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Over at ABC, meanwhile, Ted Koppel divined that President Reagan's economic policies were clearly the issue, and that if Democrats gained even 15 seats in the House, "Reaganomics is going to be in trouble." Frank Reynolds said repeatedly that "Democrats need only five victories to control the Senate," sounding as though he really anticipated that result. David Brinkley, playing the nightlong role of pinprick to his teammates' balloons, muttered his doubts that mild changes of complexion in Congress would much affect what measures were enacted...
...program win so many awards, condescendingly praise it as worthy; it is far more than that, even though there are nights when foreign accents become too thick, or economists drone too long over their hedgings. There is now an imitator in ABC's late-night Nightline with Ted Koppel; he is well-briefed and quick-witted, but it isn't in him to be as self-effacing as MacNeil or Lehrer...
...Newsman Ted Koppel took a year off from a steady job so his wife Grace Anne could finish school. He sustained no visible career damage?indeed his boss gave him a daily three-minute radio program to keep the bills paid?and after his wife graduated, he went on to his greatest success as host of ABC News Nightline. On the other hand, Don Demers, an industrial engineer in Dayton, took the kids while his wife finished med school, then found, after more than two years away, that he could not find another job. Commented Charles Arons, president...
...fourth episode of Viewpoint was broadcast last week from the University of Chicago, where 850 people watched Anchor Ted Koppel in the flesh and half a dozen of his colleagues on monitors. The subject: coverage of foreign affairs. Correspondent John Laurence opened on a skeptical note, calling network correspondents "jet-age ambulance chasers." Koppel closed with a warning that globe-girdling TV technology has given Americans "the illusion that we are familiar with distant places and cultures...
...between, however, Viewpoint lost some of its humility. When challenged about the facts in a report on alleged Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians living in the West Bank, Correspondent Tom Jarriel failed to answer specific charges; rather, he aggressively interrupted his questioner, Howard Squadron of the American-Jewish Committee, until Koppel rebuked him. Said Koppel: "I think it'll be most useful to everyone if Mr. Squadron is given an opportunity to make his points, Tom." London-based Anchor Peter Jennings answered a question about the Falkland Islands dispute with a lame joke that the unmentioned "pawns" in the situation...