{"id":2232862,"date":"2024-04-29T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-could-you-cry-more-george-stephanopoulos\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:16:23","slug":"liberal-media-scream-could-you-cry-more-george-stephanopoulos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-could-you-cry-more-george-stephanopoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Shock: George Stephanopoulos&#8217;s Tears?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-media-scream-could-you-cry-more-george-stephanopoulos%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200dextract\u2062 discusses George Stephanopoulos&#8217;s history with Bill Clinton&#8217;s scandals, his recent criticism of Donald Trump, and concerns about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>. Stephanopoulos highlighted Trump&#8217;s \u2064impact on\u2063 democracy, stating the situation is more dire than any time \u2062since the Civil War. He emphasized the need\u2062 for\u200d a fair election and media responsibility. The passage\u2063 delves into \u200cGeorge Stephanopoulos&#8217;s involvement in Bill\u2063 Clinton&#8217;s scandals, his critique of Donald Trump,\u200c and his apprehensions about the present political\u2064 environment. Stephanopoulos underscored \u200bTrump&#8217;s influence on democracy, claiming it to be the most critical \u200csince\u200b the Civil War, stressing the importance of fair elections and media accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For years, George Stephanopoulos ran block and worse for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Bill Clinton<\/a>. First, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcfp.org\/gennifer-flowers-may-proceed-defamation-suit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gennifer Flowers<\/a>, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/travelgate-damages-a-troubled-clinton-no-recent-president-has-become-so-unpopular-so-soon-thanks-to-blunders-by-a-young-and-inexperienced-team-2325397.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Travelgate<\/a> and Whitewater. Multiple other scandals followed.<\/p>\n<p>His boss got away with most and didn\u2019t face the music until he was finally impeached for lying about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-srv\/politics\/special\/clinton\/stories\/george021498.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Monica Lewinsky sex scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday, in an editorial to lead off his ABC Sunday talk show, the former Clinton spokesman ripped into former President Donald Trump, who is facing several court cases for what some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-was-sexually-harassing-himself-cnns-navarro-defends-toobin-offers-unique-take-on-him-masturbating-during-zoom-call\/\" title=\"\u2018He Was Sexually Harassing Himself\u2019: CNN\u2019s Navarro Defends Toobin, Offers Unique Take On Him Masturbating During Zoom Call\">legal analysts<\/a> see as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-prosecutor-indicates-criminal-charges-possible-against-gretchen-whitmer-over-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Prosecutor Indicates Criminal Charges Possible Against Gretchen Whitmer Over Nursing Home Deaths\">political attacks<\/a>. That every move Trump makes is hit by the media or added to his legal troubles isn\u2019t enough for Stephanopoulos.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, and the reason he\u2019s our feature for this week\u2019s Liberal Media Scream, he wants Trump treated differently, claiming that the former president has pushed the nation to the brink of civil war despite now being the candidate most people want to win in November, according to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all too easy to fall into reflective habits, to treat this as a normal campaign where both sides embrace the rule of law, where both sides are dedicated to a debate based on facts and the peaceful transfer of power,\u201d he lectured on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that is not what\u2019s happening this election year. Those bedrock tenets of our democracy are being tested in a way we haven\u2019t seen since the Civil War. It\u2019s a test for the candidates, for those of us in the media, and for all of us as citizens,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephanopoulos: Not a \u2018Normal Campaign,\u2019 Worse Crisis for Democracy Since Civil War\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZcFFUNyahZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From Sunday\u2019s <em>This Week <\/em>on ABC:<\/p>\n<p><em>Good morning, and welcome to <\/em>This Week<em>. Until now, no American president had ever faced a criminal trial. No American president had ever faced a federal indictment for retaining and concealing classified documents. No American president had ever faced a federal indictment or a state indictment for trying to overturn an election or been named an unindicted co-conspirator in two other states for the same crime. No American president ever faced hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments for business fraud, defamation, and sexual abuse. Until now, no American presidential race had been more defined on what\u2019s happening in courtrooms than what\u2019s happening on the campaign trail \u2014 until now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The scale of the abnormality is so staggering that it can actually become numbing. It\u2019s all too easy to fall into reflective habits, to treat this as a normal campaign where both sides embrace the rule of law, where both sides are dedicated to a debate based on facts and the peaceful transfer of power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>But that is not what\u2019s happening this election year. Those bedrock tenets of our democracy are being tested in a way we haven\u2019t seen since the Civil War. It\u2019s a test for the candidates, for those of us in the media, and for all of us as citizens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brent Baker<\/a>, vice president of research and publications for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Media Research Center<\/a>, explains our weekly pick: \u201cSpeaking of tests, George Stephanopoulos has failed the journalism test. He seems quite proud of it and likely speaks for all too many in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">news media<\/a> who think they have the moral superiority to declare Trump voters not only misguided but guilty of putting the basic tenets of the country at risk. So, Stephanopoulos, a top Clinton spokesman in the 1990s who suppressed from voters information about his candidate\u2019s misdeeds, will save us all by using those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-and-the-art-of-failing-up\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris: Mastering the Upside of Failure\">left-wing political instincts<\/a> to decide which candidate voters should be allowed to pick.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Rating:<\/span> <em><strong>FIVE<\/strong> out of <strong>FIVE SCREAMS.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, George Stephanopoulos shielded former President Bill Clinton from scandals like Gennifer Flowers, Travelgate, and Whitewater. Despite numerous controversies, Clinton escaped consequences until his impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Stephanopoulos&#8217;s role in protecting him came to light on a recent Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2232863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP9305290513-1-1024x681.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP9305290513-1-1024x681.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}