sevenwheel t1_iu73l8z wrote
I remember that. We watched it every night. I also remember the day that he announced that the daily broadcast was being formalized into his new program called "Nightline."
It had the same sort of in-the-moment immediate vibe as the daily press conferences in the early days of the Covid shutdown.
[deleted] t1_iu747oq wrote
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 Ted Koppel, 1980. Nightline started as a daily update during the Iran hostage crisis. In the decades after Walter Cronkite retired, Koppel continued the practice of thorough, factual reporting.
Ted Koppel, 1980. Nightline started as a daily update during the Iran hostage crisis. In the decades after Walter Cronkite retired, Koppel continued the practice of thorough, factual reporting.
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