Today's Quote 07.13.06

Asked if he thought, as Rather had suggested the day before, that political timidity on the part of the large corporations that now own the broadcast networks affects decisions about news programming, Koppel said, "I don't think politics has as much to do with it, quite frankly, as the marketplace does. The marketplace is exerting a far more dangerous influence on what gets on and what doesn't get on television news programming these days than any . . . fear of political repercussions or consequences."