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There are two parts to this clip below and both of them are worth watching. In the first half of this clip, Koppel makes some blunt points about how the media has changed from what it was 40-50 years ago and how, as a result of the blending of news and commentary, the public now believes everyone on TV has an agenda.Koppel tells the story of a reporter from the NY Times who he tried to get as a guest on his show decades ago. The reporter was told by the Times’ executive editor Abe Rosenthal that he could...

The time has come for all Americans to realize that the Media, which at one time was a form of the check and balances for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the U.S. Government. As we have seen recently, Ted Koeppel believes that the use of the American troops who have died in Iraq should be a cornerstone for his new book. The real evil entity is the Walt Disney Corporation that has used the ABC network to be populated with anti-Americans like Peter Jennings, Martha Raddatz, and Ted Koeppel. We all know that John Kerry, an anti American...

Clinton Assigns BlameAnd, no, it’s not his fault.By Kevin M. Cherry, a writer living in Alexandria, Va..November 8, 2001 11:30 a.m.   n a speech at Georgetown University, President Bill Clinton blamed, in part, the United States for the terrorist attacks of September 11. Speaking to a group of about 1,000 students, the former president said that our nation is "paying a price" for slavery and for its treatment of the "significant number of native Americans" who "were dispossessed and killed."Osama bin Laden certainly has given no indication that he was concerned about the American sin of slavery —...