WALLACE CHASTISES KOPPEL FOR READING LIST OF WAR DEAD

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WALLACE CHASTISES KOPPEL FOR READING LIST OF WAR DEAD
Thursday, May 6 2004

Chris Wallace, who jumped from ABC to Fox News last year, has joined the critics of last week's Nightline broadcast in which anchor Ted Koppel read aloud the names of the 721 U.S. servicemen who have died in Iraq. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Wallace said that he was "offended" by the program, adding, "I take Ted at his word that he did not intend the show to be a ratings stunt or to make a political statement, but it seems to me that it worked out that way." He said that his own program plans to include a segment this weekend in which he will provide his own lit, entitled "What We've Accomplished."

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Monday, May 3 2004
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