Ted Koppel Downplays ISIS Threat, Claims U.S. Created Al Qaeda 'Franchise'

Kyle Drennen | December 17, 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Wednesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly pressed NBC’s Ted Koppel on the state of the country: “...a new Wall Street Journal poll says just 20% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction....do you believe the USA is in bad shape right now, Mr. Koppel? And if so, why?”

Koppel dismissed the public’s pessimism and tried to minimize the threat from ISIS terrorists: “I don't think the country is in as bad a shape as your question implies. I think we’re scaring ourselves to death with this ISIS threat....I don't think we need to worry about invasions of hostile Muslims.”

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