George Stephanopoulos

David Brooks' Lies on Health Care Reform: An Incomplete List

David Fiderer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


David Fiderer

A lot of people buy in to Brooks' pseudo-intellectual shtick for making grand pronouncements that presume to define reality.

George Will Debates NeoCons Over Afghanistan War

Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics


Conservative commentator George Will appeared on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos Sunday Morning and took on NeoConservatives over the cou...

Stephanopoulos Offers "How To Lose The Presidency In Four Years"

David Dayen | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


David Dayen

There's this notion that bloggers and progressives don't care about the poor, but we're not kowtowing to the lunatic moderates who put a price tag above morality except when talking about war.

Vicki Kennedy Not Interested In Senate Seat: Stephanopoulos

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


The trial balloon launched yesterday by Kennedy friends Chris Dodd and Orrin Hatch isn't going anywhere. A solid source assures me that Vicki Kennedy...

Sam Donaldson Spars With Liz Cheney Over CIA Torture Investigation (VIDEO)

Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics


Sam Donaldson and Liz Cheney spiritedly debated the decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether or not torture occurred during CIA...

Paul Krugman: We Are In Economic "Purgatory" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business


Despite Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's upbeat comments Friday that the U.S. economy is on the cusp of recovery, economists Paul Krugman and R...

"This Week" Tops "Meet The Press," #1 In Total Viewers And Demo For First Time Since 1999

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.06.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — ABC's "This Week" beat NBC's "Meet the Press" in a clean ratings fight for the first time in a decade, Nielsen Media Research said on...

Why, Yes, We Do Have to Regulate Some Executive Pay

Rob Shapiro | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business


Rob Shapiro

Ironically, the bailouts that saved us from a second Great Depression may also bolster some of the distortions that threaten to produce it. Old practices that got us into this mess still go on.

More Orly Taitz!

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

Finally, we have an extreme right-wing personality making the rounds in the corporate media who tears down the facade of "legitimacy" the Far Right bestows upon its craziest enthusiasts.

BAGnews Reads The Pictures: Michelle Malkin with the Sound Off

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Michael Shaw

2009-08-04-michelle_malkin_shaw_fp.jpgYou might think the screen grab is unfair, like a sliver or instant pulled out-of-context in which any of us might look ready to be committed.

Arianna Joins "This Week" Roundtable To Discuss Obama, Gates Controversy (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics


Huff TV

Arianna joined the roundtable on ABC News' "This Week", along with Paul Krugman, George Will, David Brooks and Donna Brazile, to discuss the politics ...

Television News Gleefully Trades Integrity for Access

Josh Nelson | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media


Josh Nelson

We have known about the access of evil phenomenon for some time now, but I think this document is the best hard proof of it we've seen yet.

George Stephanopoulos's Daughter Screamed "I Hate You!" During Radio Broadcast From Home

New York Post | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media


GEORGE Stephanopoulos, just named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee, said he was certain the title would be revoked due to a r...

Is Congress Ready to Reassert its Independent Role?

Sandy Maisel | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Sandy Maisel

I have just finished watching the Sunday talk shows. All in all -- and this from a Sunday morning talk show junkie -- a pretty poor excuse for analysis of what's going on in Washington.

Ali Wentworth: How Watergate Turned Me Funny

AP | LAURI NEFF | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Ali Wentworth is practically Washington royalty. Her father was a Washington Post reporter, her mom was Nancy's Reagan's White House...

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

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media


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...

Obama Caving on Gays in the Military

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics


Aubrey Sarvis

In Washington, we know about commissions and study groups and promise-them-anything when you're trolling for votes. But after the election... well, memories fade.

Republican Incoherence on Climate Change

David Roberts | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green


David Roberts

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.

Celebrities Hit Auction Block for Human Rights

Jeffrey Buchanan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Jeffrey Buchanan

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

Sam Stein

Ahmadinejad To Obama: Return My Messages (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.27.2009 | World


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, up for reelection later this year but appearing on ABC's This Week this Sunday, sought to portray Barack Obama a...

Ahmadinejad tells Stephanopoulos: I Accept A Two State Solution

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.27.2009 | World


MJ Rosenberg

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Luddites Live On

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics


Lance Simmens

John Boehner's job is to advance policies that will make a positive difference for all Americans, not to pander to the Luddites who are fearful of new technologies and scientific development.

Jason Linkins

ABC's "This Week" More Interested In Susan Boyle Than Torture Memos

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


Funny that a guy like Chuck Todd would describe the recent urgency in the public over the release of the torture memos as something outside the mainst...

Sunday Morning Still Searching For Successor To Russert's Throne: Will It Be Stephanopoulos?

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media


"The throne is empty." So said "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace, meaning that there has been no successor as the king of Sunday morning televisio...

Sam Stein

Krugman: Stress Tests "Self-Esteem" Class That No One Fails (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics


With the banking industry suffering from a crisis in confidence as much as liquidity, Paul Krugman says the Treasury Department will likely sugarcoat ...