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The trouble is that Stephanopoulos himself helped propagate those lies in the first place. During the 1992 campaign, when Gennifer Flowers first brought Clinton's philandering to public attention, Stephanopoulos--as Clinton's chief spinner, distracter, and all-around bullshit artist--played a crucial role in discrediting Flowers and anyone else who tried to point out the truth, namely that Clinton had a disturbing zipper problem.
Stephanopoulos helped grow those lies in the first place. During the 1992 campaign, when Gennifer Flowers made Clinton's philandering public, Stephanopoulos, as Clinton's main distracter and bs artist, discredited Flowers and anyone who tried to tell the truth, namely that Clinton had a disturbing zipper problem.