Ted Koppel on Blogs and News
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James Joyner | Monday, May 2, 2005 |
Matt Bai conducts a humorous and informative interview with Ted Koppel in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, “Questions for Ted Koppel: Night Shift.”
Particularly noteworthy:
What’s the biggest problem with network TV news today?
That they’re giving up some of the very things that can differentiate them from the bloggers and other groups that are getting into journalism. They’re giving up, for the most part, on overseas coverage. A lot of it is now being done just on the basis of video that comes in from APTV or Reuters Television, and then some guy sitting in London does a voice-over. That’s not the smartest thing in the world.
Yep.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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