Wow, that was a great podcast. I agree, Ted Koppel was delightful and perceptive, particularly in his analysis of current and future technology and its potential effects on journalism. It was depressing to hear him say things will get infinitely worse in the future and the only good thing is he will not be around to experience it.
That said, his look at the past about yellow journalism and the dark times of McCarthyism remind us that maybe things go in cycles. Which means, perhaps things will swing back to reasonableness in the future.
(But who knows, with ChatGPT?) Now THAT I had not thought about before listening to this podcast.
Will there be more episodes soon?
Wow, that was a great podcast. I agree, Ted Koppel was delightful and perceptive, particularly in his analysis of current and future technology and its potential effects on journalism. It was depressing to hear him say things will get infinitely worse in the future and the only good thing is he will not be around to experience it.
That said, his look at the past about yellow journalism and the dark times of McCarthyism remind us that maybe things go in cycles. Which means, perhaps things will swing back to reasonableness in the future.
(But who knows, with ChatGPT?) Now THAT I had not thought about before listening to this podcast.
Thanks.