ABC News correspondent Matt Gutman heads to CBS

Matt Gutman, a longtime ABC News analogous based successful Los Angeles, is leaving the web for a precocious illustration relation astatine CBS News.

Gutman volition beryllium the archetypal important on-air prosecute by Bari Weiss, who was named exertion successful main of CBS News successful October, according to radical briefed connected the substance who were not authorized to remark publicly. Gutman did not respond to a petition for comment.

While determination has been speculation Gutman is being considered for the anchor occupation astatine “CBS Evening News,” helium is said to beryllium joining the web arsenic a correspondent. CBS has yet to sanction a replacement for the evening quality anchor table pursuing the planned departures of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois aboriginal this month.

Gutman’s declaration was up astatine ABC News, which did not antagonistic the connection from CBS, according to radical acquainted with the discussions.

Gutman joined ABC News successful 2008 arsenic a vigor correspondent. He has been main nationalist analogous connected the TV broadside since 2018. He began his vocation astatine the Jerusalem Post, covering the West Bank.

Gutman won journalism awards for his enactment connected the 2017 wide shooting successful Las Vegas and the 2018 rescue ngo of 12 boys and their shot manager from a flooded cave successful Thailand. He besides reported extensively from Israel for 18 months aft Hamas’ onslaught connected Oct. 7, 2023, and covered the devastating Los Angeles wildfires successful January.

Gutman was suspended by ABC successful aboriginal 2020 aft helium erroneously reported on-air that each 4 of Kobe Bryant’s daughters were connected committee the chopper that crashed and killed the NBA icon and 8 others. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, died successful the mishap successful Calabasas. The others were not aboard.

Gutman apologized for the mistake and aboriginal attributed the mistake to a panic onslaught that occurred portion connected air. He wrote a publication successful 2023 astir getting implicit his agelong conflict with anxiousness and panic attacks.

Gutman precocious faced disapproval for his sum of the probe into the shooting decease of close helping activistic Charlie Kirk. In an ABC News report, Gutman work the texts betwixt the alleged shooter Tyler Robinson and his transgender roommate, describing the messages arsenic “very touching successful a mode we did not expect.”

Harsh societal media absorption to the comments prompted Gutman to apologize. “Yesterday I tried to underscore the jarring opposition betwixt this acold blooded assassination of Charlie Kirk — a antheral who dedicated his beingness to nationalist dialog — and the personal, disturbing texts work aloud by the Utah County Attorney astatine the property conference. I profoundly regret that my words did not marque that clear.”