Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppelis an American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until his retirement in late 2005. After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel, a news analyst for NPR and BBC World News America and a contributor to Rock Center with Brian Williams. Koppel is currently a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth8 February 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone.
The whole mood of the country has changed,
Even in his last days, he still filled a room.
At some point, it would probably be time to pull out anyway,
The 10 of us are enormously excited to be at a place that wants nothing more than to produce the kind of television journalism that focuses on issues that matter to the largest number of people. We look forward to creating quality programming that provides the in-depth information for which Discovery Channel is known.
What you're talking about is two very different operations. I don't want there to be hint of a suggestion that one operation is better than the other. But in the final analysis, this was a better fit.
She's always been by my side when I needed her,
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming. It's time to give something back.
I felt a certain amount of embarrassment about doing it (covering the trial) on a regular basis. Every time we did O.J., the ratings went up 10 percent.
There is nothing precipitous about this, ... It's time to give a new bunch a crack at this.
Why? Because those are desperately important issues, and you need to keep reminding the public,
You have lived up to every syllable of that commitment and I thank you.
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but a handful may even be worth a book.
My level of cynicism about the reasons that took us to war against Iraq remain just as well-developed as they were before I went.