Posted on 05/14/2015 2:20:27 PM PDT by VinL
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos got deeper in hot water Thursday with his network, which revised upward to $75,000 the amount of money he contributed to the Clinton Foundation without full disclosure to the network or viewers -- while he was covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and foundation controversies.
Stephanopoulos apologized Thursday and said he should have revealed the contributions, which were initially reported at $50,000.
But an ABC official told Fox News on Thursday afternoon the anchor has changed that number, to $75,000. He is also pledging not to moderate any presidential debates, Fox News has learned.
The anchor is a former Bill Clinton spokesman and aide, and his ties to the former first family are well-known. However, as first reported by Politico, he made multiple $25,000 donations to the foundation in recent years -- and while the donations can be found in the organization's records, Stephanopoulos did not disclose them to viewers as he covered the Clintons.
Even when he interviewed the author of "Clinton Cash" -- the high-profile book examining potential conflicts of interest behind Clinton Foundation funding -- on ABC's "This Week," Stephanopoulos did not disclose his own contributions.
Stephanopoulos said in a statement on Thursday: "I made charitable donations to the Foundation in support of the work they're doing on global AIDS prevention and deforestation, causes I care about deeply. I thought that my contributions were a matter of
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A MASSIVE conflict of interest for this supposedly “impartial journalist.” Way worse than what Brian Williams did.
How much does this toe rag make in wages and how many others like him have given money to Hillary and the fairy in chief ?
It just gets worse and worse
Did he use it as a tax write-off?.../s
in case there is still one person who wonders why network news is so biased towards Dems …… here’s your answer.
Brian Williams on steroids. I hope the networks get hammered by all of this. They are ones that have encouraged so called journalists into this partisan behavior. Then they act outraged. Phhhhh!
CNN reported this, but didn’t say a word about his interview with Clinton Cash author. Go figure. Never heard a word from MSDNC.
“He is also pledging not to moderate any presidential debates”
Ha! I bet the Repubs find away to get him to moderate!
Well, he did apologize so its okay. Its like he never did it. He is white, and privileged,afterall.
“Ha! I bet the Repubs find away to get him to moderate!”
“Find a way?” Hell, they’ll insist on it. For the children, you know.
ABC needs to get this guy off the air ASAP.
No doubt at all that Steph’s chain-of-command has many unacknowledged Clinton donors. It would be nice for a candidate to call out the ‘moderators’ and their bosses during the debates.
Now it’s up to $75,000? Do I hear $100,000?
He has always been a Clinton apologist, but this confirms his bias. ABC should either fire him or remove him totally from reporting any political news
ABC-TV News is reportedly standing by Stephanopoulos.....but for how long? Because if they truly think it’s not a problem, then the “smoking gun” points not just to the credibility of Clinton donor George Stephanopoulos, but to ABC-TV News, as well.
Stephanopoli’s failure to mention his Clinton Foundation donation ...and apparently lying about the amt to ABC-TV.....is in violation of the ABC network’s requirement of “full disclosure”....
ABC-TV may have also violated licensure requirements by the FCC.
CONTACT ABC-TV NEWS HERE:
abcnews.go.com/Site/page/contact-abcnewscom-3068843
Note to GOP, your policy of letting MSM left political hacks moderate Presidential debates sucks, and failed.
Stephy asked loaded social/religious questions nobody cared about to sidetrack debates.
Candy was prepared to protect Obama on Benghazi.
Better to have people like the host of Jeopardy Alex Trebek ask question, or Pat Sajak ask question than MSM political hacks.
Would the Left allow Karl Rove?
Steffy was a former top campaign advisor just like Rove.
I was looking forward to his follow up questions on subjects such as whether states can ban contraception. He really cuts to the chase with such incisive questions on the most important issues which will face our next president.
Sarcasm.
I read it was on 3 different occasions.
-— Because if they truly think it’s not a problem, then the “smoking gun” points not just to the credibility of Clinton donor George Stephanopoulos, but to ABC-TV News, as well. -—
It points to ABC, of course.
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