ABC News hired a Democratic Party functionary and thought he would become a journalist. He didn't ... leopards rarely change their spots.
George Stephanopoulos is merely a connected Democrat on the ABC News payroll. I bet he thought his bosses at ABC understood this, and were okay with it.
It seems ABC brass were okay with it until he got caught funneling a healthy chunk of his earnings to the Clinton Foundation. It is hard for them to argue giving is something George does evenhandedly.
Had George given a like amount to the Heritage Foundation or the Reagan Library it would have provided cover. But he would have hated doing it, so it didn't happen. Now he's tainted goods.
