Posted on 05/14/2015 7:07:57 PM PDT by Nachum
George Stephanopoulos was one of the most partisan of partisan warriors ever — just look at "The War Room," the documentary from the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. So it was something of a surprise in 1996 when ABC News hired Stephanopoulos, fresh out of the Clinton White House. And there was some confusion about what the deeply partisan Stephanopoulos' role would be: Analyst? Pundit? Straight news reporter? At the time, I asked ABC about it and was assured Stephanopoulos would be a pundit — like William Kristol, who was then with ABC News — and would not do any news reporting. Here is the opening of a piece I wrote in December 1996 for the Wall Street Journal editorial page:
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“So it was something of a surprise in 1996 when ABC News hired Stephanopoulos, fresh out of the Clinton White House”
No surprise whatsoever. It was common for the news media to raid the democratic party for new talking heads.
It was always clear which side ABC and Stephanopoulos were on. I can’t pretend to be surprised.
That little 5 foot midget should be in prison having served time for perjury, suborning perjury, contempt of court, and obstruction of justice. I’ll never forget him showing up for a hearing looking like a slob: hair uncombed, dirty shirt, 5 day beard, and hanging on to a water bottle, with his eyes showing nothing but contempt for any question he was asked.
It burns my ass to see the little twerp making millions. The only thing that I like is to see that his feet don’t touch the floor when he sits down. What a creep!
All the reasons they wanted to.
Who can forget Steffy giving the media the ultimatum - back off of my boss, or we’ll dump every FBI file on every reporter and Congressman...
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