Last sign of intelligence to leave TV news

Ted Koppel, who during a quarter-century as the host of "Nightline" on ABC has provided a hard-news alternative to the monologues and banter of Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and David Letterman, will leave the network when his contract expires in early December, ABC News announced yesterday. Story here. Hope he pops up in something else interesting. He and Bill Moyers were the last news people of any intelligence on TV. You're better off listening to NPR for news, or even reading a blog like this, than watching the idiot box.