ABC News: Farm Team For NPR?

By Brian 

Ted Koppel is the latest to join “the growing ranks of television news stars who are seeking refuge” at National Public Radio, today’s Wall Street Journal says.

“ABC News, for example, has almost become a farm team for NPR,” with recent hires like Michel Martin and Robert Krulwich.

“Network news is increasingly generating prospects for NPR in part because some broadcast journalists think the networks are veering away from serious, in-depth reports,” Sarah McBride writes. More…

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