There's no need to rehash George Stephanopoulos' atrocious handling of last week's Democratic debate. The debate was universally panned as gutter journalism and clearly aimed at throwing the Pennsylvania primary into Clinton' favor. Stephanopoulos crossed the line between tough journalism and unethical journalism. He became a political activist in what was supposed to be a forum for the public to make a fair judgement of the candidates. He did his hatchet job and gave Hillary the boost she needed.
Stephanopoulos is the chief Washington correspondant for ABC News and moderates their flagship Sunday news program. A person in his position should not be seen as politically motivated or biased. We are all aware of how close Stephanopoulos was to the Clintons, and it should have disqualified him from having a role in the Pennsylvania debate, but I'm sure we all expected him to bend over backwards and try to be fair. Unfortunately, he showed his true colors and revealed that he'd rather help Hillary Clinton's campaign than follow journalism's code of conduct. He broke every rule in the book with his specious attacks on Obama.
At this point, no one in the Obama camp thinks Stephanopoulos is fair or to be trusted. Certainly, John McCain and the Republican Party will paint Stephanopoulos as Clinton's lapdog. So what purpose does he serve? Does ABC News want to be associated with a closet operative like Stephanopoulos? Didn't he commit journalistic suicide with his behavior last week? Who can trust the guy? So here's the poll;