George Stephanopoulos, who has co-hosted Good Morning America on several occasions over the years, on Monday night served as anchor of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson. From what I can recall, this is the first time the long-time adviser and strategist for Bill Clinton, and Dick Gephardt before that, has anchored World News -- or World News Tonight as it was previously named.
The screen shot to the right is from the top of tonight's (June 4) newscast.
UPDATE. Video of opening of the newscast with the announcer declaring: “From ABC News headquarters, this is World News with Charles Gibson. Reporting tonight: George Stephanopoulos.” (42 secs): Real (1.3 MB) or Windows Media (1.5 MB), plus MP3 audio (250 KB)
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Can you imagine the reaction,
June 4, 2007 - 17:52 ET by Chris NormanCan you imagine the reaction, if, a couple years from now, Karl Rove reports for the vacationing Shepard Smith?
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Chris,Isn't Stephy like 5' 2&
June 4, 2007 - 17:55 ET by BlondeChris,
Isn't Stephy like 5' 2"?
I know, that's very un-PC of me.
But I have this crazy perception of short men with tiny hands, and carefully tailored suits. And Steffy confirms them all.
B-Are you saying he is a twer
June 4, 2007 - 17:56 ET by VT Con ManB-Are you saying he is a twerp? Yes, he is.
Sorry to butt in...
Um, yeah!I guess I need to ge
June 4, 2007 - 17:59 ET by BlondeUm, yeah!
I guess I need to get a little more specific in my posts.... :D
No offense to those wonderful
June 4, 2007 - 18:03 ET by VT Con ManNo offense to those wonderful citizens who are 5'2"...there is more to being a twerp than your stature, physical and psycho speaking...
I'd like to cite this thread
June 4, 2007 - 19:57 ET by Tony SI'd like to cite this thread as part of why conservatives lose arguments. Because we lower ourselves to the level of liberals and make personal insults when we should be arguing about substantive issues.
Insinuating things about George S. because of his looks and dress is on the level of the hysterical liberals I have to deal with every day that insult Rush Limbaugh as "fat" and Ann Coulter as "a drag queen." They can't refute ideas or make counter-points, so they go to personal jibes. This is all one small step above ethnic mocking.
There are MANY problems with having George S. as an anchor, and they all revolve around him being a FORMER HIGH-RANKING CLINTON STAFFER!! Had World News Tonight put Karen Hughes in an anchor spot, liberals would be having seizures because of her partisan credentials. And it's GS's partisan credentials we ought be decrying. Does anyone realize how biased this really is???
And if this original post was dancing around any "preferences" old George has, well, that's even worse. I'd like to see us being above all that.
I agree Tony S...your point i
June 4, 2007 - 20:06 ET by bigtimerI agree Tony S...your point is well-made.
I think I tried to sum it up below but didn't do it as well as you summed it up.
The hypocrisy with the media is funny to me anymore at times, other times outrageous....
I am just used to this and this did not surprise me in the least with George subbing.
Well, Tony,I've seen your mys
June 4, 2007 - 20:19 ET by BlondeWell, Tony,
I've seen your mysoginistic posts here.
So, I'd say to you, keep it up.
You are one of those male trollers, you know, one of those male chauvinsits, who just keeps trying to put women down.
Hi there, Tony. You dream that you are Tony Soprano, but you are a little imitation thereof. Really, really sad.
Keep it up though. I'm sure you'll post something totally nasty to me (AGAIN).
Okay B...What am I missing he
June 4, 2007 - 20:53 ET by bigtimerOkay B...
What am I missing here? What is misogynic about Tony's post?
That is the second time I have seen you post that after I have agreed with him about the substance of his posts, I am just curious here..... what he was saying in regards to the hypocrisy of the media if it was the other way around is correct isn't it?
BT,You seriously don't rememb
June 4, 2007 - 21:02 ET by BlondeBT,
You seriously don't remember him posting the Male Chauvinist Piggy comments?
Really?
He's about as ugly as they come....in nice clothing.
B, No I seriously do not reme
June 4, 2007 - 21:30 ET by bigtimerB,
No I seriously do not remember...seriously, or I wouldn't of asked you in the first place.
May have been something I just didn't take as seriously as you do when it comes to men and their remarks...which can be said if the situation were reversed in a lot of things in life also.
Not everyone sees things through the same prism.
What did he say that was bad?
BT,It was extremely ugly enou
June 4, 2007 - 21:42 ET by BlondeBT,
It was extremely ugly enough that I remember to reply in the negative to him, every single time.
Nastiness....personified.
I suspect you know me well enough to know it's not imagined.....like certain other poster's little flights of fancy.
Okay with me...but I don't re
June 4, 2007 - 21:52 ET by bigtimerOkay with me...but I don't remember it, so I wished you wouldn't act like I should that's all.....because this is twice you have insinuated I should....if it was really bad I wanted to know.
Btw...what the heck was woman hating in his post tonight or the other time I posted to him...like I said you have done this twice now, right directly after I post to him.
