Mr. Koppel is about as political as they come, in spite of what he thinks of himself.

Let us not forget his daughter Andrea used to work for the Coverup News Network.

Historically, there has never been any such thing as objective journalism. In the days when only the printed media existed, newspapers and magazines ALWAYS held either predominately conservative or predominately liberal views. With the advent of television news networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) in the 1950s and into the 1990s, the predominately liberal views of their anchors and commentators largely went unchallenged. Of course their liberal views weren’t enough for democrats, so somewhere along the way they gave us NPR and PBS. So according to Koppel, a host of liberal TV networks, liberal magazines, and liberal papers nationwide amounted to historic objectivity in media that has ended with the rise of the internet and cable news, especially FOX. Koppel is either totally ignorant of the history of his profession or profoundly stupid. Thank God that the so called “Fairness Doctrine” was tossed out of the window and that free people invented computers and the internet and cable and satellite. Otherwise, conservative voices in the media would still be token at best. With respect to the historic network news organizations being loss leaders, Koppel is absolutely full of crap! Ask this rich minion of the liberal/socialist persuasion about the salary he was paid for all those years on Nightline. I wonder if it approached the level of Dan Rather’s meager reporter’s salary of just $2 million per year? Loss leaders? What a bunch of white washed crap! Koppel really does think that people besides himself and his liberal friends are stupid! The TRUTH is that he and Rather et.al. are just absolutely livid that views besides their own are now front and center in the media landscape. There is now more diversity of opinion and more widespread reporting of news than ever in the history of the world! I wish I could have interviewed him! I would have asked: “Your Highness, since you worked as a news reporter and anchor for the sole purpose of bringing the public the unadulterated truth and at a salary equalling a servant’s pittance, why were you and your associates in the industry back in the good old days so damned concerned about your ratings?” What an arrogant snob!

Conceit. That is what jumps to mind when reading commentary from most journalist, Koppel and Kurtz included. Why don’t they really set and pursue standards like:

1. Cite all sources by name.

2. Do not repeat opinion unsubstantiated by facts.

3. Stop allowing reporters, and sources to presume to be licensed spies under their press freedoms.

4. Favor opening up the law to allow for liable suits of press and politicians.

5. Openly censure and condemn abuses of community standards related to language and topics.

These objectives can be pursued without excessive limitations on freedoms of expression. It takes self-imposed limits and punishments of journalist, not the harping of “holier than thou” posturing.

What Pompous assholes…..

“Most people are not born loving steak…it is a acquired taste”

What jerks….even my dogs love steak and I am sure as hell positive that THEY never went to school to “learn” how to enjoy it!

Typical liberal BS about how they have to educate the unwashed masses.

His “barn” really loks like a barn….yeah right, where is the horses+++++, Oh sorry, it is coming from their mouths as they speak.

Good Posts by all of you. Dave,,a little less caffeine please,,jus’kiddin’

If memory serves,,Ted Koppel got his well paying job on “Nightline” because
Frank Reynolds got sick & died. Reynolds started Nightline to keep track of the 52 hostages in Iran back in ’79. Koppel rose out of the ashes ,,career wise when he lucked out to get that long running gig. To tell the truth,,,I never heard of him,,or at least I do not remember him BEFORE Nightline. Maybe it’s me,,but when they do a ‘retrospect’ of NL,they do not include Frank Reynolds,,at least not the one I’ve seen. Do not tell ‘Wesley in Houston’ that I once watched ABC,I was young & needed the money,,(haha).

Who dose this dweeb think he is kidding anyway?

Again, Liberal Journalists think their opinion is Objective. Major flaw. Conservatives know they are Conservative (although may claim fair and balanced) while Liberals think their opinion is the norm. I have relatives who live in Michigan and they argued that they did not have an accent, everyone else did. They used the news commentators as their example. Now people in Michigan do not speak with a pronounced accent like us in the North East, but they have an accent. Same Liberal Thinking. People think like we do, therefore it is objective. There is no objective reporting anymore. Name one. Not Fox, not MSNBC, not NBC, not ABC, not CBS. Not even VH1 or MTV (but they probably are closest to speaking to their peers.