Posted on 11/22/2005 9:44:16 AM PST by blitzgig
Tonight is a time for celebration. Why? Ted Koppel is leaving ABC News and "Nightline" forever.
Koppel (whose real name is Ed, not Ted) made his career off the backs of America's hostages in Iran, who spent well over 400 days in captivity. And Koppel's nightly broadcasts about them--which morphed into "Nightline"--didn't help their plight. No, Koppel's constant nights of attention to the Islamic hostage-takers in Iran helped Islamic terrorists, not just those under yesterday's Ayatollah Khomeini, but today's Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and Osama Bin Laden.
They knew--with the advent of constant attention to their evil acts, whether hostage taking or the murder of 3,000--that they would get nightly attention to their demands. And nightly attention to their demands is exactly what Koppel gave them. Nightly consideration of their point of view.
Consideration of the "other point of view"--no matter how evil, no matter how dedicated to America's defeat--became the hallmark of Koppel's career. In fact, with Koppel, it wasn't just consideration. It was sympathy for the "other" point of view, no matter how absurd.
Then there was his snideness, his arrogance, his smug leftism--all under the facade of "journalism." Conservative point of view or policy? Koppel always managed to deride it with his biased brand of snoot.
His snooty manner extended even to his phony, incorrect accent in mispronouncing Hebrew names and words, which didn't fool anyone who knows or speaks Hebrew. If only it were just the mispronunciation that was the problem. Koppel's unabashed pro-Palestinian terrorism slant in the disproportionate "Nightline" coverage of Israel was as obtrusive as a plus-sized model in a Victoria's Secret catalog.
Don't believe the hype over Ted Koppel in all of today's mainstream newspapers. He wasn't a great journalist or even a great interviewer. Ted Koppel was just a great ego.
When Peter Jennings died, this summer, I was critical of him while the rest of America gushed. The same criticism is equally appropriate to Koppel.
Ted Koppel is just Peter Jennings in a cheaper toupee. Unfortunately, while Koppel retires from Nightline, his equally biased, leftist daughter Andrea Koppel spews on as a "reporter" at CNN.
Good Riddance, Ted Koppel. One down; many, many more to go.
Haven't watched Koppel, an archetype of biased journalism, in years and years, but I will watch his final broadcast. Often in events like that many of the forgotten stops along the way which brought us to our present circumstances are rescued from the memory hole.
Saw him for just a moment on Charlie Rose last night. Koppel said that the most important thing was to ask questions and listen. He proudly claimed that you learn so much when you listen.
You all remember his Swift Boat interview with John O'Neil. Koppel sure DID NOT want to listen to Mr. O'Neil.
I think he bought Donald Trump's old rug and dyed it..
When then MSM finally dies, we will have drive a stake through its heart and cut the head off so it never returns.
Hopefully, historians will warn future generations about the great 5th column of the 20th century that forged de facto alliances with the greatest mass murderers of all time.
He went to boarding school in England. His folks fled from Gewrmany in the late 30s. The family came to America in the 50s. So, like Jennings, he was a hyphenated American.
Right on. The way he spoke of the Swift Boat Vets was despicable. Koppel is just another sack of crap lying his sick Inside the Beltway/Castle Communist/Democrat ass off.
For his next venture he should host a game show .............. maybe another version of "To Tell The Truth".
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One more thing, imo, people like Koppel who have the ear of the public as he did/does, and uses that power to lie about such important things as what the Swift Boat Vets had to say, people like Koppel lying as he did deserve a special place in the after life.
The power of persuasion and influence SHOULD NOT BE ABUSED. It is way too late for this republic and this world for conscious, purposeful media disinformation.
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The old established/liberal/socialist media is America's most ruthless, relentless, and destructive enemy.
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