This Week With George Stephanopoulos

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.27.2012

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I just naturally assumed they were booked because the show felt no one could better help viewers relate to the politics of the week! You mean there's a special reason? Apparently so, and it is because...O'Malley might one day run for president, and maybe Gingrich has some advice?

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Pelosi Confident Of Taking Back House

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) struck a confident chord Sunday in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "If t...

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.06.2012

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Okay, now we jump to the 54,348th Sunday morning conversation with Sith Lord McCain. Where does McCain come down on the issue of blunderbussing? This is perhaps the most unnecessary question in the world.

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Amanpour's Big Return

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 04.15.2012

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Christiane Amanpour has returned to the cable network that employed her for decades. "Amanpour," which will air weekdays on CNN International at 3:...

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Media Monstrosities of the Modern Age

Wayne Besen | Posted 05.07.2012

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So, I'm watching the roundtable on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos and instead of being able to concentrate on the talking heads, I'm distr...

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2012

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Today, Chris Wallace will chat with Rick Santorum, for whom few things have gone right, about Super Tuesday. And then Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal will yell at each other about Iran. Also, the Washington Caucus thingy happened, and Mitt Romney won.

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Santorum's Gifts to Obama

Martin Long | Posted 04.28.2012

Rick Santorum appeared on ABC's This Week apparently to demonstrate once and for all that he cannot be elected the next President of the United States and that soon after November he will slip into obscurity.

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2012

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Welcome once again to your Sunday Morning liveblog of the flickering teevee political yell-sessions and panel discussion freakfests that form the cornerstone of our democracy.

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.23.2012

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Today, we will hear from the triumphant Newt Gingrich, who prevailed in South Carolina after reminding voters there of a better and brighter era where you just cold put Juan Williams in his place whenever he opened his mouth.

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.15.2012

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These debates are not at all becoming a pointless blur. "So, let me get that straight, tax cuts for some, tiny American flags for the rest? Okay, have we gotten to the point where everyone tells Ron Paul he's dangerous?"

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Washington Post TV Critic Showcases His Own Bias

Jehmu Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a perplexing and misguided column in today's Washington Post, the prominent television critic Tom Shales inveighs against the choice of Christiane Amanpour to host This Week.

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TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Welcome to your liveblog of those televised events that unfold on the Sunday morning chatfests as you sleep and dream. Michael Steele is supposed to be on one of these shows today. Hopefully that will be magical.

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OHS Adds "Taking Responsibility" To No Fly List

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Napolitano, the Rubenesque Secretary of Homeland Security, confirmed that "the truth" and its accomplice, "taking responsibility" have been successfully detained.

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Gates To Ahmadinejad: "Not A Chance" We'll Apologize

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Ahmadinejad demanded an apology from the US for accusing Iran of violating international law with the secret uranium enrichment site discove...

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The Two Presidents Are In Sync Using the Media to Deliver the Message: CGI Opens in NYC.

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

The Clinton Global Initiative is a magnificent prelude to the meetings to be held later in the week with the Chinese government and other world leaders at the United Nations. This is a true gesture of unity.

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Preaching to the Choir: Obama on Sunday Morning Television

Ilene Angel | Posted 05.25.2011

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We like the idea of change more than the actuality of it. Even those who stand to gain the most from improved health care, like the state of South Carolina, let the fear-mongering stand in the way of genuine progress.

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

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today Stephanopoulos, who also is ABC's chief Washington correspondent, is supremely well-connected in the Obama White House. One of his closest frien...

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White House Shifts On Public Health Care Option

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's top political adviser is backing away from having a government health care plan compete against private carriers...

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Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform: Part 1

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the most infuriating aspects to the issue of healthcare reform is the lack of honest debate by our public officials.

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For Gays in the Military, Obama's Good Intentions Not Enough

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Good intentions are no substitute for the change our service members are counting on, especially those who might like to be relieved from a third or fourth or fifth tour in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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David Gregory's "Meet The Press" Ratings Hit New Low — The Sunday Morning Horse Race Is On

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the Sunday morning TV throne is empty, then the race for the crown is on. NBC's "Meet the Press" suffered its lowest ratings since David Gregory...

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Republican Incoherence on Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans are completely a mess -- a familiar mess, trapped between their increasingly loopy base and the American mainstream. Their base is full of flat-earthers that don't believe the scientific consensus.

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Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The online auction will raise funds supporting the RFK Center's vital work around the globe.

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Green News Report - April 21, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The EPA declares pollution a hazard (duh)....so Congressional Republicans focus on (wait for it).... cow farts!; The 39th ce...

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McCain Doing "Twitterview" With George Stephanopoulos

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Next Tuesday, I'm trying something new. Catch my "twitterview" with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Tuesday, March 17 at 12 noon on Twitter....

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