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Quote of the Night: Ted Koppel on Nightline regarding Media
Nightline | 09/14/04 | Ted Koppel

Posted on 09/14/2004 11:48:11 PM PDT by kingu

Quote of the night, by Ted Koppel, at the start of tonight's Nightline broadcast...

'And we in the media will need a stepstool to rise to the level of used car salesmen..' making reference to the Rathergate scandal.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: abcnews; cbsmemos; memos; rathergate; ratherinteresting
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To: kingu

"We in the media need a stepstool even to rise to the level of a trial lawyer..."


21 posted on 09/15/2004 12:54:54 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day ("We showed weakness, and weak people are beaten."--Putin / "A more sensitive war on terror." --Kerry)
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To: kingu

Genius Koppel has finally figured out what the rest of us have known for years.


22 posted on 09/15/2004 2:51:50 AM PDT by KevinB
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To: rrrod

That's right. We need a tag something like 'Old Media' or similar. When I hear 'MSM', I tend to think 'Meritorious Service Medal'. Then I have to remember that I'm not at work...


23 posted on 09/15/2004 3:23:58 AM PDT by gogogodzilla
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To: D Edmund Joaquin
Yes. But I don't agree with the implication (if that's what you intended) that he has any clue about anything INSIDE the Beltway.
24 posted on 09/26/2004 1:24:55 PM PDT by Lee Shore
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To: kingu

"How's the weather down there, Ted?"


25 posted on 09/26/2004 1:28:37 PM PDT by Nick Danger (Freeping in my pajamas since 1998)
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