Mr. Parsons, AOLTW CEO, views Ted as a key member of the management team.

[Nightline's Ted Koppel seemed astounded on Thursday when Michael Brown, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief, said his organization had just learned of death and depredation in refugee centers in New Orleans.] Don't you watch television? ... Don't you listen to the radio?

The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.

He's just a kid, ... I think he was off his rocker when he said those things.

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.