In the interest of fairness, let me disclose: I cannot fairly review George Stephanopoulos‘ first day on Good Morning America, because I only caught the second hour of the program. On the other hand, let’s face it: that second hour is what is going to make or break G-Steph as a morning host. You may have objections to his style or his political background, but I think it’s pretty much a given that he has the skill set to manage the news interviews that (usually) dominate the opening hour of the show.

What George has to prove he can navigate, however, are the second-hour features, what we affectionately know here in the Tuned In household as: The Dumb News. And from the snapshot we saw this morning, Stephanopoulos needs to study up on dumbing it down.