We’ve featured Edward James Martin “Ted” Koppel (80) previously on this website — in the “Media” section. Koppel was the host of Nightline, the late-night news program on ABC, from 1980 to 2005. Since leaving the program, Koppel has remained active as a TV news analyst. Writer and reporter Walter Isaacson’s January 2020 interview with Koppel is linked below.
Quote: “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.”
Sources: Wikipedia, AZ Quotes
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Watch “Ted Koppel Discusses the State of Journalism and Democracy | Amanpour and Company” [17:44]. >>
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