Saturday, January 14, 2006

ABC's Stephanopoulos omitted key part of Alito quote to claim Alito had "backed down" from supporting strong executive power

On the January 12 broadcast of ABC's World News Tonight, ABC News chief Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos cropped a clip from Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s nomination hearing to suggest that Alito had "backed away from past statements suggesting a supremely powerful president." But contrary to Stephanopoulos's assertion, the entirety of Alito's response illustrated that he has not, in fact, "backed away" from earlier views on executive power.
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