I have to hand it to Ted Koppel, even if it's killing him, he is giving John O'Neill his time. Hey a little balance never hurt anyone Ted.
Seems to me if Kerry HAD served honorably, there would be no problem. His actions following his discharge cause rational folks to ask questions that he refuses to answer. Of course, he has finessed the question as expected with the expected help of the sycophant MSM. Therefore, there is almost 100% chance that he is guilty as charged (e.g. he received a less-than-honorable discharge). Is anyone surprised?
Thank God for John O'Neil! They tried to sandbag him and he shoved it right up their butts! They never even bothered to check Kerry's 2 approved biographies to see they matched O'Neil's account. Totally outrageous! They take the word of unveted Vietnamese in the presence of a political minder over three published accounts by Americans! What a total outrage!
Tell Nightline what you think of them by emailing them here: niteline@abc.com
It was an ambush!
Koppel found a few Vietnamese willing to say they saw the
whole thing on the day of the bronze star, and thats the
ONLY subject Koppel wanted to discuss.
It didn't matter if Koppels 'facts' disagreed with even John Kerry's own versions of the facts.
Nightline waited until they thought they could SLAM the swiftvets.
First off - I hadn't seen this thread before this moment and so haven't read it yet. I didn't know this was an upcoming show, probably because I read threads today about last night's debate. And I didn't read pings to me. That's my fault I didn't know.
However! I couldn't BELIEVE this crap that Koppel spewed towards John O'Neil! For pete's sake - he wouldn't even let him talk!
The only positive thing I can think on this, is that now at least the issue is on MSM. ABC Dateline must be a MSM show, isn't it?
God bless the Swift Boat Veterans!!!
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ok, now off to read the thread before responding further, lol.
Can anyone with a Tivo get a screen shot of that tombstone?
We need to check the date.
The guy who died in the battle's tombstone said H.S. 12.1.1969 That sure does not add up with February 28, 1969 the date of the battle.
ABC has been had.
This was the Nightline equivalent of Chris Matthews going berserk on Michelle Malkin.
I expect Zell Miller to challenge Koppel to a duel tomorrow night.
ping
Any idea on how one might go about seeing this show? I missed it and these bastages are airing infomercials all night instead of rerunning the evening shows!!!
any ideas?
Can anyone cap this interview and put up an mp3 or video file?
Well, it's finally on in the Pacific time zone.
Ted is despicable, even worse, than I expected in the way he portrays the Viet Cong as credible and is not even allowing O'Neill to make his points.
My e-mail to Nightline:
Mr. Koppel,
I've watched Nightline regularly, for decades now. I remember being hooked on the program from its inception as the saga of the American hostages in Iran played out before a shocked nation.
Sadly, tonight's program reached an all time low. I'm flabbergasted that a journalist of your position would air a report like I witnessed this evening. Mr. O'Neill hit the nail on the head -- you went to a country that is a closed, communist society, no doubt led by government handlers, and reported what you were told without a bit of skepticism. That's not journalism, sir, that's propaganda. I remember applauding you once, during the Cold War, for correctly identifying a Soviet television journalist who appeared on your program as a propagandist. It seems you've forgotten the difference in the years since.
How do you know those villagers were there the day of Kerry's citation? We do know, for sure, which sailors were present. They all, including John Kerry, tell the same story.
How do you know that the incident they describe is even the same incident? If you are to believe them, they say the area was a hot zone with many such confrontations happening.
Mr. Koppel, you seemed to lose patience with John O'Neill tonight. He simply wanted you to acknowledge that he only reported in his book what Kerry's own biographers have said, and then pointed out the descrepencies with the citation. For some reason, you couldn't bring yourself to do that, while it was so obvious to anyone else listening to John O'Neill.
Nightline's handling of the swift boat veterans has been abysmal. ABC News's handling of the election coverage in general, equally bad and plainly slanted.
I won't be watching ABC News, especially Nightline, for news coverage in the future.
"You've been had Ted"
BWWWWAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Copy of "Unfit for Command $30
Copy of Boston Globe bio of John Kerry $2
Copy of John Kerry's bio "Tour of Duty" 99 cents
Chance to show the American public that Ted Koppel is a leftist/Communist/propagandist........... Priceless
Inre: The date on the headstone.
Three words...
"Baby Milk Factory"
I'll just bet the dems are emialing fast and furiously for Koppel to stop it, with an autoresponder to make it more efficient.
John Kerry's service in Vietnam has become a campaign issue."
It took until October for these screwballs to figure this out?
To listen to Kerry all through the spring, it was pretty much the main issue.