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By Ben Meiselas
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I once admired ABC host George Stephanopoulos. I thought he was smart and fearless. Silly me. So many people I admired are revealing themselves as cowards now. It’s pathetic.
One day after ABC and Stephanopoulos settled with Trump for $15 million, Stephanopoulos deleted his X (formerly Twitter) account. He was getting mocked on X by MAGA accounts for kissing the ring. Stephanopoulos doesn’t have a Threads or Bluesky account, but he is also getting roasted by MAGA accounts on his Instagram. He is swarmed with comments on his Instagram like this:
This is why you never obey in advance. As I say, I prefer to die once than to have my soul ripped apart and die a thousand deaths in a lifetime for being a coward like so many journalists now.
Stephanopoulos looks like a total coward to those who oppose the settlement, and he has been beclowned by MAGA, who treat him as a pathetic loser. I wonder if he will delete his Instagram soon as well.
I’ve heard some try to say it’s not Stephanopoulos’ fault that ABC settled since he works for them. This is wrong. Stephanopoulos makes $15 million a year from ABC. By the way, if you wanted to know how Trump arrived at the $15 million settlement amount, that’s a hint right there.
Stephanopoulos was not forced into the settlement agreement. He has the right to his own lawyers, and ABC’s insurance would be obligated to pay for his defense if he didn’t settle.
Stephanopoulos’ net worth is probably close to $100 million. He has more money than anyone needs in multiple lifetimes. He could do what Harry Litman did at the LA Times and resign. If he believed in his talents, I’m sure he could land another job somewhere, or he could start his own show. But Stephanopoulos is a company guy who wanted to stay employed at ABC to keep those fat $15 million-a-year checks. So he settled as well when ABC/Disney cut Trump a $15 million check.
Stephanopoulos literally signed on the dotted line of the settlement agreement. He has free will. He exercised it the way he did, and now he is compromised. MAGA mocks him, while pro-democracy fans of his are fans no longer.
Look, here is my promise to you: MeidasTouch Network will never obey. We will never cave. Trump attacked us in a recent court filing, and I couldn’t care less. There is nothing he or MAGA could do to us to ever make us submit.
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