Ted Koppel: Fox News 'Bad for America'

Ted Koppel: Fox News 'Bad for America'





The big thing you have to admire about Ted Koppel is that he won't be bullied into saying anything that isn't the truth, be it about the news or about a supposed-news organization like Fox 'News'. While appearing on Bill O' Reilly's show, he basically lambastes the network for not being a true news network and brands them a 'business' -- nothing more, nothing less.

Koppel notes that ideological news is bad for America - from wherever the ideology stems. He notes that there is no question when watching FoxNews where the ideological bent comes from. Further, he chastises O' Reilly for pretending to be a real news anchor, especially when he goes so far as to remind O' Reilly "Once upon a time, you and I thought journalism was a calling..." instead of just a business.

Then, when O'Reilly says the difference between FoxNews and MSNBC is that Fox does HARD NEWS, you can almost sense Koppel is going to break out in a loud laugh. He is kinder and more thoughtful in his response than that, but you know he must be thinking it. Feeling it. From his gut.

Koppel doesn't have any problem with a business being a business, whether for entertainment or politics, but he refuses to fall in with the FoxNews opinion that they are either REAL news or anything remotely close to it.

In his final commentary on the network, responding to Bill O'Reilly's suggestion that he thinks he is doing something noble, he gives Bill a kiss-off right to his face.

SAY NO MORE!!!

When Ted Koppel is willing to put his reputation on the line to give you, as a news anchor, a final kiss off, right on air, and in your face, you KNOW you have something to be ashamed of... and FoxNews has certainly earned every bit of shame thrown at them.