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2006-04-05 Home Front: Politix

Perky Katie Couric going to CBS to replace Rather....

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Posted by CrazyFool 2006-04-05 14:51|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Mrs. Empty Head replaces Mr. Empty Suit

Posted by Secret Master 2006-04-05 15:06|| 2006-04-05 15:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Does anyone actually watch network news anymore?

Posted by tu3031 2006-04-05 15:19|| 2006-04-05 15:19|| Front Page Top

#3 This infofrmation rightfully falls into the "Who Gives A F*&K" catagory.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-04-05 15:22|| 2006-04-05 15:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Does anyone have a link to Couric stating "I hope Saddam got out in time" when she was speaking to someone on camera about the early stages of the invasion?

Posted by Crusader 2006-04-05 15:39|| 2006-04-05 15:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm with you, Brer Rabbit.

The local morning show was talking about this, and my instinctive response was the same as yours (except I used the "S" word instead of the "F" word ;-p).

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-05 15:58|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-04-05 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 "Does anyone actually watch network news anymore?"

Unfortunately yes. Fewer than before, but still too many.

http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2005/narrative_networktv_audience.asp?cat=3&media=4

Posted by buwaya 2006-04-05 16:11|| 2006-04-05 16:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow. "60 Minutes" too?
What's that lower the median age to, about 87?

Posted by tu3031 2006-04-05 16:33|| 2006-04-05 16:33|| Front Page Top

#8 This is obviously a big deal to the MSM itself, but no one I know cares or would even much notice if the Today show disappeared altogether.

Posted by 2b 2006-04-05 16:37|| 2006-04-05 16:37|| Front Page Top

#9 besides, hasn't 60 minutes always been where they put their old anchors out to pasture?

Posted by 2b 2006-04-05 16:39|| 2006-04-05 16:39|| Front Page Top

#10 Real classy of her to announce the move on her own 15th anniversary show...they pulled the tribute stuff real quick.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-04-05 16:41|| 2006-04-05 16:41|| Front Page Top

#11 Don't fret so much, Katie. The folks at CBS are almost dhimmies now so it'll get much better when you start wearing a burqa....no more hairstyles to be concerned over.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2006-04-05 16:54|| 2006-04-05 16:54|| Front Page Top

#12 This ain't news. The real news is that David Letterman didn't get the job once Howard Stern jumped ship.

Posted by Perfesser 2006-04-05 17:38|| 2006-04-05 17:38|| Front Page Top

#13 I can sum up my thoughts about Katie/Today/CBS News in three words: "I DON'T CARE!"

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-04-05 17:57|| 2006-04-05 17:57|| Front Page Top

#14 Put her in a chair with no desk, a la Fox & Friends, and maybe I'll watch occasionally.

Maybe.

Posted by eLarson 2006-04-05 18:03|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-04-05 18:03|| Front Page Top

#15 The only way that the ratings will go up for CBS if she doesn the news naked. They would have the 13yo male (and 42yo men still living in mom's basement) wrapped up!

Posted by DarthVader 2006-04-05 18:08|| 2006-04-05 18:08|| Front Page Top

#16 Damn eLarson... that is one nasty image! Katie looks like an animated corpse at times...

Excuse me while I go bleach out my eyes...

I never watch network news anymore - not even the 'Natalee Halloway' channel (formally FOX).

Unfortunately people like my mom watch it religiously - she doesn't do computers and probably never will...

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-04-05 18:48|| 2006-04-05 18:48|| Front Page Top

#17 what everyone else said exceptin eLarson. »:-)

/went and bought bleech

Posted by RD 2006-04-05 19:13|| 2006-04-05 19:13|| Front Page Top

#18 I still remember the colonoscopy she underwent on live TV, where they actually found her Cortex

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-05 19:42|| 2006-04-05 19:42|| Front Page Top

#19 Good one Frank.

We get the show here in Oz and I have watched it a couple of times. My reaction watching her was she is a control freak and probably a borderline psycho/sociopath.

I watch morning news shows, even though I don't like their blurring of news into entertainment. What works is the formula. The actual people are pretty much immaterial. Take her out of that formula and I'll predict she will stumble, perhaps badly.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-04-05 20:45|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-05 20:45|| Front Page Top

#20 Lemmie see, should I calibrate the meter in give-a-sh*ts, or in rat's a$$es (fat or normal)in reaction to this bit of news? The MSM is on its steady decline. I cannot stomach seeing the Today show any more. If I want weather I go to the Weather Channel, or get on the net. If I want news, I go to Rantburg News Service. I don't care about a bunch of sign waving flakes getting themselves on national TV. It's fluff, finger-in-throat puking fluff. /rant

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-05 22:01|| 2006-04-05 22:01|| Front Page Top

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