Ted Koppel quotes

People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media. (Ted Koppel)
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. View quote
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The responsibility that I feel is to do as good a job as a journalist as I can possibly do. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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This is an industry, it's a business. We exist to make money. We exist to put commercials on the air. The programming that is put on between those commercials is simply the bait we put in the mousetrap. View quote
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page. View quote
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In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen. View quote
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I have the necessary lack of tact. View quote
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Emotions get in the way but they don't pay me to start crying at the loss of 269 lives. They pay me to put some perspective on the situation. View quote
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming. (Ted Koppel)
There is something very very special, universal and easily identifiable among all Jews; it is beyond territory, it is something we all have in common. View quote
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