ABC's Stephanopoulos shows us what being a liberal journalist is all about

This is the most unbelievably partisan interview of a Senator I've seen in quite a while. Georgie boy interviews John McCain about the health care vote in the senate, and ignores what McCain was saying... over and over again.

The interview starts by Stephanopoulos saying:

So, the democrats have the votes senator McCain, why keep on fighting. Why drag this out till Christmas?​

McCain answers by first saying the American people don't want it, then spends the next 24 seconds talking about the pay-offs Harry Reid used to buy the votes and how the American people don't like this kind of Washington dealing.

Stephanopoulos completely ignored what McCain said and responded with:

But the bottom line of this bill according to the congressional budget office senator, is that it covers more than 30 million people, and will reduce the deficit by more than 100 million dollars in the first 10 years, even more in the second.​

McCain answered back by saying "It's one of the great Bernie Madoff gimmicks that I've ever seen, that anybody's ever seen." He then points out that if it were signed by the president in January, the taxes and cuts to Medicare would start, but the health care plan wouldn't kick in until 4 years later. He then pointed out Reid's excuse for the pay-offs, and again said that the American people would reject this shady dealing by Reid.

Believe it or not, Stephanopoulos once again completely ignored what McCain said about the shady dealing and responded with the following:

Yet up in the gallery while all that was happening (when Reid made his excuse for the pay-offs) was Vicky Kennedy, the widow of of your good friend... bla bla bla (he then played an old clip of McCain)... (out of the clip) Vicky Kennedy is saying this exactly the kind of compromise that Ted would want... bla bla bla​

McCain said he thought Ted would have like the outcome, but not the straight party line vote. He finished his response by saying that neither himself or Ted Kennedy ever went along with the kind of pay-offs offered to states to get democratic senators to vote yes to something they opposed.

Well... your not going to believe this, but Stephanopoulos again completely ignored not only what McCain said about the pay-offs, but ignored the entire state pay-offs for votes issue like it didn't even exist and decided instead to change subjects.

If this isn't a case of blind liberal journalism, I don't know what is.

You can watch the clip for yourself here.

Don't you know? You're not allowed to point out that this is democracy at its worst. Democracy can't fail. Ever.

You'll find examples of Stephanopoulos "being a liberal journalist" if that's all you wish to see.

But some have said that they believe Stephanopoulos is Greek for "dense."

In the 2004 campaign, when GS heard eyewitness accounts that refuted John O'Neill's bogus Kerry swift boat claims, Stephanopoulos later sat on his hands and let O'Neill repeat them all, over and over.

When McCain flip flopped on supporting the AIG bailout, GS soon after interviewed him, and either ignored the change, or just didn't notice that it had even happened.

When GS interviewed Tim Geithner on TARP, GS asked him about the bogus $23 trillion cost estimate righty whackjobs were also citing.

I don't see anything that is biased or that would prompt this title. I still thing people want the news to simply mirror their views, and when it doesn't, they scream bias. So, what they really want is a biased media that is biased in their favor.

niftydrifty said:

You'll find examples of Stephanopoulos "being a liberal journalist" if that's all you wish to see.

But some have said that they believe Stephanopoulos is Greek for "dense."

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That may be true, but come on... This is not a little thing here. This is big news and Georgie was presented the opportunity on 3 separate occasions to follow up on what McCain was saying, or at least acknowledge him, but didn't.

In the 2004 campaign, when GS heard eyewitness accounts that refuted John O'Neill's bogus Kerry swift boat claims, Stephanopoulos later sat on his hands and let O'Neill repeat them all, over and over.

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He was allowing the man to tell his side of things... In fact, nearly every network did. Here, read this excerpt from your "Holy Grail" website, Media Matters:


Sounds like Georgie was just doing what every other network was doing... Letting the man talk.

When McCain flip flopped on supporting the AIG bailout, GS soon after interviewed him, and either ignored the change, or just didn't notice that it had even happened.

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Soon after? How about 6 months later, when the campaign was not only over, but Obama had already been in office for nearly 2 months. It was irrelevant by that time, and not a big deal... that is, unless your a Media Matters freak.

When GS interviewed Tim Geithner on TARP, GS asked him about the bogus $23 trillion cost estimate righty whackjobs were also citing.

