Dial, Vice President of Streaming Content, Seniboye Tienabeso, Executive Director of ABC News Live, Chandra Zeikel, Executive Producer & Eric Ortega, Executive Producer. This unit

396-615: Is producing: Satellite News Channel was a joint venture between ABC News and Group W that launched on June 21, 1982, as a satellite-delivered cable television network. SNC used footage from ABC News and seven Washington, D.C. –based crews and stories from other overseas networks to provide a rotating newscast every 20 minutes. However, this channel had difficulty getting clearance from cable systems, so ABC News and Group W decided to sell it to its competitor, CNN (a subsidiary of Time Warner 's Turner Broadcasting System ). CNN ceased Satellite News Channel's operations on October 27, 1983. SNC

440-609: Is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US. ABCNews.com launched on May 15, 1997, by ABC News Internet Ventures, a joint venture between Starwave and ABC formed in April 1997. Starwave had owned and operated ESPNet SportsZone (later known as ESPN.com ) since 1995, which licensed the ESPN brand and video clips from ABC's corporate sister ESPN Inc. Disney wanted more control of their Internet properties, which meant ABCNews.com

484-525: Is to fight inflation. So, finding more sites where people are being poisoned, could contribute, in their mind, to their fight against inflation. A number of the polluted sites mentioned in the film became EPA Superfund sites after the documentary was published. ABC News (United States) In addition to the division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and ABC News Live , plus various podcasts hosted by ABC News personalities. ABC began in 1943 as

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528-552: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation , operates its unrelated news division that is also named ABC News . The U.S. ABC News maintains a content-sharing agreement with the Nine Network , which also broadcasts GMA domestically in the early morning before its own breakfast program . In New Zealand , ABC World News was broadcast daily at 5:10 p.m. and again at 11:35 p.m. As with

572-491: The Freedom of Information Act to obtain footage from a 1976 United States government film showing trucks dumping "raw chemical waste" at Kin-Buc Landfill near Edison, New Jersey . Kin-Buc was allegedly subject to "frequent fires, which sent noxious smoke over the surrounding community." The film further shows that the nearby Raritan River has been contaminated by PCBs , chloroform , benzene , and mercury . However, due to

616-571: The NBC Blue Network , a radio network that was spun off from NBC , as ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1942. The reason for the order was to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States , specifically news and political broadcasting, and broaden the projected points of view . Only a few companies, such as NBC and CBS , dominated the radio market. NBC conducted

660-623: The British television series Doctor Who Killing Ground (album) , an album by Saxon "The Killing Ground", a song by Recoil on their album subHuman "The Killing Ground", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from their album Eyes Like the Sky "Killing Ground", a song by Sabaton from their album Carolus Rex Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

704-1193: The ages of 18 and 34. The network replaced ABC News Now , a mainly streaming service of ABC News content. In December 2015, it was reported that Disney was in talks to sell its stake in Fusion to Univision. The split was complete on April 21, 2016; Univision alone would continue to operate Fusion until December 31, 2021, when it shut down the network. New York (Main Headquarters) Washington, D.C. Atlanta Chicago Dallas Los Angeles London Miami Paris San Francisco Auckland Current ABC News Radio personnel Contributors ('†' symbol indicates person deceased) In Australia, Sky News Australia airs daily broadcasts of ABC World News Tonight (at 10:30 a.m.) and Nightline (at 1:30 a.m.) as well as weekly airings of 20/20 (on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., with an extended version at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays) and occasionally Primetime (at 1:30 p.m. on Thursdays, with extended edition at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays). Coincidentally, that country's public broadcasting ,

748-473: The announcement that Cumulus would replace its ABC News radio service with Westwood One News (via CNN ). On September 20, 2019, ABC Radio was renamed as ABC Audio as the network has evolved to offer a podcast portfolio and other forms of on-demand and linear content. In April 2018, it was announced that FiveThirtyEight would be transferred to ABC News from ESPN, Inc. , majority owned by The Walt Disney Company . On September 10, 2018, ABC News launched

792-512: The appointment of the president of ABC Sports , Roone Arledge as president of ABC News in 1977, ABC invested the resources to make it a significant source of news content. Arledge, known for experimenting with the broadcast "model", created many of ABC News' most popular and enduring programs, including 20/20 , World News Tonight , This Week , Nightline , and Primetime Live . ABC News' longtime slogan, "More Americans get their news from ABC News than from any other source." (introduced in

836-648: The attempts to pass the law that would become the Superfund . William Sanjour , branch chief of waste reduction within the United States Environmental Protection Agency , alleged that "the [ Carter ] administration doesn't want to implement this [Superfund] law," and that the agency has been "systematically suppressing" environmental regulations. An EPA program administrator commented: The Carter administration 's number one policy, as explained to us by top management,

