Topic: ABC faces credibility crisis over Stephanopoulos donations
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Fri 05/15/15 08:43 PM
ABC faces credibility crisis over Stephanopoulos donations to Clintons.

George Stephanopoulos apologized to viewers Friday for donating $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation and failing to disclose it earlier, as ABC News now finds its chief anchor in a credibility crisis on the eve of a presidential campaign.
Stephanopoulos said on "Good Morning America" that the donations, made in three increments to the foundation started by his one-time boss, former President Bill Clinton, were a mistake.

"I should have gone the extra mile to avoid even the appearance of a conflict," the "GMA" and "This Week" host said. "I apologize to all of you for failing to do that."

Stephanopoulos rose to the top ranks at ABC over 18 years and worked to establish himself as an independent journalist despite skepticism by some in politics because of his background as a top aide to Clinton's 1992 campaign and later in the White House. The donations brought that issue back to the fore just as Hillary Rodham Clinton is launching her presidential campaign.
Stephanopoulos voluntarily removed himself as a moderator for ABC's planned coverage of a GOP presidential debate next February.
The story is a threat to Stephanopoulos' ability to cover politics for ABC, said Mark Feldstein, a veteran broadcast journalist now a professor at the University of Maryland.

"He seemed mostly to have put to rest fears that he would be too partisan to be a serious television journalist and news anchorman, but he couldn't have given the Republican Party a greater sword to decapitate him," said Feldstein, who is writing a book on media scandals.

Aly Colon, a professor of journalism ethics at Washington & Lee University, said he believed it would be best if ABC removed Stephanopoulos from coverage of anything related to the Clintons.

"In today's environment, many people are truly suspicious of how the news is covered, and this just feeds into that suspicion more," Colon said.

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Fri 05/15/15 08:47 PM
There's more to this Clinton money laundering fund than is being told.

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Fri 05/15/15 09:00 PM

There's more to this Clinton money laundering fund than is being told.

if i was hillary i would be looking for a rock to hide under. i give her credit though shes a trooper. still continuing on day after day when more and more scandals come out about her.

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Sat 05/16/15 02:14 PM


There's more to this Clinton money laundering fund than is being told.

if i was hillary i would be looking for a rock to hide under.


Hey now!
Don't be trying to put that pig in my bed.

rant mad

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Sat 05/16/15 03:44 PM

There's more to this Clinton money laundering fund than is being told.


There'd better be more supporting evidence for your claims about it than you've presented here, too.

Do you have any? Or just the repeated accusations?

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Sat 05/16/15 04:27 PM


There's more to this Clinton money laundering fund than is being told.


There'd better be more supporting evidence for your claims about it than you've presented here, too.

Do you have any? Or just the repeated accusations?


That's my claim, do you have any evidence otherwise? Or do you just try to disclaim everything on her behalf?

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Sat 05/16/15 06:29 PM
What credibility?

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Sat 05/16/15 07:32 PM

What credibility?
No kidding...ABC hires a Clinton shill and hopes for credibilty?





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