Stephanopoulos Has Got to Go

What to think about George Stephanopoulos? --Some years ago, I worked with a young man who would later become momentarily infamous, during the season of Stephen Glass and Jayson Blair, when he was found to have fabricated aspects of stories for a very high-profile national news outlet. I found all those episodes maddening: As a writer for small community newspapers, I was used to being blown off by sources, accustomed to politicians and other worthies refusing to return my calls. But if you’re a writer for the Washington Post or The New Yorker, people pick up the phone when you ring. --There’s no excuse for the small fry, and there’s really, really no excuse for bigfoot reporters from the majors.

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