George Stephanopoulos’s self-recusal from the GOP debates constitutes an admission of his lack of impartiality, but he refuses to take it to the logical conclusion and recuse himself from the presidential campaign. That is going to be increasingly difficult for him and ABC News to defend. If he admits to being tainted, then how can he be trusted to cover Hillary Clinton fairly? Of course, for the man ABC News has made its principal face, recusal from the biggest story of the next year and a half would be untenable.  How could he continue in his role as anchor? NBC News took its time investigating Brian Williams, but ABC rushed out a declaration of support for Stephanopoulos almost immediately after the donations were disclosed. In fact, after ABC expressed its support, the total amount of donations was amended, from 50 to75 thousand dollars.  So when Stephanopoulos came clean, he did not come completely clean. Who forgets about a 25 thousand dollar donation?...(Read Full Post)