ABC Gave Us The Middle Finger AGAIN…Let’s Fight Back NOW
Written by Ben Meiselas
I’ll keep this short.
After entering into a pathetic $15 million settlement with Trump last week, ABC and George Stephanopoulos just announced moments ago that they entered into a new multi-year deal together. Seriously?!
The monetary terms of George Stephanopoulos’ contract renewal with ABC are not yet public, but he was previously making about $15 million a year. It seems likely he’s getting paid significantly more now. Also, if I had to bet, his new contract probably includes strong non-disclosure and non-disparagement clauses prohibiting him from discussing the settlement with Trump.
How pathetic is that?!
For those who told me I shouldn’t blame Stephanopoulos for the settlement in the Trump defamation case, and that it was just the fault of ABC, I hope this shows you that both he and ABC were complicit.
ABC is owned by Disney, and Disney reports to oligarch shareholders, including the Murdoch Family Trust. The oligarchs are fully on board with Trump’s Project 2025 agenda.
Stephanopoulos is a company guy who has demonstrated he’s more impressed by his million-dollar salary paid by the oligarchs than by his integrity or the truth. Seriously, how am I supposed to take his reporting seriously ever again if he folds like a napkin in situations like this?
The courageous thing to do in this situation would have been to quit. The worst thing to do is to take more money and double down. Stephanopoulos loves his money, I guess. He loves that oligarch gravy train. But let’s face it, this isn’t unique to Stephanopoulos when it comes to corporate media hosts. Most of them are basically just actors at this point, pretending to report the news but caring most about their million-dollar salaries. They “both sides” their news coverage because they don’t care about the side that’s the truth. That’s sad, and it needs to change.
The good news is this: we are changing that dynamic. You are changing that dynamic. Change is here. Finally.
Tomorrow morning at 9 AM ET, we are releasing a 30-minute interview I did with President Biden from the West Wing of the White House. It’s not airing on a fancy TV network or cable news channel. It’s airing on the MeidasTouch YouTube channel and our podcast platforms.
Guess what?
We were able to land this interview with zero outside investors. With no oligarchs.
With a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of the resources ABC has, we now get more views and engagement than them at the MeidasTouch Network. They’re on the ropes, and they know it. They’re now just in “protect oligarchy mode.”
I want to send a powerful message right here and right now to ABC and Stephanopoulos. I want to try to get 1,000 new subscribers to this Substack to celebrate that the Meidas Mighty landed the President Biden interview that airs December 19.
I know it’s an ambitious goal to hit 1,000 new subscribers, but if you can subscribe now and help us keep growing bigger than ABC and Stephanopoulos, let’s send a message together right now!
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Ben, retired Journalist here. The big "J" is Justified because I was educated at the University of Illinois in journalism and communications. I worked major cities in the industryfor 20 years, when television news stood on integrity, not profitability. My heroes were Conkite, Huntley-Brinkley, even Howard Cosell and Jim McKay when Palestinian terrorists attacked the Olympics . Those two became fully capable newsman and the world was stunned by their performance . I'm 81 years old now and can't believe what I'm witnessing, with the decay of the American culture. It is simple to understand what caused the decay in American journalism. It's money. It will always be money that corrupts. The nihilists are betting against your resiliency, my friend, be strong, be loud!Democracy dies in silence!