Was Ted Koppel all that bad? He helpd get Ronald Reagan elected with his accurate reporting about Carter's inept handling of the Iran Hostage crisis.
Before there was cable news, no single news show brought the "Palestinian" cause more legitimacy then Nightline with Ted Koppel.
His idea of a balanced panel of three is a "Palestinian", an Arab Journalist, and to express the Israeli side an Israeli Leftist who agrees 95% with the "Palestinian" that Israel is at fault.