I have never watched Miss Katie, being highly allergic to "perky" and all, but is she really newscaster material? I thought she was just a mindless TV hosterette.
well, as with all elitist libs, she "thinks" she's smart.
Katie is about as likeable as a planters wart.
You got that right. I have to give Katie credit--she's fairly good doing interviews, from politicians to celebrities. But she would suck if she just sat behind a desk and read the news--that's what they pay Ann Curry for :)
When Couric was hired to do the Today Show, ABC's Good Morning America was wining the ratings race.
After Deborah Norvel failed, it was decided that NBC would go after female viewers. The idea was to hire an attractive but quite aggressive female capable of dominateing both her male co-host and male guests. The idea was that a strong female would attract female viewers. It worked and still works to a degree. Katie of couse had taken the role to ideological extremes that has cost audience. Katie has feuded with male co-hosts and won. Men as a rule do not like Katie and her female appeal has declined as she has grown more aggressive and ideologically nasty.
But the dominate female role only works when she has a resisting male to best. A bullying Female is just a (word for female dog). Katie has forgotten how to win nicely. She can no longer attract a large female or male audiences. She is tending to alienate both. The role of interviewer is far different from news Anchor. She is and always was ill suited for an anchor position. Any skilled programmer ought to see that.
The problem with doing an anchor job on an evening news, as a (I will smile while I stab you in the back) female is her lack of trust. Viewers who do not see the world through her eyes will reject her. That is about 65 percent of the possible audience. She is at least as bad as Rather.
An anchor is supposed to tell the truth. To provide the information so that viewers can reach conclusions. That is what a majority of viewers want. Watch me use all the power of CBS to slay someone I don't like, will not garner male viewers. It will not garner female viewers. It will not garner viewers.
I think being mindless is a requirement.