If ABC News had any credibility, and that was a big if, , they have lost it by not canning George Stephanopoulos. How can you allow an anchor to launch a personal attack on a writer's character and motivation for writing a book critical of the Clinton's and their foundation without having him disclose his donations, former membership and very close ties to that organization?
Via USA Today:
…there is much that Stephanopoulos has yet to disclose to
his viewers. Indeed, far from being a passive donor who strokes Clinton
Foundation checks from afar, a closer look reveals that Stephanopoulos
is an ardent and engaged Clinton Foundation advocate.
For example, in his on air apology for this ethical mess, Stephanopoulos did not disclose that in 2006 he was a featured attendee and panel moderator at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI).
He did not disclose that in 2007, he was a featured attendee at the
CGI annual meeting, a gathering also attended by several individuals I
report on in Clinton Cash, including mega Clinton Foundation donors
Lucas Lundin, Frank Giustra, Frank Holmes, and Carlos Slim — individuals
whose involvement with the Clintons I assumed he had invited me on his
program to discuss.
Stephanopoulos did not disclose that he was a 2008 panelist at the
CGI annual meeting which, once again, featured individuals I report on
in the book, such as billionaire Clinton Foundation foreign donor Denis
O’Brien.
ABC’s most visible news employee did not disclose that in 2009, he
served as a panel moderator at CGI’s annual meeting, nor did he disclose
that in 2010 and 2011, he was an official CGI member.
Stephanopoulos did not disclose that in 2013 and 2014, he and Chelsea
Clinton served as CGI contest judges for awards, in part, underwritten
by Laureate International Universities — a for-profit education company I
report on in the book. Bill Clinton was on its payroll until his recent
resignation. Read it all...
