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...Clinton's, clinches a disturbing trend. It demonstrates the complete erosion of the barrier between entertainment and politics. Dole has no ongoing campaign to blame; on the eve of a potentially bruising political fight he resorted not to the newspapers, nor even to Nightline, but to Ted Koppel's fluffy ratings competitor...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Live From Burbank--Your Leaders | 6/8/1993 | See Source »

Entertainment programs, as the name implies, try to entertain without necessarily challenging. For a politician, the Tonight Show offers the prospect of a free ride: face exposure, name recognition, and no tough questions. It is relatively obvious that faced with the choice between getting thrashed by Ted Koppel or "hosted" by Jay Leno, a politician will choose the latter option. It is certainly a proposition that the producers of such light entertainment understand. They bear part of the responsibility for the political complacency that characterizes the age of infotainment, providing a deleterious short cut for lazy leaders...

Author: By Benjamin J. Heller, | Title: Live From Burbank--Your Leaders | 6/8/1993 | See Source »

...flat-out declined overtures. According to present and former NBC top brass, they include: the network's own anchor Tom Brokaw, and its Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press host Tim Russert; ABC News president Roone Arledge, his executive vice president Paul Friedman and Nightline anchor Ted Koppel; CNN president Tom Johnson and executive vice president Ed Turner; and PBS documentarian Bill Moyers. There may be others. Although the search has been under way for at least a month -- since before Michael Gartner resigned -- somewhat less glittery prospects were still being approached late last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Wants This Job? | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

...Donald Browne. But few fully meet the criteria privately articulated by NBC's corporate president Robert Wright: experience in news, experience in television and, most important, "high profile." Says one broadcast news veteran whom Wright has consulted: "He has been telling everyone that he'd like most to get Koppel or Moyers. He likes the idea of instant credibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Wants This Job? | 4/5/1993 | See Source »

...ever accused Cabot as being overly boisterous, but it's not like Harvard is a bastion of partying," Koppel says. "At Harvard, everything is skewed toward the lame end and Cabot is right in there...

Author: By Molly J. Schachter, | Title: Cabot House Belies Rumors | 2/23/1993 | See Source »

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