bubble of the media business? well you heard it talked about at the white house correspondents dinner with all of the politicians in washington and so on gather with the reporters that cover them. right. yes, there s a coziness that george cannot escape the association. he was press secretary for president clinton. that s pretty close. and while he did try to separate himself from his political background to become a journalist he really is not a journalist. yet abc has made him the face of abc news. the chief anchor. and i think they re really caught in a quandary here. and one other thing i want to tell you, brian, is that while abc said this was an honest mistake right. they don t feel that way. secretly they are hopping mad, i am sure.
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despite george stephanopoulos apology this morning many questions remain. this is a connection that goes back decades. very deeply rooted. by have a lot saying by george here. his role has been questioned and criticized based on deep ties to the clinton family. when did those begin? 1991 bill clinton selected him to be deputy campaign manager during his presidential campaign. after clinton s 92 victory stephanopoulos became one of his most trusted aids and served as senior advisor for the president. after clinton s re-election in 1996 stephanopoulos stating stress fatigue, depression. he then moved to new york and crossed over to journalism. he s been with abc since 1997. he s coanchor of good morning america and the network s chief
news. yeah, very exciting changes. diane sawyer decided to step away from world news anchor desk to focus on investigative reporting and main your interviews, she does that the best. starting in september, world news now along with david muir will serve as anchor, managing editor for world news and continue as co-anchor of 20/20. george stephanopoulos taking on an expanded role. named chief anchor of abc news. he will lead our coverage of breaking new and special events like election night while continuing to anchor good morning america and this week. the man never takes a break. he doesn t. have to say it is rare in the industry that you have three people promoted who are genuinely such incredible, supportive i can t say enough good things about all of them. glad they will be here. really excited. i once wrote a note to diane in the middle of the night. i felt i botched an interview. it was like midnight and diane wrote back. two minutes later. she never sleeps
stop and they gave jormg stephanopolous some strange title probably in order to appease hill. why did diane sawyer step down now? reporter: i m told by abc that she was think being this for a while, that she started talking to her bosses about moving on sometime last year, and now it will take effect at the end of august, so david muir will take over the world news chair september 2nd. there is an end of an era feel to this. george steph anopolous will hav a title as chief anchor for the whole news division, special reports for example he would be the one at the anchor chair perhaps joined by david muir. it says to me the morning shows are ascendant. it s been becoming more true over time. george stephanopolous the gma morning anchor who will take the