The ABC anchor told a pedestrian, “I don’t think he can serve four more years.”
Joe Biden’s presidential debate performance was a disaster. The visibly aging Democratic Party standard-bearer was incoherent from the outset, though he improved slightly, toby the end. There was such an uproar that the president, swatting off gadflies in his own party, decided to do something
For the task, Biden chose George Stephanopoulos, the Clinton White House communications director turned hard-hitting ABC News anchor. Stephanopoulos was a fine choice for the job—a trusted voice on a major network, a seasoned pro who has interviewed politicos for decades. And he performed admirably: He grilled Biden repeatedly on his age, his ability to serve an additional term in office, and the blaring calls for him to step aside and turn over the ticket to a younger candidate.
But Stephanopoulos’ mistake wasn’t evident until later. Strolling down Fifth Avenue in formfitting workout clothes and over-ear headphones, the anchor responded to a pedestrian’s question: “Do you think Biden should step down? You’ve talked to him more than anybody else has lately.” He responded, simply, “I don’t think he can serve four more years.” After the celebrity gossip site TMZ, “Earlier today, I responded to a question from a passerby. I shouldn’t have.
Journalists all too often bow at the altar of objectivity, a false idol that demands they divorce the part of their brain that asks questions from the part that forms opinions based on those answers. Stephanopoulos engaged in the good work of demanding accountability from the world’s most powerful human being but stopped short of delivering what the populace and Democratic decisionmakers needed from him.
Stephanopoulos had the rare opportunity to interview the president. He should have been upfront about what he saw, how he felt, and what he believed. Those opinions colored the premise of the interview and his questioning. There’s no reason he couldn’t be honest with viewers and say how he felt. If he can say it to someone on the street, he should say it to
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