George Stephanopoulos Says He 'Shouldn't Have' Commented on President Joe Biden's Ability to Serve Second Term
Source: Variety
George Stephanopoulos backed away Tuesday evening from an errant quip he made to a passerby in New York City in which he said that he didnt think President Joe Biden would be able to serve another term in office.
I dont think he can serve four more years, Stephanopoulos said in the leaked video.
The exchange was captured by TMZ, and the person lobbing a query about Bidens fortitude appeared to be working for the outlet. The person approached Stephanopoulos as he was walking, in workout clothes, on the streets of New York City.
Earlier today I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldnt have, Stephanopoulos said in a statement that was shared previously with both Puck News and TMZ. George expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News, the Disney news unit said in a separate statement.
Read more: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-apologize-biden-1236064378/
Come on ABC, don't act like you didn't allow that Friday night dump of a show to happen.
And TMZ ambushed George? That's some James O'Keefe type of crap.

Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)A lie goes 'round the world ...
elleng
(138,898 posts)
LoisB
(9,711 posts)delisen
(6,831 posts)He really messed that up.
JI7
(91,566 posts)and went weeks send months regularly just golfing they would be happy.
Fucking assholes.
Baitball Blogger
(49,555 posts)padah513
(2,680 posts)elias7
(4,221 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,285 posts)What an incompetent fool
badhair77
(4,793 posts)Happens to everyone, just like a bad night, George, when things dont go the way you would have wanted.
hlthe2b
(108,636 posts)George and his big head, and big ego, are only surpassed by his big mouth. How damned stupid to say that to ANYONE. Let HIM know the meaning of a "bad night" of his own making.
UpInArms
(52,325 posts)That George has a big mouth and cant be trusted to keep anything to himself not a good news spokesperson dont think he can keep his position without giving up all his confidential sources loose lips and all that
Roy Rolling
(7,271 posts)He shares his personal thoughts and confides with a total stranger on the street?
Apparently, ABC needs to pay him more to sometimes keep his mouth shut.
Journalistic ethics strike 1, George.
3 strikes and youre out.
Paladin
(29,796 posts)Polybius
(19,504 posts)That doesn't mean that he thinks he should step aside. It also doesn't mean that he thinks Trump will beat him. It just means that he thinks that he won't serve until January 20, 2029. I'm sure plenty agree with him, even those calling for Biden to remain in the race.
Elessar Zappa
(16,309 posts)Journalism ethics 101.
SomedayKindaLove
(1,108 posts)Transcript from the Biden interview:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: But-- but it's-- it's-- it's not that hypothetical anymore. I-- I-- I-- I grant that the-- they have not k-- requested a meeting, but it's been reported--
Notice the stuttering. This is obviously the grumblings of a lost mind. Hes done a lot of reporting in his time, and it appears at great cost. Sorry, George, but turnabout seems fair play.
What would be great would be a video montage of all the people who think Biden should step down stammering their speech at some point in their career.
republianmushroom
(19,158 posts)totodeinhere
(13,583 posts)Damage has already been done. ABC should fire him. He has shown that he is not an objective journalist.
ificandream
(11,060 posts)I don't understand why people aren't smart enough to see that. They're second to Fox in my book for non-news.
samnsara
(18,450 posts)...sink ships, George.