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That number was given by the Congressional Research Service, not manufactured by the right. It was being cited by every major news organization in America, as well as in Europe. It was a perfectly legitimate question:

Stephanopoulos: Let me ask you about the TARP. Um the Tarp inspector general Neil Barovsky has criticized your department for not being transparent and he's also said that the tax payers could be on the hook for up to $23 trillion dollars in liabilities. I know you dispute that figure but what can you tell us about where the TARP stands right now. And how much of the $700 billion that has been appropriated taxpayers can expect to get back?​

Sounds like Georgie accurately described the $23 trillion report, as well as pointed out the fact Geithner didn't agree with the figure.

Sorry, but these examples fail to justify Georgie boy being dense, rather than biased.

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niftydrifty said:

You'll find examples of Stephanopoulos "being a liberal journalist" if that's all you wish to see.

But some have said that they believe Stephanopoulos is Greek for "dense."

In the 2004 campaign, when GS heard eyewitness accounts that refuted John O'Neill's bogus Kerry swift boat claims, Stephanopoulos later sat on his hands and let O'Neill repeat them all, over and over.

When McCain flip flopped on supporting the AIG bailout, GS soon after interviewed him, and either ignored the change, or just didn't notice that it had even happened.

When GS interviewed Tim Geithner on TARP, GS asked him about the bogus $23 trillion cost estimate righty whackjobs were also citing.

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Trust me, Grim didn't come up with this on his own -- he's copy/pasting thoughts from some far-right media watchdog.

He doesn't even know when GS is on. Notice how he said "I've seen in a long time". I bet he couldn't tell us who else was on the show that day.

Then, like a typical hypocrite, he screams foul at anyone who posts a Media Matters piece. How dare we read a left-leaning watchdog site?

So desperate to be original, yet lacking the critical thinking abilities...

hazlnut said:

Trust me, Grim didn't come up with this on his own -- he's copy/pasting thoughts from some far-right media watchdog.

He doesn't even know when GS is on. Notice how he said "I've seen in a long time". I bet he couldn't tell us who else was on the show that day.

Then, like a typical hypocrite, he screams foul at anyone who posts a Media Matters piece. How dare we read a left-leaning watchdog site?

So desperate to be original, yet lacking the critical thinking abilities...

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So you know him personally? Why not knock off the personal attacks?


j-mac

hazlnut said:

Trust me, Grim didn't come up with this on his own -- he's copy/pasting thoughts from some far-right media watchdog.

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Sorry to disappoint you, but this is all mine baby. I watched the interview on the net (I believe on RealClearPolitics) and I just laughed when Georgie boy kept ignoring the whole issue.

All you need to do is copy and paste my words in Google if you think I lifted it from somewhere.

He doesn't even know when GS is on. Notice how he said "I've seen in a long time". I bet he couldn't tell us who else was on the show that day.

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Actually, Georgie boy does "This Week" on Sundays, but this interview was on GMA... And as I said, I saw the interview on the net.

Then, like a typical hypocrite, he screams foul at anyone who posts a Media Matters piece. How dare we read a left-leaning watchdog site?

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Media Matters is a George Soros funded, far left attack site posing as a media "watch dog" site. They lie, distort and manipulate the facts, to try and create the illusion that the media has a conservative bias, along with doing their best to destroy the greatest media threat to the progressive movement, Fox news.

So desperate to be original, yet lacking the critical thinking abilities...

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Sorry pal, but it's 100% original. I can see that really pisses you off since you and your pals wouldn't have anything to post at all if Media Matters wasn't around to feed you all your daily dose of phony propaganda.

Have a nice day

hazlnut said:

Trust me, Grim didn't come up with this on his own -- he's copy/pasting thoughts from some far-right media watchdog.

He doesn't even know when GS is on. Notice how he said "I've seen in a long time". I bet he couldn't tell us who else was on the show that day.

Then, like a typical hypocrite, he screams foul at anyone who posts a Media Matters piece. How dare we read a left-leaning watchdog site?

So desperate to be original, yet lacking the critical thinking abilities...

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This is the kind of pathetic recourse one takes when they've just had their butt handed to them on a platter.

Grim17 said:

Sorry to disappoint you, but this is all mine baby. I watched the interview on the net (I believe on RealClearPolitics) and I just laughed when Georgie boy kept ignoring the whole issue.

All you need to do is copy and paste my words in Google if you think I lifted it from somewhere.



