Ted Koppel, Anchor Provocateur

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50994-2003Dec9

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 10, 2003; Page C01

DURHAM, N.H., Dec. 9
In a third-floor conference room in Washington last Thursday afternoon, Ted Koppel decided it was time to talk about the pink elephant in the room.
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Again, Kucinich punched back. "I want the American people to see where the media takes politics in this country," he declared to loud applause. Koppel had become one of the debaters, and he had just taken a hard right to the jaw. The candidates, many of them, were in open revolt against the moderator.
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Time columnist Joe Klein said he was disappointed that Koppel hadn't used more of his foreign-policy expertise. "Those kinds of questions about polling and money might have been appropriate in an election where nothing's really at stake," he said.
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The newsman was not concerned that he had come under fire during the debate: "If you push hard, you're going to get pushed back. That's fair enough."

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1. refer to LBN for previous commentary

Ted wasn't an Anchor Provocateur, he was an Anchor âne.