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...Shales says that when he first watched "Nightline" four years ago, he thought its em-basis on television monitors "was ludicrous." Koppel says that "Nightline's" style has produced new unwanted "clones of hundreds of people longs live interviews with TV screens, whether son 'Live at Five' or 'More at Four...
Without exception, all questioned credit Koppel with the show's success. "Ted Koppel is 'Nightline,'" says Don Hewitt, the executive producer of "60 Minutes" on CBS. "He's a very good interviewer." Dershowitz adds that Koppel "is like a good cross-examiner. He's the best interviewer I've had." Small says that Koppel always asks "tough questions with the kind of alacrity that's not afraid to risk affecting the interview...
Shales mentions as an example of this attitude an item which appeared in the Washington Post last month and that described Koppel's new indoor pool Complete with the "Nightline" logo in fiber-optic lights, the item said, the black pool was visible from most ground floor rooms...
...Koppel himself will tell you he takes himself very seriously." Hewitt says. "But I would hope he did the pool as a joke. If it's true. I hope he's laughing at himself...
...While Koppel says "you have to ignore stories like that," he nonetheless takes a moment to explain. "There is no 'Nightline' logo on my pool," he says. "There is a white tile outline of a city scope and some fiber optics that give it a starlight effect. It was the contractor's idea and was meant as a whimsical touch for the family...