880-478: The book say on camera that Monroe kept diaries with references to meetings with the Kennedy brothers, according to a staff member who has seen the report. "It set out to be a piece which would demonstrate that because of alleged relations between Robert Kennedy and John F. Kennedy and Monroe, the presidency was compromised because organized crime was involved," he said. "Based on what has been uncovered so far, there

924-675: The canal to leave. The state purchased the houses of some residents. The film features commentary on pollutant-linked birth defects by Dr. Beverly Paigen of the Roswell Park Institute (now the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center ). Dr. Paigen collected statistics of diseases near Love Canal. Of 187 households still occupied near Love Canal, she documented "17 nervous breakdowns , 34 miscarriages , 20 birth defects , 41 cases of respiratory disease , and 3 suicides , all well above

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968-632: The documentary follows a truck from New Jersey that allegedly dumps concealed barrels of carbolic acid at a household dump in Pennsylvania. Footage filmed by WNEP-TV shows the dumping operation. Elsewhere, in the New Jersey Meadowlands , the improperly stored mercury waste of a former factory led to "the highest level of mercury contamination in the world." Elsewhere, students in Bordentown, New Jersey demonstrate against

1012-575: The early 1970s, ABC News programs and ABC in general consistently ranked third in viewership behind CBS and NBC news programs. ABC had fewer affiliate stations and a weaker prime-time programming slate to support the network's news operations compared to the two larger networks, each of which had established their radio news operations during the 1930s. By the 1970s, the network had effectively turned around, with its prime-time entertainment programs achieving more substantial ratings and drawing in higher advertising revenue and profits for ABC overall. With

1056-417: The fact that the decision reflects badly on people I respect and it reflects badly on me and the broadcast." Additionally, Westin said: "I don't anticipate not putting it on the air. The journalism is solid. Everything in there has two sources. We are documenting that there was a relationship between Bobby and Marilyn and Jack and Marilyn. A variety of eyewitnesses attest to that on camera." Two other aspects of

1100-463: The foot of a street so that seemingly harmless dirt could go to an ordinary garbage dump." The head of CCC, William Carracino, was facing two years in jail for illegal dumping when he gave an interview for the film. Carracino commented: "Well, I'd say maybe 80 percent of most of the waste shipped is being dumped illegal. The economics behind it is, is if you don't have to treat it, there's no cost except transportation, and if you can get 20 and 30 dollars

1144-490: The heat gets too great, just go bankrupt and get out. There's no law against it." Carracino's Chemical Control Company remained on New Jersey's list of recommended waste disposal companies even after it was convicted of illegal dumping. A New Jersey chemical waste regulator was interviewed about CCC's tactics. Afterwards, the New Jersey Attorney General obtained a court order to close CCC. In addition,

1188-619: The late 1980s), was a claim referring to the number of people who watch, listen to and read ABC News content on television, radio and (eventually) the Internet, and not necessarily to the telecasts alone. In June 1998, ABC News (which owned an 80% stake in the service), Nine Network and ITN sold their respective interests in Worldwide Television News to the Associated Press . Additionally, ABC News signed

1232-402: The national average." Dr. David Axelrod, former health commissioner of New York, then expanded the evacuations to include households with small children or pregnant women. The film alleges that Hooker Chemical Company "never warned the state that dioxin was in the canal." In response, Bruce Davis, executive vice president of Hooker Chemical Company, states that "the quantity of dioxin that

1276-488: The new segment. In an October 2018 Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, ABC News was ranked the second most trusted news organization by Americans, behind The Wall Street Journal . ABC News Radio is the radio service of ABC Audio , a division of the ABC News. Formerly known as ABC Radio News , ABC News Radio feeds through Skyview Networks with newscasts on the hour to its affiliates. ABC News Radio

1320-589: The owners of Kin-Buc. Petro Processors of Louisiana was a waste disposal company that served the petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River , including Exxon , Shell , Allied Chemical & Dye Company , and Dow Chemical Company . However, a Petro dumpsite overflowed, "flooding 500 acres with waste", including carbon tetrachloride and hexachlorobutadiene . The film includes an interview with Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards , who said he

1364-450: The program's co-anchors, Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters, and the executive producer, Av Westin. Arledge said that he had killed the piece because it was "gossip-column stuff" and "does not live up to its billing." Downs, however, took issue with Arledge's judgment. "I am upset about the way it was handled," he said in an interview. "I honestly believe that this is more carefully documented than anything any network did during Watergate. I lament

