TANGENT SUNSET

COMMON CREEPS by Alex Cosper

Are you sad that Ted Koppel is leaving Nightline? (11/29/05)

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RECEPTIONIST: If I'm gonna stay up that late I'm not gonna watch some boring documentary. I'll watch a video of a comedy or a drama, but none of that news stuff. Ted Koppel is way too serious for television - which is supposed to be strictly for entertainment.
UNKNOWN SKEPTIC: I think we're starting to see a pattern where one by one the last of the television journalists who question the White House are dropping out of the spotlight. I think we're witnessing an attempt at a transition toward government-controlled news. Of course, those of us who know what's really going on get our news from the internet. I just feel sorry for all those people who can't tell they're being brainwashed by mainstream media.
LEFT GUARD LARRY: Too bad for Koppel. I used to watch that dude bring down all kinds of corrupt fools. He's the best at exposing the real criminals. I'm not talkin' about bustin' someone's nose, which can happen if someone says the wrong smack. I'm talkin' about deep deception in the corporate underworld.
SKULL MADISON: Koppel is one of those obstructionists who tries to question the agenda and authority of the New World Order. Who needs someone like that around? A media person who wants to represent America needs to create more compelling interest in this agenda by promoting it, not questioning it, like some confused bird-brain. One need not question intent to conquer the world.
WORKER JOE: Ted Koppel? Man, that's just news, that ain't anything I need to be aware of. I only get upset when one of my favorite sportscasters gets bounced out. Koppel needs to loosen up and talk more about football or basketball, not world problems. That's already on the news all day. Why do I want to stay up late just to watch something that I can watch all day?
COLLEGE STUDENT: Ted Koppel is like one of the last of the investigative TV journalists. He's not your typical phony smiling corporate manikan that just asks softball questions. Koppel will be greatly missed, although I understand he may be shopping around with another network. It's just a sign of the times that the media wants to move backward to some kind of dumbing of America strategy, I guess to push fascism instead of free thought.
MADAM OF THE PLANETS: I'm convinced that the reason Ted Koppel is leaving the show is because it was about to be exposed that he is an alien from another galaxy. That's why he was so smart. Aliens are smarter than Earthlings, it turns out. I was reading a book recently called Alien Prophecy that explains how several aliens who pose as celebrities will suddenly disappear from our television screens. That will be the signal that the alien invasion is about to begin.











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