Ted Koppell to read the names of all 500 killed

[JPJones]

since the end of major combat operations, Friday on Nightline. No link yet, but just announced on thisweek.

[trumad]

1. WOW

[NMDemDist2]

3. kick

:kick: i hope he does it with tears streaming down his face on prime time

[truth2power]

2. Good for him! About time.

Too bad Nightline is on at 11:30 pm. These names shoudl be read during prime time.

[cjbuchanan]

4. Friday night at 11:30pm EST

How large will the audience be?

Maybe the Sunday talk shows will pick up on it.

[nostamj]

5. and this after the 'coffins' slapdown... WOW

"There is nothing inherently wrong with showing the American public pictures of our war dead coming home. It's the context... HOW those pictures are used... that's important.

"Sometimes, even the people who make the rules miss the point.

"There's certainly nothing wrong, for example, about showing the picture of a dead, New York fireman being carried up from Ground Zero on a flag-draped stretcher... unless, of course, you put that picture... in a political campaign ad."

(...silence... as that scene from the ad is played, followed by the endorsement, spoken by *: "I'm George W Bush, and I approve this message.")

[krkaufman]

11. Yep, that's the quote....

... as originally posted at the following thread:

Koppel *SLAMS* Bush on "coffin" issue

And I've now also posted a (Windows Media format, 9MB) video of that entire "Closing Thoughts" segment to my website, at:

(just right-click over the image, and "Save Target as...")

Screenshot courtesy CBS News, trumad and nostamj.

[nostamj]

12. BTW, I read that quote

on the Guy James Show yesterday afternoon.

it's archived here: www.whiterosesociety.org

Guy was really on FIRE yesterday.

[k in IA]

6. Is that the anniversary of the "mission accomplished" photo op?

[newsguyatl]

17. yessir

[Killarney]

7. the right-wing is screaming LIBRUL LIBRUL

I think it's showing respect for the dead. We have ignored these men for too long. Showing the numbers isn't enough. Reading their names is the least we should do.

Thumbs up to Koppel.

[krkaufman]

14. Koppel appears to be exceeding p-o'd

It appears that Ted is growing exceedingly p-o'd with this Misministration. Let us hope that he continues, and the trend grows.

[Piperay]

18. Did they scream "librul" when the names of

those who died on 9-11 were read (???) hmmmmmmmm, I don't recall hearing any ranting over that, fucking hypocrites! :mad:

[DAGDA56]

8. At an average of 10 seconds per name...

...that will take him 50 minutes to read the names alone, not counting introduction or (gasp!) commercials...although I don't know how you would say "We'll have more names, after this from General Electric".

[JPJones]

9. 84 minutes at 10 sec per name nt

[Cocoa]

10. he still owes Kucinich an apology

:mad:

[revcarol]

13. YEP-Big time!!

And so do many people...

"The Eyes That See Through the Lies" are still at work..pointing out that this will soon become a "Democratic War," instead of a Republican War.

[Th1onein]

15. Good for Koppel!

[DeepModem Mom]

16. kick

[mitchum]

19. Koppell is showing far more respect to those soldiers...

than the criminal administration

[Bozita]

20. kick

[leesa]

21. And will he apologize for helping to cause the unnecessary

carnage? And will he also read the names of the 22,000+ Iraqis who have died defending their country from an unprovoked invasion?