Video
Stephanopoulos to GOP Candidate: Would You Support Hillary in 2016?
June 2nd, 2015 11:31 AM
Acting like a Hillary Clinton spokesman on Tuesday’s Good Morning America, ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos pressed newly-announced Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham on possibly supporting Clinton in the 2016 election: “Rand Paul is tying the Senate up in knots right now....I know you’ve been worried about his take on national security. So, if he prevails over you and the other…
Video
MSNBC’s Dyson Compares Rand Paul to Segregationist George Wallace
May 31st, 2015 11:22 AM
On Sunday’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Michael Eric Dyson, regular fill-in host on MSNBC’s The Ed Show, took a swipe at Republican Presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul when he accused him of sounding like “George Wallace in one beat and like Noam Chomsky on the other.”
NewsBusted: Hillary's Steph-ing the Deck
May 28th, 2015 7:19 PM
"Hillary Clinton is considering granting an interview to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. The announcement came from her campaign spokesman: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos." -- NewsBusted host Jodi Miller
Video
Stephanopoulos Presses Santorum on Rand Paul Blaming GOP for ISIS
May 28th, 2015 11:26 AM
In an interview with newly announced Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday’s Good Morning America, co-host George Stephanopoulos tried to put the former Pennsylvania senator on the spot: “Rand Paul had something interesting to say about ISIS this morning.” A clip followed of Paul declaring on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Wednesday: “ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the…
Video
CBS, NBC Give Scant Coverage to Santorum’s 2016 Announcement
May 27th, 2015 9:40 PM
Following Rick Santorum’s announcement Wednesday that he will mount a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, CBS and NBC largely punted on news of a seventh Republican candidate entering the field with a combined 37 seconds of airtime on their Wednesday evening newscasts. Over on the Spanish-language networks, however, the coverage was even less as there was zero mention of Santorum…
CNN’S Jake Tapper: 'Journalism Is In a Bad Place Right Now'
May 22nd, 2015 3:27 PM
"[W]e in journalism need to come to a place and realize that when you make mistakes you need to own up to them immediately and apologize." -- Jake Tapper
Politico Touts ‘Frugal Habits’ of George Stephanopoulos's Wife
May 21st, 2015 2:48 PM
In the wake of the ongoing controversy surrounding ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and his failure to disclose $75,000 worth of donations to the Clinton Foundation, and now news of his $105-million contract with the network, Politico decided to tout the “frugal habits of his wife,” actress Ali Wentworth.
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…
Video
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."
Video
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…
Video
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."