My response would have been: “George, why are you pretending to be a journalist. You worked for the Clintons. In fact, your nose is so far up Hilary’s ass, when you sneeze she burps.”
IIRC in 0bama’s first term, there would be a meeting of some type, EVERY morning for many months, which was George S, 0bama, and Rahm E. The topic was related to shaping the message and keeping the media on board for 0bama’s agenda. This was while George S was employed by ABC. I don’t know if the 0bama camp also paid him, or it was “volunteer” work.