As far as I know I don't have a beef (or a dog either...lol) in this fight between you and he.
What?You asked.Do your own th
June 4, 2007 - 22:11 ET by BlondeWhat?
You asked.
Do your own thing, bt...you always do, as do I.
You were the one who posed the question here...not I.
You asked...
You are on a roll tonight.Gla
June 4, 2007 - 22:24 ET by bigtimerYou are on a roll tonight.
Glad I have your permission to do my own thing B...
LOL!
You never answered me though so I will leave it at that....
Wasn't trying to fight with ya but heck if ya want to I'm in...all I asked was what was it that makes him a woman hater by what he posted here tonight, or the last time he posted that I answered to.
You made me feel in the middle.
retract finger from eye
June 5, 2007 - 03:22 ET by Pragmatic-ManThen retract your finger from Blonde's eye and move on. Want to not feel like you're in the middle? Then get out of the middle of it.
Tony- You've caught us... cal
June 5, 2007 - 06:28 ET by VT Con ManTony- You've caught us... calling Stephanopolous a ...twerp. Well, you are right, we should not stoop to that level.
Since we are simply yahoos on a conservative website, I think we are entitled to a little "venting". So, you should now trot off on your high horse to scold every single lefty, Major MSM reporter in the country. Afterall, they probably have a slightly bigger viewership than us, in our conservative blog. sheesh.
Hey Blonde.I think he is. W
June 4, 2007 - 18:03 ET by Chris NormanHey Blonde. I think he is. Wasn't Michael J Fox's character on "Spin City" based on him? They got the height thing down, if so. So, naturally, on "Friends" ( a show I only watched if forced at gunpoint) had an episode where he was in an apartment across the way and the girls were ogling him with binoculars and swooning over how "sexy" he was. I always thought he scored a 10.0 on the smarm factor scale. But maybe that's just me. I think he's an oily little creep...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Utter blasphemy!!! ...from th
June 4, 2007 - 17:55 ET by VT Con ManUtter blasphemy!!! ...from the left of course.
OK, this goes OT, but Steff
June 4, 2007 - 20:46 ET by motherbeltOK, this goes OT, but Steffie's future (at the time) wife was once on "Weakest Link" and was very disappointed that when she said who she was engaged to, the British lady made one of her usual derogatory comments; like saying she had never heard of him and casting doubt on the intelligence of both of them. LOL
OK, this goes OT, but Steff
June 4, 2007 - 20:46 ET by motherbeltdelete double
Wish I had seen that. I'm sur
June 4, 2007 - 18:02 ET by Del DolemonteWish I had seen that. I'm sure he would have loved to have led off the broadcast with Hillary! and her debate last night, but he probably had to follow the normal template and lead with Iraq.
Any mention in the broadcas
June 4, 2007 - 19:27 ET by lnthompAny mention in the broadcast that Congresscritter William Jefferson, D-Louisiana was finally indicted?
Sorry, silly question -- of course there wasn't.
Lee T.
U.S. Navy (ret.) / Vancouver, Washington
The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.-- Mark Twain
I am not surprised in the lea
June 4, 2007 - 19:53 ET by bigtimerI am not surprised in the least about this....are we supposed to be?
Nothing new with leftists politico's doing news...whatsoever.
Their ratings are as good as their party is...that is the good news.
Starting to Get Interesting
June 4, 2007 - 20:45 ET by acumenWonder how he polled? I'm sure CBS News producers have the answer. It's a given ABC World News fill-in Stephy had better ratings than "current" full-time CBS Evening News counterpart Katie. This is starting to get interesting.
Of Course!
June 5, 2007 - 09:41 ET by Ole_SargeGeorge has a couple years of TV News experience, Katie has what, a decade of "fluff" reporting BEFORE she was a morning chat show "diva?"
ABC has sunk to new depths wi
June 4, 2007 - 23:02 ET by NoMoreClintonsABC has sunk to new depths with this weasel.
ABC = All 'Bout Clintons
The telecast itself cer
June 4, 2007 - 23:15 ET by shawn228The telecast itself certainly was not biased tonight, they had long story about Jefferson, then followed it up a story about Democratic approval way lower than it was previously.
Shawn, do you think they wi
June 5, 2007 - 09:46 ET by MightyMouthShawn, do you think they will give it nearly the attention in the run up to the election that they gave, "maccaca" or "Foley"? I think not. They are just covering the bases so that they can say "We DID cover it!"
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
MM, IMO any form pediph
June 5, 2007 - 09:54 ET by shawn228MM, IMO any form pediphilia trumps racketeering . I do concede that maccaca got lots of air time as oppossed to what Biden said about 711 and the Indians.
"MM, IMO any form pedi
June 5, 2007 - 10:02 ET by MightyMouth"MM, IMO any form pediphilia trumps racketeering"
Except there was no pediphilia. If there were, Foley would be in jail. Regardless the stories aren't competing against each other now, so one does not "trump" the other.
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...