ABC should have disclosed Stephanopoulos was big operative in Clinton administration & campaign?

[WA98296]

"Stephanopoulos was, along with David Wilhelm and James Carville, a leading member of the 1992 Clinton campaign. His role on the campaign is portrayed in the documentary film The War Room.<2> At the outset of Clinton's presidency, Stephanopoulos served as the de facto press secretary, briefing the press even though Dee Dee Myers was officially the White House Press Secretary. Later, he was moved to Senior Advisor on Policy and Strategy, when Dee Dee Myers began personally conducting the briefings and David Gergen was brought in as the new White House Communications Director."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stephanopoulos

[NJmaverick]

1. "was"?!?!??!?!?!

[WA98296]

4. Well, they "claim" he quit...LOL

[damntexdem]

2. It was very clear last night that he still is a Clinton operative.

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. Yes, it's a well kept secret that nobody knew until you let the cat

out of the bag!

[WA98296]

5. No one claimed it is secret, however the public proves often it has a short memory

[Ilsa]

8. Well, any of the really young voters who are paying attention to

politics for the first time may not remember him. They may not even have been ten years old when George Snuffaluffagus was in the Clinton administration.

[The_Casual_Observer]

13. I'm sure that it would make a profound difference to them in that case.

[Armstead]

6. No. he should not have been there in that role.

There is no way he could be impartial.

No matter which way the inherent conflict of interest might have cut, it was a fundamental conflict of interest.

If ABC News had any sense of ethics left, they would not have put him in that role.

[WA98296]

10. I agree completely, but since he WAS, they should have disclosed.

[Imagevision]

7. In departing Stephanopoulos cut the Clintons loose not the other way around

[Ilsa]

11. Didn't he write a scathing tell-all book on the Clintons when he left? nt

[WA98296]

12. Goes to his character, or lack of it. That still shows.

[City Lights]

9. They should have disclosed that Sniffyerass got questions from Insanity.

Sniffy is too stoopid to come up with his own questions.

[tishaLA]

14. I really think that's secondary to this

They want ratings and buzz. They probably felt they could get the candidates attacking one another, which would keep viewers glued to the show. Instead, they simply produced a trainwreck that will do little for their reputation as journalists, but will give them bona fides with conservatives. I'm almost certain Hannity, Rush, et al will yap about the fine job they did.

[4themind]

15. But they'll still wach fox news instead of them I bet....

I won't be a net positive for them in my view