Hit mics like Ted Koppel

Leaving Nightline for an unknown future, Koppel's departure marks the end of the old school national anchorman from what I can see (Peter Jennings? Please...)

I'm going to miss Koppel, not because I always agreed with the way he approached the news, but because he spoke as if words had power. That's something a lot of people on TV now don't seem to appreciate, or want to deny. Perhaps, without the belief that words can be powerful, they aren't. I liked Brinkley more, but Koppel aspired to be real and I appreciate that.