Ted Koppel to Join 'New York Times' Editorial Page

[sabra]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001842946

Ted Koppel to Join 'New York Times' Editorial Page


NEW YORK Veteran broadcast journalist Ted Koppel will join The New York Times as a contributing columnist beginning Jan. 29, Editorial Page Editor Gail Collins announced today. Koppel's column will appear on the Op-Ed page periodically.

"This is an exciting, new type of relationship for The Times and I can't think of anyone we'd rather start with than one of the great journalists of our era,” Collins said in a statement. "We're very pleased to provide our readers with Ted's fresh, insightful perspective on current events."

In addition to his pieces appearing in the Times' print newspaper, Collins hinted that Koppel would use "his fabled interviewing skills" to produce special features for the new paid area of NYTimes.com, TimesSelect.

"There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than The New York Times," Koppel said. "I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its Op-Ed page."

[stray cat]

1. fantastic -

I read his book and his insight was refreshingly full of commonsense.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. I wish he'd take over the whole goddamn newspaper...

Ted might be the last ethical jouralist in America...:(

On edit: I meant to say "the last ethical jouralist in America NOT driven from the MSM and into the blogosphere."

[Loonman]

3. Why?

NYT is birdcage liner.

[stray cat]

4. Change requires a broad audience

Ted Koppel talking to himself won't change anything - this way he has a broad audience he can impact.

[Zomby Woof]

5. Just what they need

More right-wing apologia from Howdy Doody.

[Botany]

6. Good News

Frank Rich, Krugman, Bob Herbert, & M. :loveya: Dowd are all good.

Still it does not make up for covering up the NSA spying, Judy Miller's sins, and for
calling anybody who thought the election was stolen "dead end conspiracy people."

[Submariner]

7. I lost all respect for Koppel

last week when on CNN or MSRNC he stated "that Bill Clinton would have invaded Iraq after 911 just like Bush", and that idiot Tom Brokaw agreed. What an ignorant statement to make! Ted is just another MSM airhead.