wait until you sñ÷ç@ >> bill: impact eggmentment tonight, ted koppel not a big fan of cable tv news he quote: daniel patrick moynahan moynahas well, this is a fact-based news analysis broadcast here. and the fact is that we have invited mr. koppel on the factor more than a few times. we want to discuss his ongoing beef. but mr. koppel is not up for the challenge or so it seems. so there is no question that the fox news channel has acliffed some of the traditional news agencies as far as influence is concerned. bolivia that is what is bothering mr. koppel. as always, i could be wrong. joining us now is tammy bruce in los angeles and with us in new york ellis henican columnist for news day. to me it sounds like sour grapes. i know there are abuses in cable television as there are in any industry. there are on the air who bloviate and make up stuff and spout lies. i worked in network news and there were no pristine organizations over there i was at nbc when ted koppel was there and it wasn't. i'm getting sour grapes there what are you giving. >> nobody gives up monopoly willingly. it's mo

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been no exception to that keith olbermann being suspended from m s n b c for political donations ted koppel writing an op ed in the washington post lamenting the days of objective journalism slamming the opinion personalities like keith olbermann bill o'reilly glenn beck and rachel maddow that of course came over minute o'reilly's rebuttals to koppel. this is a fact based news analysis broadcast here and the fact is that we've invited mr koppel on the factor more than a few times we want to discuss his ongoing beef but mr koppel is not up for the challenge or so it seems would we be judged to have been wrong and what i have doing mr koppel does not have to wait until the vision journalism he eulogized has failed this country because when truth was needed all we got were facts most of which were wise anyway. but you see the thing is that it's not just about media personalities butting heads calling each other out now there is a much greater identity crisis that happened and m s n b c seems to be the confused party unable to decide if they're partisan or objective or some weird in between but

ted koppel, false equivalence, and the failure of television news, 2001, 2005. my special comment. all the news and commentary now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new york, this is monday, november 15th, 722 days until the 2012 presidential elections. with the lame duck session of congress now underway, there is one word that has and will be tossed around repeatedly. a word that must be probed, scoured for authenticity, particularly of the white house and congressional democrats and republicans all coalesce around an understanding of it that may very well represent a collective deception. the word is compromise. the collective deception, that a temporary extension of all the bush tax cuts, maybe for a couple of years constitutes compromise. president obama has once again objected to extending the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, quoting what i've said is that i believe it is a mistake for us to borrow $700 billion to make tax cuts permanent for millionaires and billionaires. it won't significantly boost the economy and it's hugely expensive, to we can't afford it.

and ted koppel goes after me and fox news.ave look at that tonight on factor. >> greta: that's 11:00 but we are live until the top of the hour. next, should illegal immigrants get division breaks at public policies and universities? don't answer it yet. that's next. and former governor sarah palin makes headlines with five million of her closest friends. stave tuned. it's our honeymoon. but we've parted wa with our old airline credit card that promid flights for 25,000 miles. it was always... [ laughing ] that seat's not happening without a big mileupcharge. a miles upcharge wasn't part of the deal. was i supposed to go without my wife? [ elevator bell dings ] [ grunting ] haha, that was awkward. so we upgraded to the venture card from capital one. we've had it with the games. [ male announcer ] don't pay miles upcharges. don't play games get the flight you want with the venture card at capitalone.com. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm marianne rafferty. a sheriff in ohio saying a missing mom, her son and a family frien

also from "the washington post", former reporter and anchor ted koppel. "we live now in the cable news universe that celebrates the opinions of individuals to hold up to the twin pillars of political partisanship and who are encouraged to do so by their parent organizations because of their brand of analysis. the commercial success of fox news and msnbc is a source of non-partisan sadness for m e." and you can read more from "the washington post"'s website. we go back to the 1970's, 1980's, when most of americans were a separate but together, watching walter cronkite. they offered relatively unbiased information about their respective news organization and believe the public needed to know. the ritual encouraged shared perceptions and even the possibility of a compromise among those who disagreed. ted koppel said it was imperfect, untidy, little eden journalism where reporters were motivated to gather facts about important issues. we did not know that we could become profit centers. no one had it in that apple yet." caller: i think we should definitely ge

ted koppel, the producer of the discovery channel's special iran most dangerous nation, so does discuss them and provide observations an and by the quesn and answer session. then in july we had another session of the task force which will focus on foreign policy, looking on the opposition movement in iran. its similarities and contrasts with the current regime on nuclear issues, its use, the views of allies and enemies, and on iranian foreign policy. this is a presentation by doctor gary of columbia university. and we had a presentation on prospects for nuclear diplomacy by andrew, executive director at the international institute for strategic study. and that exchange was moderated by barbara slavin. than last month we look at nuclear capability and its strategic goals. we were very lucky to get deputy secretary of energy dan, who was at the time when he met them at the end of 2009, when he met the iranian government, he was the most senior u.s. senior officials to have met them face-to-face. we're also lucky to have the former head of the safeguard of the department of the iaea. and i

ted koppel, the producer of the discovery channel's iran, the most dangerous nation, tony discuss and provide of observations and led the question and answer session. but in july we had another session that focused on foreign policy. looking on the opposition movement in iran, its similarities and contrasts on nuclear issues, the views of allies and enemies and the on iranian foreign policy and this was a presentation by dr. garrey and then we did prospects for nuclear diplomacy by andrew, executive director of the institute for strategic studies and that exchange was moderated by barbara slavin. last month we looked at new capabilities and strategic goals and we were lucky to get deputy secretary of energy, who was a time when he met them at the end of 2009 when he met the government the senior most official to have met them and we were also lucky to have the former head of the safeguard the part of the iaea and indeed in today's issue brief we have very useful some nation where we stand on the nuclear issue by a friend and former colleague at the iaea. as the senator said, we will c

ted koppel, the producer of the discovery channel "iran, the most dangerous nation," provided observations and led the question and answer period. we have another session in july which focused on foreign policy. we looked on the opposition movement in iran and its similarity and contrast to the current regime on nuclear issues and the views of allies and enemies and on iran in foreign policy. this is a presentation by dr. presentationsikh of columbia university. we also talked about diplomacy. that exchange was moderated by barbara slavin. last month, we looked at nuclear capabilities and strategic goals and we were lucky to get deputy secretary of energy dan poloman. when he met them at the end of 2009, when he met the iranian government, he was the foremost u.s. official to meet them face to face. we were lucky to have ollie heinenan. in today's brief, we have a very useful some nation of where we stand on the nuclear issue by him. he is a friend and former colleague at the ieae. as the senator said, we will continue our work on iran. we will make it as you make as possible and as compre