It’s quite sad that George Stephanopolous feels compelled to give some sort of televised mea culpa for donating $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in an effort to reclaim a modicum of objectivity, yet neither the media nor George felt any sort of compunction to address the issue of his morning phone calls with Democratic operatives James Carville, Paul Begala and Rahm Emanuel that went on for years and were designed to frame ABC’s news coverage for any given day.
“George Stephanopoulos’ connections to the Clinton Foundation may be more substantial than he has so far admitted.
An archived page of the Clinton Global Initiative website lists George Stephanopoulos as a “notable member” for the years 2010 and 2011. ABC News has confirmed Mr. Stephanopoulos was a member during both years.
Blogger Jeryl Bier first noticed Stephanopoulos’ name on a CGI list of “notable past members.” The site did not specify when each individual listed had been a member. However, the Internet archive shows that Stephanopoulos was listed as a notable member in 2010 and 2011 along with a list of other well-known media members like Matt Lauer and Anderson Cooper.”
But to be fair, ABC isn’t the only ones with credibility issues here. Hey, if you media members want access to the Clinton’s, you gotta pay for it. I can’t wait until Barry retires and starts his “charitable foundation.” 🙄
“NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation’s records show.
The donations, which range from the low-thousands to the millions, provide a picture of the media industry’s ties to the Clinton Foundation at a time when one of its most notable personalities, George Stephanopoulos, is under scrutiny for his previously undisclosed $75,000 contribution.
The list also includes mass media groups like Comcast, Time Warner and Viacom, as well a few notable individuals, including Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom magnate and largest shareholder of The New York Times Company, and James Murdoch, the chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. Both Slim and Murdoch have given between $1 million to $5 million, respectively.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party’s precarious left edge.
The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton’s emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women.
Her approach — outlined in interviews with aides and advisers — is a bet that social and demographic shifts mean that no left-leaning position Clinton takes now is likely to hurt her when she makes her case to moderate and independent voters in the general election next year.
The strategy relies on calculations about the 2016 landscape …
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It’s quite sad that George Stephanopolous feels compelled to give some sort of televised mea culpa for donating $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in an effort to reclaim a modicum of objectivity, yet neither the media nor George felt any sort of compunction to address the issue of his morning phone calls with Democratic operatives James Carville, Paul Begala and Rahm Emanuel that went on for years and were designed to frame ABC’s news coverage for any given day.
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Exactly. He’s been a Clinton apologist for decades, and it shows in his, and ABC’s, coverage.
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See.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/05/15/george-stephanopoulos-a-member-of-clinton-global-initiative-in-2010-2011/
“George Stephanopoulos’ connections to the Clinton Foundation may be more substantial than he has so far admitted.
An archived page of the Clinton Global Initiative website lists George Stephanopoulos as a “notable member” for the years 2010 and 2011. ABC News has confirmed Mr. Stephanopoulos was a member during both years.
Blogger Jeryl Bier first noticed Stephanopoulos’ name on a CGI list of “notable past members.” The site did not specify when each individual listed had been a member. However, the Internet archive shows that Stephanopoulos was listed as a notable member in 2010 and 2011 along with a list of other well-known media members like Matt Lauer and Anderson Cooper.”
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But to be fair, ABC isn’t the only ones with credibility issues here. Hey, if you media members want access to the Clinton’s, you gotta pay for it. I can’t wait until Barry retires and starts his “charitable foundation.” 🙄
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/05/clinton-foundation-donors-include-dozens-of-media-207228.html
“NBC Universal, News Corporation, Turner Broadcasting and Thomson Reuters are among more than a dozen media organizations that have made charitable contributions to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, the foundation’s records show.
The donations, which range from the low-thousands to the millions, provide a picture of the media industry’s ties to the Clinton Foundation at a time when one of its most notable personalities, George Stephanopoulos, is under scrutiny for his previously undisclosed $75,000 contribution.
The list also includes mass media groups like Comcast, Time Warner and Viacom, as well a few notable individuals, including Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom magnate and largest shareholder of The New York Times Company, and James Murdoch, the chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. Both Slim and Murdoch have given between $1 million to $5 million, respectively.”
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Interesting, AJ
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Interesting how far the Democratic party (and the country, it would *seem*?) have shifted to the left:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-to-the-left-hillary-clinton-is-banking-on-the-obama-coalition-to-win/2015/05/17/33b7844a-fb28-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party’s precarious left edge.
The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton’s emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women.
Her approach — outlined in interviews with aides and advisers — is a bet that social and demographic shifts mean that no left-leaning position Clinton takes now is likely to hurt her when she makes her case to moderate and independent voters in the general election next year.
The strategy relies on calculations about the 2016 landscape …
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