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Article: The case against Ted Koppel; like most reporters, the king of TV news doesn't understand economics.
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- The Washington Monthly
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
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Mathew, Miller is a New York writer Research assistance for this story was provided by Bill Rademakers, Barbara Frye, and Rosa Kim.
Like most reporters, the king of TV news doesn't understand economics
It's not that circumcision, cremation, and baldness aren't important. Or killer bees, SATs, and cabbage-patch mania. It's not that we don't care whether astroturf or the selling of human organs should be outlawed, or social sanctions leveled against the pushy parents of 12-yearold stars. But did the early 1980s "cat craze" matter that much? And if we want to put Asian cockroaches into perspective, do we really need Ted Koppel's help?.
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