ABC News exec was ‘furious’ after George Stephanopoulos said Biden can’t serve another White House term: report

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ABC News executive Debra O’Connell was reportedly “furious” after George Stephanopoulos, a former Democratic operative and current news anchor, stated that President Biden couldn’t serve another term. The comment was captured on video and published by TMZ, showing Stephanopoulos telling a passerby in Manhattan, “I don’t think [Biden] can serve four more years.” This incident led to an internal meeting at ABC, where O’Connell reminded Stephanopoulos of his role as an objective newsman and requested he apologize for his remark, which he did. Stephanopoulos, 63, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, later stated to Puck News, “Earlier today I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn’t have.” ABC News issued a statement saying, “George expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News.”