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8:14 AM
by Gene
"The audience has changed," says Leroy Sievers, a former "Nightline" executive producer. "People don't necessarily want to hear both sides of the story, which is what 'Nightline' did best. They want to hear, 'You're right! They're wrong!' "Of course the definition of "both sides of the story" is a tricky business, especially when you're telling both sides of a one-sided story.
Richard Hanley of Quinnipiac University's School of Communications calls Koppel's departure a "tragedy" for more reflective
news coverage....[Emphasis added]
Already the MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOURNING has begun. Strange, isn't it: we can MOOOOOOOOOOOURN for the death -- I mean, the DEPARTURE of Lord Koppel of ESPNCorp, but when John Paul dies you can hear the gnashing of teeth ALL OVER.