Honor Roll
April 29, 2004 10:16 AM Subscribe
Tomorrow night's edition of "Nightline" on ABC will be a departure from the norm: the entire program will consist of Ted Koppel reading the names and showing the pictures of more than 700 US servicemembers killed in Iraq since March 19, 2003. Here's an interview with the Nightline executive producer whose idea it was.
The idea is not without controversy: Lisa de Moraes of the WaPo decries it as "a cheap, content-free stunt designed to tug at our heartstrings and bag a big number on the second night of the May ratings race." (Is this really Nielsen-bait?) And the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns eight ABC affiliates, is refusing to air the broadcast, calling it "motivated by a political agenda designed to undermine the efforts of the United States in Iraq."
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Personally, I am willing to forgive the double post, since the first one was posted as Vidiot was searching for his extra links.
And I think this is a great idea: It's about time America woke up to the atrocities of its pet war - so thanks to both Vidiot and soyjoy.
posted by ArsncHeart at 10:23 AM on April 29, 2004
And I think this is a great idea: It's about time America woke up to the atrocities of its pet war - so thanks to both Vidiot and soyjoy.
posted by ArsncHeart at 10:23 AM on April 29, 2004
holy mackerel, right or wrong, it's gotta be the record
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 10:45 AM on April 29, 2004
posted by _sirmissalot_ at 10:45 AM on April 29, 2004
Personally, I am willing to forgive the double post, since the first one was posted as Vidiot was searching for his extra links.
Hey, I forgive it too, but I did relentlessly refresh the front page before hitting Post.
I had assumed someone would post this back when Nightline announced it, so I figured it was imminent here. Anyway, Vidiot's version does have those extra links and link titles - this is one of those times when it would be advantageous to be able to append one thread onto another...
posted by soyjoy at 11:31 AM on April 29, 2004
Hey, I forgive it too, but I did relentlessly refresh the front page before hitting Post.
I had assumed someone would post this back when Nightline announced it, so I figured it was imminent here. Anyway, Vidiot's version does have those extra links and link titles - this is one of those times when it would be advantageous to be able to append one thread onto another...
posted by soyjoy at 11:31 AM on April 29, 2004
can we move this to the duplicate thread two posts down?
posted by NationalKato at 12:12 PM on April 29, 2004
posted by NationalKato at 12:12 PM on April 29, 2004
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Matt! Please hope me!
posted by Vidiot at 10:21 AM on April 29, 2004