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Summary: Ted Gets Ornery
Review: The strangest myth of journalism is that in order to strive for objectivity, journalists purge themselves (or should purge themselves) of all opinions. Anyone whose ever read an article or seen a news broadcast knows that journalists have opinions, and they express them in all sorts of ways. The way Ted Koppel does in OFF CAMERA is not one of the more typical ways. Here he comments in a journal on the events of 1999, holding little back and stripping his opinions from some of the constraints and codes of his profession.All that isn't striking. What is is the degree to which Koppel is cynical about almost everything. Just about anything of public importance that catches his attention enough to make it into this journal is worthy of disparagement. Take his thoughts on the Kosovo War. At first he disparages the US's motives for getting involved, while later he seems to lament the extent to which problems there came to be ignored. He concludes before thew air war was fought that the NATO could not win that way and that a ground war was inevitable, then forgets to mention that it worked. And so on. But this is interesting. It is interesting to hear someone (Koppel's voice adds to the experience of listening to the audio book version) whose job it is to cover the news, speak with such disdain and even despair about the news. While bleak, Koppel's opinions are also interesting. He has a journalist's flair for putting a story together. I would happily read more of his commentary should he chose to write more. OFF CAMERA is not inspirational - it isn't meant to be. But it is worth hearing (or reading).
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Summary: small percent
Review: this book has about 25 good pages. unfortunately, the book contains 320 pages.
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Summary: simple&beautiful
Review: this is one the most beautiful books i ever read. I am almost sure that this book will be the best seller one thousand year from now .many people will buy it as gift for the year 2999 .It is a new style in writing : simple and beautiful
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