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zgrizz t1_iu6rt45 wrote

Koppel wasn't bad, but he was no Cronkite. He allowed the opinions of the network executives to influence his reporting, something, as far as anyone has ever been able to tell, Walter never allowed.

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daksalansheperd t1_iu6s1oq wrote

Factual? Well, maybe when he started but he's certainly let his own political bias bleed into his reporting since.

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Norwegian27 t1_iu6tild wrote

Can you imagine that? Factual reporting?

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L0st_in_the_Stars OP t1_iu6usb8 wrote

Scientists are still debating whether the ozone hole was caused by the spray needed to maintain his hair helmet.

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sevenwheel t1_iu73l8z wrote

I remember that. We watched it every night. I also remember the day that he announced that the daily broadcast was being formalized into his new program called "Nightline."

It had the same sort of in-the-moment immediate vibe as the daily press conferences in the early days of the Covid shutdown.

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AzLibDem t1_iu73tm2 wrote

Replying to DarthDregan (#301,309)

It actually was. He talked about it in an interview that, early on, he didn't go to a barber; he used one of those combs that had a razor blade in it.

Following the "America Held Hostage" run, the network insisted that they bring in a real hair stylist.

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merkaba_462 t1_iu74l3s wrote

And now we get the opinions of randos on the internet who post thoughts instead of facts.

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daveescaped t1_iu7gemz wrote

I’m Ted Koppel and this ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….is Nightline.

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Takpusseh-yamp t1_iu7jli8 wrote

FoxNews: "But lying is so much easier and gets us what we want."

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Kitten_Team_Six t1_iu7o3b2 wrote

Yea they made sure that prisoner def aint seeing shit with a bedsheet wrapped on his head

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Whateveryousaydude7 t1_iu7u5b6 wrote

I trusted him. And I wish I could still hear his and Cronkite’s soothing voices.

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mlperiwinkle t1_iu8jcmg wrote

Oh for the days of news reported instead of inflammatory rhetoric meant to heighten nervous systems everywhere

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slater_just_slater t1_iu8ml7m wrote

Unwittingly, this countdown really helped Reagan get elected. It was a nightly reminder.

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NotOK1955 t1_iu8s05k wrote

When the word “journalist” actually had merit.

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milspecgsd t1_iu8u8ob wrote

Unheard of today w the loonie leftist MSM.

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_Bon_Vivant_ t1_iu9spt9 wrote

Nightline was the the catalyst that spawned the News for Profit, and thereby the Sensationalist fear mongering that we have in the news today. Nightline birthed Fox News and CNN.

Before Nightline, news was a loss leader in TV broadcasting. Networks lost money broadcasting news. Networks only ran news because the FCC required it in order to obtain and maintain a broadcast license. But the benefit for society was, since they weren't trying to attract eyeballs to the screen for ad revenue, they could keep the news to honest, boring news. They didn't need to sensationalize stories by appealing to viewers primal instincts of fear, sex and gossip.

Now, fear is the main driver of society, and bad actor adversarial governments have leveraged that fact to topple their adversaries from the inside, and social media has only amplified their ability to do that exponentially.

Democracy itself is threatened by what Nightline spawned.

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