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Mar 22, 2013: ACLU Blog of Rights: Ted Koppel Takes on the Widespread Solitary Confinement of Kids; Our Plea for Change
Tonight, Ted Koppel will shine a light into the recesses of the criminal justice system -- let's seize this moment and help kids like those profiled tonight on Rock Center. Mar 21, 2013: Yahoo News: Ted Koppel: Quit moving airtime for 'Rock Center' Veteran newsman Ted Koppel, who reports on Friday's "Rock Center" about young offenders in adult prisons, said NBC hasn't done Brian Williams and his young newsmagazine any favors with its scheduling shuffles. Sept 25, 2012: FAIR: Ted Koppel's Terrible Media Criticism But what the reports really illustrate is that some people aren't very good at playing media critic–especially when they feel obligated to suggest that "both sides" are equally at fault. Sept 21, 2012: Youtube: Ted Koppel: Fox News 'Bad for America'
The big thing you have to admire about Ted Koppel is that he won't be bullied into saying anything that isn't the truth, be it about the news or about a supposed-news organization like Fox 'News'. Sept 21, 2012: NBC News: Ted Koppel takes on the truthsayers
From Bill O'Reilly describing how some media pundits "smash" politicians and "pinheads," to Ann Coulter describing why O'Reilly isn't opinionated enough, Rock Center Special Correspondent Ted Koppel investigates the role of the media in the degeneration of politics into an ugly war of words. Nov 15, 2010: Slate: Ted Koppel, Bad Reporter I know of no more sorry a spectacle than the wizened newsman weeping with nostalgia for the golden age of journalism—which just happens to coincide with his own glory days. June 1, 2010: New York Post: Koppel son dies after a bender The son of legendary TV newsman Ted Koppel was found dead in a Washington Heights apartment under mysterious circumstances yesterday morning after a daylong drinking binge with a man he had just met in a Midtown bar, law-enforcement sources said. Jan 18, 2006: Z-Magazine: Ted Koppel at NPR No doubt many people are glad that Ted Koppel will become a regular voice on National Public Radio Dec 5, 2005: New York Magazine: Koppel’s Therapy Is Ted Koppel still working out his anger issues? He has an idea for a new show called The F-ing Media. |
August 1987: Intercessors For America:
The Washington Times reports ABC News anchor Ted Koppel, speaking at Duke University's graduation exercises, delivered more of a sermon than typical commencement address, Koppel surprised many by calling for a return to the Ten Commandments saying that they "are relevant....not just for then (Moses' time), or now, but for all time.." He warned against the false sense of reality portrayed on television and urged the students to seek Gods transcendent reality..."
The Washington Times reports ABC News anchor Ted Koppel, speaking at Duke University's graduation exercises, delivered more of a sermon than typical commencement address, Koppel surprised many by calling for a return to the Ten Commandments saying that they "are relevant....not just for then (Moses' time), or now, but for all time.." He warned against the false sense of reality portrayed on television and urged the students to seek Gods transcendent reality..."
Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British 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 before resigning in 2008. Koppel is currently a senior news analyst for National Public Radio and contributing analyst to BBC World News America, and contributes to the new NBC News primetime newsmagazine Rock Center with Brian Williams.
