George Stephanopoulos: I'm Better Than Sunday Competitors Because I Worked In White House

The Daily Beast:

Today Stephanopoulos, who also is ABC's chief Washington correspondent, is supremely well-connected in the Obama White House. One of his closest friends is Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a comrade in arms from the Clinton days. Stephanopoulos dished to The Daily Beast about his reporting advantage over lifelong journalists, his tumultuous relationship with Bill and Hill, the future of the GOP, and reports that he participates in a daily phone call with Emanuel, Paul Begala, and James Carville.

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Comments

[pfc1369]

This guy is duller than dishwater.

Has anyone ever heard him say one interesting, original, or insightful word?

[thundermummy]

"I'm less sucky than the other sucktards" good for you Georgie.

[Cloball]

After what he did to the Clintons, who cares about George's career. He's no Tim Russert.

[Tim303]

The same could be said of Karl Rove. Should we go there?

[TheBeave]

George S, you "stink".

[miksmaster]

George. If you're so hot, how come this only got 85 comments in two days? You are a prop for George Will. Look at your Sunday Morning competition. You have to aim higher than that. Remember when you and ("in what respect") Charlie Gibson ambushed Obama when you moderated the Obama / Hillary Clinton debate? I bet you and Charlie thought you were pretty cool. We thought it was schlock moderating.

[TheBaffler]

Does having the taste of Clinton rectvm on one's tongue endow one with special abilities?

[bayman]

Did working in the White House teach him to allow Sean Hannity to write his debate questions?

[Maezeppa]

He's milquetoast and doesn't challenge the intellect of his guests. zzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzz...

[GreekOracle]

Don't let this go to your head.

[Pammy2]

The fact that he was in the White House is exactly WHY he's not very good. He tries to hard to toady to the people he's supposed to be grilling. I guess to try to prove he's non-partisan? Whatever it is, he's pretty much just an a....kisser. But then, they all are, really. Bill Moyers is the only real journalist anymore. Everyone else is too worried about their "access".

[dawnec1957]

You don't even know "journalism" bud.

Now Walter Cronkite and Tim Russert, they knew how to report the news and skewer the lies...YOU? You play footsie with both sides while collecting bucks to do so.

[fabricnthreads]

This does qualify as news......someone else, full of himself .

Don't these people realize if they really are smarter, better, more qualified, etc, we are intelligent enough to see that without them telling us how much smarter they are?

Isn't this an oxymoron to the 100th degree????

[ConcernfromCanada]

A few years ago George Clooney made an excellent film: "Good Night And Good Luck" about Murrow. Maybe some of today's so-called journalists in the US should give it another viewing.

[Pammy2]

All they'd have to do is tune in to Bill Moyers once a week.

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[blueskybigstar]

You would think that would be the case. I had a few choice comments about Steph, but surprise, surprise they are not here.

He is a shill just like the others. Face the Nation is better, but that does not say much.

Please, post my comments. They are my opinion, but I believe accurate.