Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Well, Che's dead so he's out

What will happen to Nightline?

Can anyone fill Koppel's shoes?
‘Nightline' revamps to stay relevant
By Peter Johnson
USA TODAY

NEW YORK — ABC's Nightline is about to begin a new chapter. Three anchors, not household names, are set to replace news legend Ted Koppel. And the show's trademark single-topic format cedes to a multi-topic one.

As Koppel closes in on his final Nightline broadcast Nov. 22, its future is in doubt...

New people, different format, the show will be gone is what they're saying. Which makes you
wonder who will go out searching for bitter Katrina victims now?
One thing you can say about Ted though; he usually has a good grasp of his subject matter.
I caught his show after the hotel bombings in Jordan and he had all the facts, how Jordan
has helped the US, how (most?) Jordanians were hostile towards the US, how supporting the
US effort brought all this on, etc. And almost Katrina-like he tried, unsuccessfully, to get a
Jordanian official to blame the US.
Best response, which Ted may have misunderstood, the ambassador said they would get to the
root causes of the bombing. He was referring to going after bad guys, and squashing them.
Refreshing it was.

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