Actually, Georgie boy does "This Week" on Sundays, but this interview was on GMA... And as I said, I saw the interview on the net.



Media Matters is a George Soros funded, far left attack site posing as a media "watch dog" site. They lie, distort and manipulate the facts, to try and create the illusion that the media has a conservative bias, along with doing their best to destroy the greatest media threat to the progressive movement, Fox news.



Sorry pal, but it's 100% original. I can see that really pisses you off since you and your pals wouldn't have anything to post at all if Media Matters wasn't around to feed you all your daily dose of phony propaganda.

Have a nice day

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Methinks the lady doth protest too much...

Busted, Grim.

Yeah, yeah... I saw it on the radio, the web, the net... yeah, that's it.

Grim17 said:

The interview starts by Stephanopoulos saying:

So, the democrats have the votes senator McCain, why keep on fighting. Why drag this out till Christmas?​

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The correct answer to this is:
"George -- the GOP cannot stop this. Do not ask ME why the Dems cannot pass this and why THEY keep fighting about it, because I cannot speak for them.

hazlnut said:

Methinks the lady doth protest too much...

Busted, Grim.

Yeah, yeah... I saw it on the radio, the web, the net... yeah, that's it.

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Hey jerk-off, you're the one who proclaimed I copied and pasted it. Since there is no chance in hell of you having the honesty and integrity to retract your statement and apologies, how about you...

BACK YOU GARBAGE UP, OR SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!

and btw, if you look at my original post, you will see I linked to the video and it was from RealClearPolitics. So what's it going to be? You a man, or a liberal weasel that stands behind their lies?

Grim17 said:

Hey jerk-off, you're the one who proclaimed I copied and pasted it. Since there is no chance in hell of you having the honesty and integrity to retract your statement and apologies, how about you...

BACK YOU GARBAGE UP, OR SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!

and btw, if you look at my original post, you will see I linked to the video and it was from RealClearPolitics. So what's it going to be? You a man, or a liberal weasel that stands behind their lies?

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That's what I thought.

Grim17 said:

Sorry to disappoint you, but this is all mine baby. I watched the interview on the net (I believe on RealClearPolitics) and I just laughed when Georgie boy kept ignoring the whole issue.

All you need to do is copy and paste my words in Google if you think I lifted it from somewhere.



Actually, Georgie boy does "This Week" on Sundays, but this interview was on GMA... And as I said, I saw the interview on the net.



Media Matters is a George Soros funded, far left attack site posing as a media "watch dog" site. They lie, distort and manipulate the facts, to try and create the illusion that the media has a conservative bias, along with doing their best to destroy the greatest media threat to the progressive movement, Fox news.



Sorry pal, but it's 100% original. I can see that really pisses you off since you and your pals wouldn't have anything to post at all if Media Matters wasn't around to feed you all your daily dose of phony propaganda.

Have a nice day

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Hey, if it didn't come from Huffington Post, it's illegitimate.

Grim17 said:

Hey jerk-off, you're the one who proclaimed I copied and pasted it. Since there is no chance in hell of you having the honesty and integrity to retract your statement and apologies, how about you...

BACK YOU GARBAGE UP, OR SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!

and btw, if you look at my original post, you will see I linked to the video and it was from RealClearPolitics. So what's it going to be? You a man, or a liberal weasel that stands behind their lies?

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It's been 3 days... I guess you aren't a man.

Grim17 said:

It's been 3 days... I guess you aren't a man.

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3 days since what?

(and that's not what your girlfriend and/or wife said):2wave:
:rofl


Totally kidding of course. I did not have sexual relations with Grim's mother/wife/sister/girlfriend.

hazlnut said:

3 days since what?

(and that's not what your girlfriend and/or wife said):2wave:
:rofl


Totally kidding of course. I did not have sexual relations with Grim's mother/wife/sister/girlfriend.

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:damn:yt:werd

Never got a chance to use those smilies before.

Liberal media bias is no longer shocking. Frankly, I hope they keep getting worse because they only make themselves more and more irrelevant.:2dance:

Not liberal bias just laziness on the part of Stephanopoulos. He recently had Rudy Giuliani on his show. Rudy said that there were no domestic attacks while George W. Bush was president. George sat there and said nothing. Didn't follow it up and just let Rudy say what he wanted.