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Ted Koppel to Join 'New York Times' Editorial Page (They never go away alert)
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| Jan 12, 2006
| Staff
Posted on 01/12/2006 8:56:02 AM PST by abb
By E&P Staff
Published: January 12, 2006 11:15 AM ET
NEW YORK Veteran broadcast journalist Ted Koppel will join The New York Times as a contributing columnist beginning Jan. 29, Editorial Page Editor Gail Collins announced today. Koppel's column will appear on the Op-Ed page periodically.
"This is an exciting, new type of relationship for The Times and I can't think of anyone we'd rather start with than one of the great journalists of our era,” Collins said in a statement. "We're very pleased to provide our readers with Ted's fresh, insightful perspective on current events."
In addition to his pieces appearing in the Times' print newspaper, Collins hinted that Koppel would use "his fabled interviewing skills" to produce special features for the new paid area of NYTimes.com, TimesSelect.
"There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than The New York Times," Koppel said. "I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its Op-Ed page."
Koppel was recently named managing editor at the Discovery Channel, where he will host and produce long-form programming examining major global topics and events.
Koppel spent more than four decades at ABC News, and until recently was the anchor of "Nightline."
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dinosaurmedia; enoughalready; koppel; liberalmedia; msm; newspapers; newyorktimes; television
"Just Go!!! In the name of all that's decent and Holy, Just Go!!!"
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:56:03 AM PST
by
abb
To: abb
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:56:53 AM PST
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: SE Mom
To: abb
Musical chairs. In other news, Dan Rather will be joining the Los Angeles Times, Jayson Blair will be joining the Washington Post, and Judith Miller will be joining the Chicago Tribune.
Some conservatives will "retire" to make room for them.
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:58:32 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: abb
Some fecal masses never vanish, no matter how often you flush.
To: SE Mom
"Koppel was recently named managing editor at the Discovery Channel, where he will host and produce long-form programming examining major global topics and events."
I can't wait. PBS/NPR cable channel.
"There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than The New York Times," Koppel said. "I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its Op-Ed page."
I see he's still delusional.
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:01:40 AM PST
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: abb
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:02:05 AM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Don't buy Bose. Their warranty is no good.)
To: abb
Shocking ! \sarc
It would be greater news if Ted signed on at The American Spectator ! or something similar.
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:02:07 AM PST
by
llevrok
(Chutzpah, with salsa on the side.)
To: abb
As much as I hate the Times, and as much as I belittle their intelligence, I am *shocked shocked* that they'd hire yet another old, clueless liberal.
Just amazing.
To: abb
"Koppel was recently named managing editor at the Discovery Channel, where he will host and produce long-form programming examining major global topics and events."
"I'm Ted Koppel, and this....is Monster Garage!"
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:15:15 AM PST
by
Bommer
(Ted Kenndy - Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life!)
To: abb
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:17:48 AM PST
by
Fintan
(See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
To: abb
A "new" type of relationship??????????????????????????????
Teddy has been "reporting" for the NYT Bathhouse Boys for decades!
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:17:57 AM PST
by
roses of sharon
("I would rather men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one". ) (Cato the Elder)
To: abb
I hope The Times has a "smug, prissy snob" font.
To: abb
Wow, a a distinct new view, a freshening breeze, will provide a quickening step to the tired ol' Gray Lady.
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:19:21 AM PST
by
Plutarch
To: abb
"There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than The New York Times," Koppel said.Well, what do you know? He's a comedian too!
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:20:29 AM PST
by
Anti-MSM
(Conservatives wish 9-11 never happened-liberals pretend it didn't!)
To: abb
It's because they are so very insecure. Unless they are in front of a camera or have their name on something they can't function. They are so in love with themselves they think everyone else is too. "What...me worry?" :)
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:21:37 AM PST
by
cubreporter
(I trust Rush. He has done more for this country than anyone will ever know. He's A++)
To: abb
To: abb
Why do some people never realize when to shut up?
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:56:56 AM PST
by
polymuser
(Losing, like flooding, brings rats to the surface.)
To: polymuser
Maybe we should ask Joe Biden? LOL!!!
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posted on
01/12/2006 9:57:36 AM PST
by
abb
(Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
To: abb
"We're very pleased to provide our readers with Ted's fresh, insightful perspective spin on current events." There, it's fixed.
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posted on
01/12/2006 10:00:04 AM PST
by
unixfox
(AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
To: abb
Oh, he's not a liberal! What a shock - him joining those two "mainstream" news outlets.
I wonder if he's going to rail against Bush and the war? No way!
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posted on
01/12/2006 11:15:58 AM PST
by
GianniV
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