Dan Rather blames Twitter.
An interview with Ted Koppel, a favorite former journalist on the liberal left was brought to light by NewsBusters Monday. Like most people reading the article, I was taken aback by Koppel’s honesty about the current state of political reporting, especially by the Establishment media. It ain’t good.
The interesting part is that Koppel was interviewed by Marvin Kalb at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace back on March 7 and the interview is just now seeping into public awareness. It’s not really surprising, of course, that a conservative media watch site like MRC/NewsBusters broke the story because Koppel is agreeing with one part of Trump’s criticism of the press and most news outlets have no desire to cover a story like that. Koppel is seen as wise and respected by those outlets. His sin is admitting there is an anti-Trump bias in reporting and fake news is real. You know, just like President Trump has said from the beginning.
It is blatantly obvious to the average conservative-leaning media consumer. The rating statistics of Fox News Channel, consistently beating out all the other cable news outlets, prove the lack of venues available to anyone with a moderate to a conservative point of view. These viewers flock to Fox as their lifeline. Fox News Channel is rewarded with the highest ratings. It’s the effect of supply and demand.
“I’m terribly concerned that when you talk about the New York Times these days when you talk about the Washington Post these days, we’re not talking about the New York Times of 50 years ago. We are not talking about the Washington Post of 50 years ago,” Koppel said on March 7 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in a clip that was uncovered on Monday by NewsBusters.
