Clinton Foundation Donor Will Moderate Debate

[amborin]

In past election cycles, this kind of conflict of interest was disallowed:


http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-14/george-stephanopoulos-apologizes-for-clinton-foundation-donations

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Thursday said he would not moderate his network's Republican primary debate next year after revealing that he had made $50,000 in previously undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation.

Stephanopoulos' decision came after several prominent Republican lawmakers questioned his objectivity in the wake of the revelations, among them Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is running for his party's presidential nomination.

The contributions by Stephanopoulos, a veteran of President Bill Clinton's administration who subsequently launched a media career, were first reported in Politico's On Media blog. Stephanopoulos apologized for not revealing the donations.

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[guillaumeb]

1. Conflict of interest? What conflict of interest? Seems just fine to me.

[senz]

2. And so we stumble further down into corruption.

[Joob]

3. Can't wait for the debate, we'll see if it's bias. It'll be transparent if it is.

[Bjorn Against]

4. I don't know if anyone else remembers the debate he moderated with Hillary and Obama in 2008

I am guessing a few probably do remember it because it was an extremely controversial debate in which he threw all kinds of nasty gotcha questions at Obama while giving Hillary softball questions. He was the most biased moderator I have ever seen in a debate and his poor performance made headlines across the nation.

The fact that he is even still working as a "journalist" after that performance is bad enough, the fact that he is being allowed to moderate another debate is an outrage.

[Merryland]

5. I guess the only up side would be

that if he wants to retain a SHRED of journalistic integrity, he will be even-handed. Still, he should NOT be moderating.

[rhett o rick]

6. "Stephanopoulos apologized for not revealing the donations." (read he apologized for getting caught)

[bettyellen]

11. isn't that quote about him moderating eight years ago?

[bettyellen]

7. He is NOT moderating it- why the misleading OP? Integrity?

[GeorgeGist]

10. Apparently suggestions are now taken as established fact ...

by low information voters.

[B Calm]

8. He use to work for the Clinton administration, no conflict here. .

[pdsimdars]

9. This whole campaign seems to be one big "fix". .. . . just like Republicans they can't

seem to win without cheating.

How is it that anyone calling themselves a Democrat can be OK with this?

[Cheese Sandwich]

12. laughable that they would even propose something like that