George Stephanopoulos

Stephanopoulos Clinton Foundation Scandal Inspires Street Art
May 21st, 2015 2:26 PM
One fringe benefit of the George Stephanopoulos Clinton Foundation scandal in which ABC's This Week host failed to disclose that he donated $75,000 (plus lots of time) to that organization while interviewing "Clinton Cash" author Peter Schweizer is that it has inspired some really hilarious street art. The poster art appears to be the work of the conservative street artist who goes by the name…
Blogger: Clintons and Right-Wingers ‘Feed On Each Other’
May 20th, 2015 5:56 PM
Talking Points Memo editor and publisher Josh Marshall sees a pattern of self-deception among Clinton-loathing conservatives. Marshall acknowledges that Bill and Hillary Clinton routinely “play close to the line” and “refus[e] to play by rules tighter than those applied to anyone else,” but argues that right-wingers fool themselves when they insist that behind those tendencies lies criminality…
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That Was Quick: George Stephanopoulos Back on Hillary Stories
May 20th, 2015 12:56 PM
Journalists on all three networks, Wednesday, covered Hillary Clinton talking to reporters for the first time in a month. Yet, ABC's Good Morning America managed to do the story without any Republican critics and with George Stephanopoulos returning to anchor the segment. GMA correspondent Cecilia Vega underlined, "Twenty eight days. That's how long Hillary Clinton went without taking questions…

Stephanopoulos Scandal Raises Question: Who Is/Should Be a Journalist?
May 19th, 2015 4:27 PM
"[T]oday, it appears that if you are blonde, have great legs, or worked in the White House and can read a teleprompter, bammo, you are a journalist."
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George Stephanopoulos Skips ABC Segment on Hillary Scandals
May 19th, 2015 12:33 PM
Good Morning America on Tuesday covered the latest details of Hillary Clinton's scandals and her refusal to talk to the media. However, George Stephanopoulos, the man who gave $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation and who "loves" the Democrat, did not anchor the segment. Instead, co-host Robin Roberts explained, "The State Department announcing it may not release her private e-mails from when she was…

ABC News Has 105 Million Reasons to Keep Stephanopoulos
May 19th, 2015 9:42 AM
Too big to fall? Yeah, like $105 million too big.
The New York Post reports that ABC News renewed their contract with George Stephanopoulos for $105 million last year. And now it is simply too expensive to dump the face of ABC News for the huge ethical lapse of failing to disclose his $75,000 in donations to the Clinton Foundation in addition to not revealing the time he spent hosting events for…

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Scarborough Suggests NBC Wouldn't Punish Lauer If He Pulled a Stephy
May 19th, 2015 9:25 AM
Did Joe Scarborough just suggest that the suits at his own network are craven cowards who put bucks over ethics?
On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough predicted that if Matt Lauer had pulled a Stephanopoulos, NBC would hesitate to punish him [just as ABC hasn't disciplined Steph], because Lauer's morning Today show "is where they make the money."

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Bozell: ABC Gives America 'Middle Finger' After GSteph Admission
May 18th, 2015 3:53 PM
During an appearance on FBN's Varney & Co. on Monday, MRC President Brent Bozell blasted ABC's George Stephanopoulos for failing to inform both ABC News and his viewers that he had donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation. He also took ABC News to task for "giving the middle finger to America" by not considering the donations a big deal.

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Cokie Roberts Eagerly Defends Hillary’s Press Blackout
May 18th, 2015 3:19 PM
During a panel discussion Sunday’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, NPR's Cokie Roberts rushed to defend Hillary Clinton for continuing to not answer questions from the press in the month since she announced her presidential campaign.

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Peter Schweizer Hits Stephanopoulos Over Clinton Foundation Donations
May 18th, 2015 1:51 PM
During an appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer blasted ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for failing to disclose $75,000 worth of donations to the Clinton Foundation. Speaking to Brian Stelter, Schweizer maintained that after his interview with the ABC anchor that he "thought he was simply asking tough questions. Now I think the revelations that have come…

WashPost Drags Out Series of Tiresome Stephanopoulos Defenses
May 18th, 2015 7:21 AM
Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi dragged out a series of tiresome Stephanopoulos defenses on Monday. First, he weirdly claimed no new developments in the scandal (not true). Then he found liberal experts to say that this isn't a scandal because it doesn't change the ABC anchor's "persona," which is already identified with the Clintons. They even suggested Good Morning America isn't…

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Stephanopoulos Again Apologizes for Clinton Foundation Donations
May 17th, 2015 11:35 AM
On Sunday’s This Week, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos made a second on-air apology for failing to disclose that he donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation from 2012-2014.

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Fox News Sunday Slams Stephanopoulos’s Clinton Foundation Donations
May 17th, 2015 10:37 AM
On Fox News Sunday, the entire political panel blasted ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos for his failure to disclose $75,000 worth of donations to the Clinton Foundation despite covering the Clintons and promoting the work of the foundation over the years. Brit Hume criticized the ABC anchor’s actions and argued “if there's anybody in the world that you want to seem independent from it’s the…