Schweizer: Stephanopoulos, ABC Have Not Fully Disclosed Clinton Ties

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Fact-driven, fair, aggressive journalism animates American politics. As an investigative journalist, I am accustomed to asking tough questions. When I publish, I expect tough questions in turn, That’s not what ABC News This Week host and chief anchor George Stephanopoulos delivered when he interviewed me about my new book on the Clinton Foundation last month. There’s a reason. Though Stephanopoulos belatedly disclosed$75,000 in…

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George Stephanopoulos Makes a Passive-Aggressive Non-Apology for Clinton Donation

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“… It is hard to argue that asking tough questions of a charity’s critic on the air—as Stephanopoulos did last month with Schweizer, whose much-publicized book Clinton Cash has been the target of war room-level pushback from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign—without bothering to mention that you’ve donated to that charity, is anything other than a serious breach of…

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ABC Faces Credibility Crisis Over Stephanopoulos Donations

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“… Peter Schweizer, author of “Clinton Cash,” a book that traces the public involvement of organizations that have donated to the Clinton Foundation, said Friday that Stephanopoulos’ donations “highlight precisely the lack of transparency and cronyism that I report on.” Stephanopoulos interviewed Schweizer recently on the Sunday public affairs program “This Week” without revealing the donations.…

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George Stephanopoulos on the ‘Daily Show’: Clinton Foundation Donors ‘Hope’ for Benefits

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“In defending himself today over the news that he had donated $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation over three years, ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos spoke of his support for the charity’s work on global AIDS prevention and deforestation. He made the contributions for the “best reasons,” he said. Such motives would distinguish him from all…

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Stephanopoulos Bows Out of GOP Debate After Failing to Disclose Clinton Foundation Donations

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“… In his interview with Politico, Stephanopoulos apologized profusely for not disclosing his contributions, including during an interview last month with Peter Schweizer, whose book Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich investigates donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign groups. Schweizer Thursday accused Stephanopoulos of…

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George Stephanopoulos Discloses $75,000 Contribution to Clinton Foundation

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“ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos has given $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation in recent years, charitable contributions that he did not publicly disclose while reporting on the Clintons or their nonprofit organization, the On Media blog has learned. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, Stephanopoulos made $25,000 donations to the 501 nonprofit founded by former…

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George Stephanopoulos Donations to Clinton Foundation: Immediate Crisis for ABC News

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“ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos contributed a total of $50,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2013 and 2014, according to a report by Politico’s Dylan Byers. The donations came in two tranches of $25,000, reported Politico, citing foundation records. How big a deal is this? Large: Stephanopoulos IS ABC News. Though he doesn’t anchor “ABC World News…

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ABC Must Bench Stephanopoulos on Sunday Mornings for Failure to Disclose Clinton Donation

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“…More than a few people in the business wondered aloud why Stephanopulos conducted such a partisan interview with Peter Schweizer, the author of Clinton Cash. It was as if we were witnessing the 1993 version of George, the one who served as de facto press secretary for the Clinton administration, trying to destroy a narrative as if he was…

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