Ted Koppel Quotes

Ted Koppel — American Journalist born on February 08, 1940,

Edward James Martin "Ted" Koppel is an English-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until his retirement in late 2005. After leaving Nightline, Koppel worked as managing editor for the Discovery Channel before resigning in 2008. Koppel is currently a senior news analyst for NPR and contributing analyst to BBC World News America, and contributes to NBC News... (wikipedia)

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do.

Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.

My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.

Ted Koppel Quotes

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