Ted Koppel on Iraq. Where was this Ted a few years ago? -- Charlie Rose tonight

[Bozita]

http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2008/07/09/1/a-conversation-with-ted-koppel

[grasswire]

1. hey

Koppel was criticized widely for showing the names of the dead in Iraq. Remember?

[Bozita]

2. Yup, the non-memorial Memorial Day.

Led by Sinclair Broadcasting, IIRC.

[JI7]

4. does anyone remember those town hall things he would do

on different issues on nightline ?

it would be great to have that now. with Iraq and before with Katrina and so many other issues. he would bring people from different professions and just regular citizens together to discuss things.

[sofa king]

3. He did have a great one-liner.

On the Daily Show, as I recall, he said something very close to: "we know the Iraqis had WMDs at some point, because we have the receipts."

[guruoo]

5. Oh yeah, the receipts...

[bluestateguy]

6. Even Dan Rather was butt-kissing the Administration back then

I hope the Bush people appreciate how easy our media went on them for 8 years. If this was a western European nation, the press would have been much harsher.

[Bozita]

7. "We have nuclear weapons on board those two carriers in the (Persian) Gulf."

Ted Koppel