So you actually do think that war correspondents risk their lives because they're earning huge paychecks. :roll:
They wouldn't do it for free. You are simply wrong to think they do it for any other reason than money. It's about money.
Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, all of CNN, MSNBC, FOX, CBS, WSJ, NYT, they are there for the money and absolutely no other reason.
The "extra mile" nonsense is especially laughable. Little Georgie didn't even go the first mile.
ABC Faces Credibility Crisis Over Stephanopoulos Donations
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.
ABC News President James Goldston has not addressed whether Stephanopoulos will be disciplined. The network said in a statement Thursday that it stands behind Stephanopoulos and that the anchor made an honest mistake. ABC said Stephanopoulos voluntarily removed himself as a moderator for ABC's planned coverage of a GOP presidential debate next February.
ABC News' rules permit charitable donations, but reporters are required to inform management before covering a story related to the organization. Stephanopoulos did not tell his bosses, or viewers, about the donations before interviewing Peter Schweizer on the Sunday public affairs show "This Week" recently. Schweizer is the author of "Clinton Cash," a book that traces the involvement of organizations that have donated to the Clinton Foundation.
Network leaders must weigh how the issue will affect public perception of its top on-air political journalist, just as NBC News executives are wondering whether suspended anchor Brian Williams will be believable to viewers following revelations that he embellished details of stories he was involved in.
Schweizer said Friday that Stephanopoulos' donations "highlight precisely the lack of transparency and cronyism that I report on.". . . .
If Stephanopoulos deeply cares about such causes, then why donate to such an under-performing foundation?I made charitable donations to the Foundation in support of the work they’re doing on global AIDS prevention and deforestation, a cause I care about deeply.
The "extra mile" nonsense is especially laughable. Little Georgie didn't even go the first mile.
ABC Faces Credibility Crisis Over Stephanopoulos Donations
NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.
ABC News President James Goldston has not addressed whether Stephanopoulos will be disciplined. The network said in a statement Thursday that it stands behind Stephanopoulos and that the anchor made an honest mistake. ABC said Stephanopoulos voluntarily removed himself as a moderator for ABC's planned coverage of a GOP presidential debate next February.
ABC News' rules permit charitable donations, but reporters are required to inform management before covering a story related to the organization. Stephanopoulos did not tell his bosses, or viewers, about the donations before interviewing Peter Schweizer on the Sunday public affairs show "This Week" recently. Schweizer is the author of "Clinton Cash," a book that traces the involvement of organizations that have donated to the Clinton Foundation.
Network leaders must weigh how the issue will affect public perception of its top on-air political journalist, just as NBC News executives are wondering whether suspended anchor Brian Williams will be believable to viewers following revelations that he embellished details of stories he was involved in.
Schweizer said Friday that Stephanopoulos' donations "highlight precisely the lack of transparency and cronyism that I report on.". . . .
This is indeed the nub of it, at least for the ABC decision makers.
These decision makers, knowing of (or should be knowing of) George's donations and the clear conlict of interest this presents, in not only his moderating Republican debates, but any political reporting at all, now face a credibility crisis of any of their reporters and any of their political reporting. Just how many other political reporters they have on staff that have donated to various political organizations?
True, any other donations aren't immediately a conflict of interest, but yet, have the potential to be, and doubtful that these decision makers want to tarnish their brand any further with further donation discoveries like George's.
I have a feeling ABC's troubles are just beginning.
Maybe. Maybe not. I suppose it's anyone's guess if it is or not, subject to conjecture. Guess we'll see as it unfolds, but I think it's safe to say that this incident does call to question the impartiality and journalistic integrity of the rest of ABCs reporters, at least those reporting on politics.
I suspect there's some internal turbulence.
ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos ‘Really Isn’t a Journalist’On CNN’s Reliable Sources media criticism program, Stephanopoulos’s former ABC News colleague, Carole Simpson, unloaded on the former top aide to Bill and Hillary Clinton that she said she likes and respects. “There is a coziness that George cannot escape,” said Simpson, who toiled for two decades at ABC News, notably as the weekend anchor of World News Tonight from 1988 to 2003. “While he did try to separate himself from his political background to become a journalist, he really isn’t a journalist.”
I have a feeling ABC's troubles are just beginning.
I have a feeling ABC's troubles are just beginning.
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