Elizabeth Smart to work as correspondent for ABC News: report

New York Post ^ | July 7, 2011 | TIM PERONE

[ConservativeStatement]

Elizabeth Smart, who at age 14 in 2002 was abducted from her Utah home and held captive for nine months, will reportedly work for ABC News on missing-persons stories.

[davisfh]

Probably a good move on ABC’s part. She’s a beautiful young lady and, with a bit of coaching in the beginning, will probably do an excellent job. She certainly has my very best wishes.

[Uncle Ike]

The thing that stands out about the Elizabeth Smart abduction story is that Fox News perfected the “FOX NEWS ALERT (complete with ‘whoosh’ and full-screen graphic) - “NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS” format....

[LouAvul]

Looks like a stunt to me. A high profile (former) missing person to report missing persons cases?

[ConservativeStatement]

I remember in the early stages of the abduction, an ‘expert” said that the uncle of Elizabeth showed guilty tendencies especially the look in his eyes. Poor guy had to deal with that crap. I hope things works out for Elizabeth in any case.

[Ann Archy]

GAG ME!!

[BitWielder1]

She will be able to ride on her name for exactly one showing.
Then she actually has to do a good job or be canned.

[FrdmLvr]

Nice to see her starting a career! She’s a beautiful and poised young lady. Good news for a change, with the Casey Anthony and debt ceiling stories bringing me down.

[xtinct]

elizabeth smart ==> ATTENDED Brigham Young University - major ---> harp

enuf said....

[OB1kNOb]

Good luck to her. May she be successful. Anyone who has gone what she has gone through and come out a stronger person deserves it.

[Cheryllynn]

Some good news to read for a change :)

[robjna]

I may get blasted on this site, but ever since the story of her abduction broke, something didn’t sit right with me. It still doesn’t. Her father seemed to be a media hound and the facts didn’t seem to line up. Even when she was found, she was in a position all along to escape.
I don’t believe we have the whole story, IMHO, there was a wllingness or a manipulation for her to go with him.
OK blast away!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Looks like a stunt to me. A high profile (former) missing person to report missing persons cases?

Exactly right. These days "news" departments are part of the entertainment division. That's why you see so many "fluff" pieces, very little real news, and absolutely no objectivity.

[Tax-chick]

Looks like a stunt to me. A high profile (former) missing person to report missing persons cases?

Of course it's a stunt. But she's pretty, and if she can read lines, why not her as opposed to someone else who's pretty and can read lines?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

You think there might have been manipulation? Huh?

You mean like “If you try to leave or get away, I will kill the rest of your family.”?

Do you think that, and the brutal rape every night, might have scared a 14 year old girl into not wanting to make the psychopath mad?

You mean that kind of manipulation?

[MayflowerMadam]

“Then she actually has to do a good job or be canned.”

That’s true. I have a feeling she’ll do better than “good”. She’s smart, and has performed before large audiences playing a difficult instrument so the camera most likely won’t intimidate her. ABC though... I don’t know about that.

[AppyPappy]

It all made sense. She was probably raised in a house where “keeping sweet” was expected. When faced with a psychopath rapist, she fell back on that position for survival.

Why she didn’t escape when she was in a safe position is beyond me but I’ve never been kidnapped.

[MarineBrat]

I like this young lady, and I wish her well. Her notoriety has gotten her foot in the door. If she has the skill... and I believe she does, she’ll do well from there. From the interviews that I have seen, she has shown more poise than her interviewers.

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[MarineBrat]

Why she didn’t escape when she was in a safe position is beyond me but I’ve never been kidnapped.

As I recall, she was convinced by her abductor that if she escaped, he would kill her family.

[NavyCanDo]

“Looks like a stunt to me. A high profile (former) missing person to report missing persons cases?”

Sounds like she will be doing what Greta use to do when she first came to FOX. Designated tabloid news reporter focusing on stories of beautiful or famous people, missing, dead, or in trouble with the law. Hooks people in by huge numbers. I call it the OJ syndrome, and news now days is all about TV ratings.

[GLDNGUN]

Looks like a stunt to me.

How so. Wouldn't Elizabeth Smart be an expert on the topic?

A high profile (former) missing person to report missing persons cases?

Uh-huh, like I said, an expert. Exactly.

[OB1kNOb]

And getting more difficult to find every day in this Bizarro World.

[GLDNGUN]

GAG ME!!

And why exactly do we need to do that?

[GLDNGUN]

She will be able to ride on her name for exactly one showing. Then she actually has to do a good job or be canned.

Really? You have it down to that fine of a science, eh? "Exactly one". Not 2 or 3, but "exactly one". Or is it that's just the way you want it to be?

[GLDNGUN]

elizabeth smart ==> ATTENDED Brigham Young University - major ---> harp

enuf said....

Before you start criticizing one's eduction, perhaps you might want to brush up on your capitalization and spelling skills.

In the meantime, how does her eduction disqualify her from being an expert on missing person cases?

[GLDNGUN]

I may get blasted on this site, but ever since the story of her abduction broke, something didn’t sit right with me. It still doesn’t. Her father seemed to be a media hound and the facts didn’t seem to line up. Even when she was found, she was in a position all along to escape. I don’t believe we have the whole story, IMHO, there was a wllingness or a manipulation for her to go with him. OK blast away!

Hey, I think you might be on to something! I'll bet this was a conspiracy cooked up between the father, the kidnappers, and Elizabeth just like you are insinuating! "Honey, go with this nice man and his lovely wife. Let him do whatever he likes with you...night after night...wander homelessly with them through the wilderness...I know you're only 14...but maybe someday you'll get a job with ABC and it will all be worth it!"

Yeah, genius, they almost had us fooled until you exposed their diabolical plot!

[LouAvul]

She was a victim of a kidnapping. That hardly makes her an expert on the subject of missing persons.

[GLDNGUN]

She was a victim of a kidnapping. That hardly makes her an expert on the subject of missing persons.

Tell me, when exactly did it hit you how idiotic that statement is? Was it right after you posted it? Or is it still sinking in? You know since she WAS a "missing person" and all. Good grief.

[Larry Lucido]

elizabeth smart ==> ATTENDED Brigham Young University - major ---> harp

GEORGE: (Reading) I see here that you play the harp.. tell me, why do you have to tilt it? Can't you just build it on an angle? It'd save you a lot of trouble.

STUDENT 2: Well, the modern-day harp has been refined over thousands of years-

GEORGE: (Annoyed) Yeah, yeah. We'll, uh, let you know.

[jmacusa]

No, the kind of ‘’manipulation’’ I see is two very naive and frankly, stupid parents who thought it would be a good Christian thing to do and bring home street bums, winos and other assorted weirdos , let them do ‘’odd jobs’’ around the house while scoping out your 14 year old daughter. If you ask me those two need one upside the head and a big dose of common sense.

[LouAvul]

You’ve actually got me confused with someone who cares what a moron like you thinks. About anything. Screw off.

[GLDNGUN]

You’ve actually got me confused with someone who cares what a moron like you thinks. About anything. Screw off.

I believe the MORON in the discussion would be the one who doesn't consider someone "missing" if the reason they missing is because they were kidnapped. Kinda hard to follow that logic there. Oh, and another tip; if you don't care what someone thinks and just want them to "screw off", don't engage them in conversation in the first place. When you talk to people, we have a habit of responding. Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it eventually.