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| ... is, am, and was George Stephanopoulos replacing David Brinkley at NBC. So, while this is no surprise, it is notaable. |  
| “ | Following Giuliani's speech, Stephanopoulos declared it “far and away
the toughest speech we've seen so far” at both conventions and
ruminated: “What I wonder about is how it came across on television. A little too nasty? A little too ugly? I don't know.”
After Palin finished, he  fretted that she “she also spent a lot of
time attacking” and “that could come off as quite negative to some
viewers.” 
 gIssuing the Nightline “Report Card,” Stephanopoulos, who a week earlier
awarded Joe Biden and Democrats four A's, gave Giuliani and Palin three
A's, a B and a C. For “Red Meat,” he presented an A “for substance,”
but a C “on delivery” because he contended their repeated mention of how Barack Obama was a “community organizer” came across as “a little too derisive.” | ” |  |