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1408-612: The shutdown of Kin-Buc, there were no legal toxic waste dumps available to direct new waste to, nor to use for cleaning up Kin-Buc. The film investigates illegal "midnight dumping" practices near the New Jersey Turnpike . One tactic involved stealing trucks, filling it with toxic waste barrels for payment, then abandoning the truck. The film alleges that one firm, Chemical Control Company (CCC), "simply unloaded drums into New Jersey's Meadowlands, pumped waste directly out of tank trucks into waterways, and mixed it with soil at

1452-584: The split voluntarily in case its appeal of the ruling was denied, and it was forced to split its two networks into separate companies. Regular television news broadcasts on ABC began soon after the network signed on its initial owned-and-operated television station (WJZ-TV, now WABC-TV ) and production center in New York City in August 1948. Broadcasts continued as the ABC network expanded nationwide. Until

1496-432: The state apologize for that. We did what we thought was best for the people and the economy of Louisiana. We accommodated the industry where we thought we could, in order to get the jobs and the development, and in some instances we knowingly and advisedly accepted environmental tradeoffs." Columbus Millet, resident of Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana , said that residents would occasionally wake up "choking" due to noxious air. Waste

1540-501: The title The Killing Ground . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Killing_Ground&oldid=1248575841 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Killing Ground (film) The Killing Ground

1584-505: The unaired report, according to an ABC staff member who has seen it, are eyewitness accounts of wiretapping of Monroe's home by Jimmy Hoffa , the teamster leader, that reveal meetings between her and the Kennedy brothers, and accounts of a visit to Monroe by Robert F. Kennedy on the day of her death. Fred Otash, a detective who said he was the chief wiretapper, is interviewed on camera, and ABC staff members said three other wiretappers corroborated his account. In addition, several people not in

1628-491: Was "close to the industrial complex because of its effect on the economy." "We've made tradeoffs, accommodations, or compromises, if you will, taking the position that the need for jobs and industrial development and stimulation to our economy justified the temporary tradeoffs, and in some instances, some serious tradeoffs, where the environment became totally or partially damaged, and in some instances permanently." "None of us, as far as I know, who are in positions of authority in

1672-481: Was also available via America Online . In 2011, ABC News and Yahoo News announced a strategic partnership to share ABC's online reporting on Yahoo's website; the deal expanded in 2015 to include the Disney/ABC Television Group. In 2018, ABC News, and Good Morning America specifically, ended the hosting partnership with Yahoo, instead opting to continue separate web presences. ABC News Live

1716-464: Was either replaced by CNN or CNN2 on most cable systems. ABC News Now was a 24-hour cable news network that launched on July 26, 2004, as a digital subchannel by ABC News, being the company's second attempt in the 24-hour cable news world after Satellite News Channel . It was offered via digital television , broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones . It delivered breaking news , headline news each half hour, and

1760-490: Was located in that entire large canal site was a very, very low quantity." However, a review of Hooker Chemical documents, obtained by ABC News , shows a list titled "Types of Waste Category" that appears to state which chemicals were dumped, and directly contradicts some statements by Davis. The film also reveals compromising statements by a Hooker Chemical employee, John Gibson. Love Canal residents sued Hooker Chemical for "billions of dollars" in damages. ABC News applied

1804-625: Was no evidence." Arledge's decision to kill the broadcast resulted in the subsequent decision of Geraldo Rivera to leave ABC entirely. Rivera was a 20/20 correspondent but did not work on that story. He had been publicly critical of Arledge's decision. Arledge, a champion and defender of Rivera, said he thought the story needed more work. The story probed purported affairs between actress Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and his brother Robert F. Kennedy. On August 7, 2014, ABC announced that it would relaunch its radio network division, ABC Radio , on January 1, 2015. The change occurred following

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1848-467: Was operated as a joint venture with ABC News having editorial control. Disney had also bought a minority stake in Starwave before the launch of ABCNews.com and would later buy the company outright. The website initially had a dedicated staff of about 30. In addition to articles, it featured short video clips and audio from the start, delivered using RealAudio and RealVideo technology. Some content

1892-515: Was replaced on cable providers with Fusion on October 28, 2013. Fusion was a digital cable and satellite network owned and operated by Fusion Media Group , LLC, which was a joint venture between ABC News and Univision Communications . ABC and Univision formally announced their launch on May 2, 2012. Launched on October 28, 2013, Fusion features a mix of traditional news and investigative programs along with satirical content aimed at English-speaking Hispanic and Latino American adults between

1936-503: Was supposedly being disposed via injection well , but was instead illegally dumped in open pits. A disposal worker died of asphyxiation after adding new waste into the pits, causing a chemical reaction . In Montague, Michigan , a Hooker Chemical plant allegedly caused "the worst environmental disaster in Michigan's history". Warren Dobson, former Hooker employee turned whistleblower , gives an interview. The film briefly mentions

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