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Producer Warned ABC News Host Not to Use the Term That Landed the Network in Hot Water. He Said It Anyway
townhall.com ^ | December 19, 2024 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 12/19/2024 5:52:10 AM PST by V_TWIN

George Stephanopoulos was repeatedly told by his executive producer not to “use the word rape” before going on the air to discuss Donald Trump but the ABC News anchor ignored the warning — a decision that cost the network $16 million, The Post has learned.

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To: newfreep

He took his talent for lying to the networks they took the bait and he made out they didn’t so much.

They look as stupid as he does.


21 posted on 12/19/2024 6:46:20 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: V_TWIN

Has he apologized yet? That I want to see.


22 posted on 12/19/2024 6:53:52 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: V_TWIN

One of Hillary’s Palace Eunuchs just couldn’t help himself.


23 posted on 12/19/2024 6:53:56 AM PST by MuttTheHoople ( "Never thot I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become the cool ones"-Johnny Rotten)
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To: HombreSecreto

They have legal insurance. They probably paid 10-percent of the bill, and insurance covered the rest. But the 2025 premium probably tripled.


24 posted on 12/19/2024 6:54:39 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

A sawed off intellectual.


25 posted on 12/19/2024 6:59:35 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Ge0ffrey

This. If any of us had been directed by our management not to do something and we did it anyway, and it cost our company 16mil and legal headaches, we would find a letter from HR in the inbox and security waiting to escort us to the door.

I know their insurance covered the cost and all, but their premiums are going to increase now. I’m honestly surprised their insurance didn’t demand his termination lest they increase their premiums significantly or drop them altogether. Snuffleupagus is a liability now.


26 posted on 12/19/2024 7:01:25 AM PST by cross_bearer_02
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To: V_TWIN

In Stephanopolos’s book he wrote that if you crossed Bill Clinton he would “kill you.”


27 posted on 12/19/2024 7:13:04 AM PST by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Once you could say any lie link it to the hated Hitler-Trump and it was OK. That day has past—now he is in charge and you do so at your peril.


28 posted on 12/19/2024 7:21:01 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: V_TWIN

I believe it cost him his career—all he can do now is teach at a very liberal college—maybe.


29 posted on 12/19/2024 7:23:07 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

That little troll just signed a new contract with abc......he ain’t goin’ nowhere......unfortunately


30 posted on 12/19/2024 7:31:34 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Too smart by half Georgie relied on the judges words rather than that of the jury.


31 posted on 12/19/2024 7:32:02 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: newfreep

He should have been fired and made to pay the millions out of his own pocket.


32 posted on 12/19/2024 8:38:15 AM PST by bgill
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To: V_TWIN

It wasn’t a slip of the tongue either. He said it repeatedly in the same conversation with U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace.

She destroyed him with her response, attacking him for his attempt to shame her as a rape victim over her support for President Trump.

To the left and its nasty thought leaders like Stephanopoulos, rape is just another political tool to gain and keep power at all costs.

Stephanopoulos never had a problem defending his serial rapist boss and smearing his rape victims when it suited him. Bill and Hillary are both serial rapists and murderers. And Stephanopoulos earned his position of money and influence by partnering with these criminals.


33 posted on 12/19/2024 8:52:31 AM PST by unlearner (Still not tired of winning.)
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To: V_TWIN

I hope he gets canned. He should have to pay the $15 million out of his own pocket so being so arrogant.


34 posted on 12/19/2024 11:00:48 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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