Posted on 02/10/2010 10:25:39 AM PST by LachlanM
Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos appeared on Tuesday’s Colbert Report and had to deal with questions about his past as a Democratic operative. Comedian Stephen Colbert bluntly explained, “You’re a Democrat, okay? You worked for the Clintons. I cannot imagine it must have been easy to sit there for the past year and watch Democrats get hammered so mercilessly by the Republicans.”
Colbert jokingly followed-up: “Did you ever want to just jump across the table to one of the Democrats and say, 'Fight back! Fight back, you fools! They’re eating you alive'”? (NewsBusters readers will know that Stephanopoulos has hardly hid his affection for Democrats since joining the show.)
Colbert even quizzed the ABC journalist as to whether taking the morning show job was simply a way for him to become anchor of World News. The comedian grilled, “Is it like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do GMA for a few years and flip the blueberry pancakes and then I get the chair?’ Is there a quid-pro-quo here with you and ABC News?”
After trying to avoid the question, Stephanopoulos proclaimed of current World News host Diane Sawyer: “A lot of people who people who have done the job go onto to do the evening news. But, this is Diane’s for as long as she wants it.” This careful answer prompted some laughter from the studio audience.
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ABC's former (and Time Magazine's current) head of political analysis wrote this internal memo during the 2004 scampaign.
Snuffaluffagus is right where he belongs working for ABCDisney News.
Mark Halperin Memo dated Friday October 8, 2004It goes without saying that the stakes are getting very high for the country and the campaigns - and our responsibilities become quite grave
I do not want to set off and endless colloquy that none of us have time for today - nor do I want to stifle one. Please respond if you feel you can advance the discussion.
The New York Times (Nagourney/Stevenson) and Howard Fineman on the web both make the same point today: the current Bush attacks on Kerry involve distortions and taking things out of context in a way that goes beyond what Kerry has done.
Kerry distorts, takes out of context, and mistakes all the time, but these are not central to his efforts to win.
We have a responsibility to hold both sides accountable to the public interest, but that doesn't mean we reflexively and artificially hold both sides "equally" accountable when the facts don't warrant that.
I'm sure many of you have this week felt the stepped up Bush efforts to complain about our coverage. This is all part of their efforts to get away with as much as possible with the stepped up, renewed efforts to win the election by destroying Senator Kerry at least partly through distortions.
It's up to Kerry to defend himself, of course. But as one of the few news organizations with the skill and strength to help voters evaluate what the candidates are saying to serve the public interest. Now is the time for all of us to step up and do that right.
Steven Colbert is an asshat.
What republican hammering are they talking about???
I didn’t hear a peep from elected Pubbies until they wanted an invite to the Tea Party.
One lib pretending to be a “conservative” asking another lib, pretending to be a “journalist”, why he isnt more lib on TV?
Colbert is a liberal sitzpinkler.
Exactly - and sadly some idiots thing Colbert is conservative
What I found interesting about Stephanopoulus was when he referred to TWA800 as a terrorist event during a news commentary session.
Was there ever an official explaination for that TWA flight?
When I read/hear about George, that interview is what comes to mind.
Diane Sawyer ought to be a preschool teacher.
I’ll always wonder what might have happened in that infamous interview if George had not corrected O’s “my Muslim faith” remark.
You don’t think he would let anybody else soak in it?
Is she a republican? She worked for Nixon.
“Diane Sawyer ought to be a preschool teacher.”
... or a bartender.
Ha ha. What is it about the Germans and the ability to coin simple words to express, concisely, how they feel.
He sits to pee. = sitzpinkler
To derive pleasure out of the misery of others. = schadenfreude
Kick ass drive = Fahrvergnugen.
The question he should have asked George was:
George, how in the world does the ABC get away with having two such ridiculously liberal partisan democrats on the air together with no conservatives anywhere in sight?
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