If the George Stephanopoulos brouhaha gets more legs and begins to gain more traction then look for the ABC News political host to fly to the left coast and enjoy a respite in the Bay Area.415 Media knows that Stephanopoulos--who has UC Berkeley ties, a SF pad and likes to wind down in the City by the Bay.
We imagine he has a few things on his mind.
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Just another hack
ReplyDeleteHe's a typical dirty-player Democrat.
DeleteI don't get the uproar. The Koch brothers can sponsor both Fox News and the clown car of presidential candidates, but George the newsman and his wife cannot support a charity?
ReplyDeletethe "charity" = bribery avenue to Hillary
Delete"newsman" = former major policy adviser to hubby, supporter of said charity, member of two boards of said charity.
Conflict of interest much?
George the newsman... hahahahaha!!!! That's a good one!
DeleteYou’ll probably understand the uproar when the Koch Brothers become rotating political analysts for CBS News, replacing Bob Schieffer, charged with interviewing key Democratic candidates and officeholders. It might dawn on you then.
DeleteI think many may forget that without the Clintons, there would not have been a George Stephanopoulos. He worked for Bill Clinton, then dissed Bill Clinton and got hired by ABC. That he now donates to the Clinton Foundation which helps the poor and needy all over the world, is no big whup. Folks with high incomes need charitable deductions. For example, if you want to help the people in Haiti, devastated by an earthquake, you could do no better than donate to the Clinton Foundation.
ReplyDeleteIf you're a Middle Eastern despot, you can do no better than to donate to the Clinton Foundation to have your way with the U.S. government.
Delete“I think many may forget that without the Clintons, there would not have been a George Stephanopoulos.”
DeleteActually, I think that’s what many people REMEMBER.
dear 9:46 ...you're missing the nuance..he worked as a speechwriter...and then dissed Clinton..it was the dissing part that made him hireable. You couldn't say he was still deep in the bosom of Clinton affection...he had bitten that which fed him. This gave him cred as an insider, but one who was uncomfortable inside..See how it works?
DeleteHe was Senior Advisor for Policy and Strategy, just after serving as White House Communications Director. As you correctly pointed out, the Clintons made him what he is today...diss or not.
DeleteOr, Christine, that "dissing" was a wink wink nudge nudge kind of thing that Billary went along with so that li'l Georgie could get his mouthpiece on national TV...
DeleteAny "dissing" George might have done was disingenuous, or else non-existent, as he has served on Clinton Foundation boards for years. There is a major conflict of interest for ABC when employing him as anything but a Democratic Party operative.
DeleteDepends on what your definition of "charity" is.
ReplyDeleteThe Koch brothers "sponsor" Fox News?
ReplyDeleteAn old fool by the name of Charles Freedman on KSCO today was "outraged" about Stepanapolous. When a hack of this magnitude gets a hold of this type of item and politicizes it, then you know it's all Faux News hysteria. Next case! Nothing to see here.
ReplyDeleteCome on out west, GS! The guy works 8 days a week for ABC; the network owes him.
ReplyDeleteNext, unlike the jerk that wrote Clinton Cash, Stephanopoulos was on camera both before and after his White House years, and as Ms. Christine points out, George has publicly criticized both Clintons pre and post joining ABC News.
Finally, donating monies to a foundation that is actually getting world wide problems solved is NOT a crime.
Meanwhile, one of the biggest media "hacks" that has repeatedly lied in books, interviews and his own television program regarding his involvement with history, has some serious skeletons in his bedroom closet. No, not Brian Williams.
BO'REilley apparently pulled his ex-wife down a flight of stairs IN FRONT of his daughter, AND had the new boyfriend of his ex investigated by the Sheriffs Department the new boyfriend works for. And those are just the lowlights of lowlife Mr. Spin Zone...
Let's see, $75,000 donated to an organization getting good things done around the WORLD, or raising a violent hand to your wife, the mother of your children and, then, trying to get her new boyfriend fired. Hmmm!?! Yeah, George is in the wrong...
http://gawker.com/bill-o-reilly-accused-of-domestic-violence-in-custody-b-1705006992
Worldwide problems solved....if you believe that I have beachfront property in Nevada to sell you. What was the percentage of collected monies that actually went to charity in 2014? In 2013 it was only 10%. Look it up, and quit drinking the kool-aid.
Delete12:58 I don't know where you get your 10% figure. Posted on the Clinton Foundation site, is a simple little pie chart that any 6th grader can understand, the numbers for 2013 expenditures were 88.4% on it's programs, 7% for Management and 4.6% for fundraising. The Red Cross has trouble meeting those numbers. The 2014 numbers are pending standard IRS procedures, not because the Foundation is covering up some bogus conspiracy. Perhaps you, 12:58 am, need to stop consuming Faux NewZ crap. And, as the whole neo con climate denying continues, I may very well be waving to you and the Golden State, floating off into the rising Pacific ocean waters from my little Las Vegas apartment. I didn't move to So NV for that reason, but seeing you bouncing around in a dinghy off the Nevada coast would be a BIG plus! Toodles….
DeleteAhh Donnatella, are you really that dense? A quick Google search of "Clinton foundation percentage to charity" will give you thousands of hits. Didn't you hear the national uproar a few weeks back or did they hide that from you on NPR? Just one quote from a liberal newspaper....
Delete"The Clinton Foundation’s finances are so messy that the nation’s most influential charity watchdog put it on its “watch list” of problematic nonprofits last month.
The Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid".
Wait a minute! Wasn't Hillary "dead broke"? I saw her say that on TV. Look for it on Youtube, also. You don't suppose she was well, uh LYING, do you?
DeleteThis is not over. Let's just say if it looks like his network plans to see no evil or hear no evil, there are plans, Tea Party plans, to turn George into the next Brian Williams. Meanwhile, let him keep digging his spider hole just a little bit deeper.
ReplyDeleteI'd imagine ABC lawyers are poring over his 7-year, $105-million (!) contract as we sit here netsurfing, trying to see if they can angle a contract violation over his not reporting the $75,000 donation to the Clinton Foundation. They have gambled big-time on George, and this isn't the result they were hoping for.
ReplyDeleteSorry but Michael Savage aka Da Whiner is spot on here. He says Stephanspolous is "too glib to fail" and points to his recent $105million extension as proof that he will be protected. RePubes are just desperate to derail Hillary by any means necessary. I'm no fan of hers but I almost want her to win to see the right wingers go crazier than after Obama won. Si se puede Hillary!
DeleteTen to one if attorneys can find where he's violated his contract he will be, let's say, reassigned. At the very least, he's ruined their credibility if they trot him out as any kind of dispassionate, objective reporter.
DeleteAbc has announced that the investigation is over. Sorry right wingers. Time to dig for another "scandal".
DeleteSorry, ABC. If you have him as a reporter/anchor for anything having to do with the coming national election, you'll lose a lot of viewers and a lot of money.
DeleteIf by losing viewers you mean tea bag repubs then you may be correct although they were never viewers in the first place. They're busy watching fair and balanced Faux News.
Delete"Abc has announced that the investigation is over."
ReplyDeleteI've Binged and Googled all over but haven't found anything on this. It's just a lie. (Oh well, what do you expect from a liberal?)
Once again a right winger shows ineptitude. It took me 2 seconds to find this: http://m.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/abc-charitable-ending-stephanopoulos-probe-article-1.2228521
DeleteNow go fishing for another so called scandal. Hillary's Benghazi emails will be released soon so that'll keep your ilk busy...