Stephanopoulos Bemoans Own Network for ‘Sh*thole’ Censoring: Not Right to ‘Sugarcoat the Racist Sentiment’

‘This has alarmed so many overseas right now and here in the United States’

Stephanopoulos Bemoans Own Network For ‘Sh*thole’ Censoring: Not Right to ‘Sugarcoat the Racist Sentiment’ (Mediaite)

ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos reckoned with his network’s decision to not report President Donald Trump’s comments that immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African nations are “people from shithole countries” on Good Morning America Friday.

“We’re not reporting the word right now, I think that’s probably a mistake,” Stephanopoulos said. “I don’t think it’s right to censor the president or to sugarcoat the racist sentiment revealed by how he used that word in the meeting.”

“This has alarmed so many overseas right now and here in the United States,” Stephanopoulos continued. “You’re seeing the kind of reaction we saw to the Charlottesville comments by the president.”

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