Katie Couric Won’t Go to War Zones

newsmax ^ | Friday, July 21, 2006 1:14 p.m. EDT | By the NewsMax.com Staff

[do the dhue]

Unlike many of her colleagues, Katie Couric won’t be venturing to the war-torn Middle East after she takes over the anchor chair on "CBS Evening News” in September.

"I think the situation there is so dangerous, and as a single parent with two children, that’s something I won’t be doing,” she told NBC’s Access Hollywood.

That gave Access Hollywood a chance to crow that NBC’s Martin Fletcher was not only in Israel, but he and his crew nearly became battle casualties.

"A rocket fell 100 yards in front of us, straight in our line of driving,” Fletcher said. "Five seconds later we would have been hit.”

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NBC’s Brian Williams and Ann Curry and ABC’s Charles Gibson are also in the Middle East as hostilities rage.

In Iraq, more than 70 journalists have died since the war began.

[do the dhue]

I think we do not have enough media coverage in Iraq. People like Couric and Chris Mathews (who likes to play hard ball), should be willing to go over there and bring the news to us in a fair and balanced manner.

I think a lot more people on the staff at the New York Times should be going over there.

Southern Lebanon is not getting enough coverage too. Send the rest of the LSM there to cover it.

[SerpentDove]

Although I don't care too much for Al-Katie, I can't say I blame her.

[KellyAdmirer]

Hey Katie, you better move out of NYC, then. More people died from the terrorists there than have US soldiers in Iraq.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

In Iraq, more than 70 journalists have died since the war began.

Too bad some of them were really journalist rather than leftwing know-it-all shills for Marxism.

[A CA Guy]

She is eye candy and only a news reader.

There is a difference between war reporters and the person reading the news in a seat in a studio.

I really don't blame her, and it would IMO really make no difference except for the fact that without an ear piece telling her what to say in the field could have some really stupid things coming out of her mouth.

[Kimmers]

Agreed, this is the first time that I agree with her thinking.

[The Iceman Cometh]

Once Katie found that out that the Isreali's had a stage prepared for her, she decided to forgo the trip. I did a search and found the mock up picture here....

[Crawdad]

Kids are great. They get you out of the worst jams.

[Van Jenerette]

...People like Couric and Chris Mathews...

For Couric and Mathews, the Public 'Right-toKnow' which they thump their chests over must be balanced by only covering those NEWS stories that do not put their 'important' selves at risk.

Principle is only 'skin-deep' for these two....

[do the dhue]

Too bad some of them were really journalist rather than leftwing know-it-all shills for Marxism.

those types wont go.

He!! no!!

they won't go!!

but they sure seem to muster enough courage to write or talk about it like they know the deal

[Toidylop]

Good... If she goes, she may switch and report for the other side!!! Then what ya gonna do...

[do the dhue]

Principle is only 'skin-deep' for these two....

90% of the Jihadnalist make the rest look bad. I mean Journalist. My bad. On me.

[Minutemen]

Good, she would scare AlQaida back into their holes.

[YaYa123]

Brian Williams and Charles Gibson were so unimpressive, (too expensive to keep there, Rush said), they are homebound after just a few days. Ann Curry is a news reader, Dateline murder/sex specialist, she has no business over there.

And neither does Katie. What in the world would CBS gain by having her there? She's right not to go.

But hey!! The networks and the other news cable channels are all pretty unimpressive compared to FOX NEWS reporters in the field. Man oh man, their team is fantastic!!

[do the dhue]

If she goes, she may switch and report for the other side!!! Then what ya gonna do...

have her stand there with a umbrella and sing 'you drop the bomb on me, baby'

I'll bet we could sell tickets to that event.

[EagleUSA]

Katy Koran is a traitor, no different than the rest of the radical leftist MSM. Frankly, I don't want her around our troops -- she does not deserve the privilege or honor of talking WITH REAL AMERICANS!

[do the dhue]

Frankly, I don't want her around our troops -- she does not deserve the privilege or honor of talking WITH REAL AMERICANS!

HEAR!! HEAR!! and amen to that

but can't we use the LSM media as decoys and targets of opportunity for our enemy?

[lormand]

So she will get paid more than a man, and will not do the same job/work?

The fruits of Feminism sure is sweet huh?

[pookie18]

[cquiggy]

Seventy journalists since when. I believe this is another journalistic exaggeration. thats right a lie. I need to see proof of this. If this were the case the military would already have put all war zones off limits.

[do the dhue]

I think you should be allowed to ask for proof. If this was true wouldn't we see the DNC raising money by using the coffins of dead Journalist?

[do the dhue]

Republican woman are hotter.

[Joe Boucher]

If the media think they are targeted in Iraq, I bet they'd really have bulls eyes on their backs in thie war. Let's send them all.

[elli1]

I suppose that situs such as this were covered in the terms of the contract Couric & CBS agreed to. Personally, I'd have asked for the same thing.

[do the dhue]

Let's send them all.

I think I heard you say we need more liberal media coverage in war zones. I'm with that.

[spatso]

I think she was clear in what she said. She said she would not go because she was the single mother of two children. I believe the kids have already lost one parent to cancer. Maybe this story is exactly what it appears to be and nothing else. Perhaps there is no political twist to her decision.

[edzo4]

does this mean CBS is going to have to build a studio in canada?

[do the dhue]

You are right, but this whole thing could have been dreamed up in a trailer court in Arkansas.

[do the dhue]

I wish they would build one in Southern Lebanon.

[conservative cat]

Same here.

[elli1]

71 journalists killed by this account--three/fourths of them Iraqis.

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/05/31/ap2782319.html

[pepperdog]

Ditto! She is a woman with children and has no business in a combat area.

[edzo4]

she could just visit her pals at al jezzera

[Argus]

Why don't they just fake it in the studio? You know, truck in some sand and date palms, put file footage of Iraq combat on the green screen behind her, dress Katie up in body armor and dab some gunpowder residue on her cheek, and let her read the news that way.

[pookie18]

But the Dhimmis have those fried eggs...

[johnny7]

I'd love to see the IDF use Matthews to clear minefields.

[RinaseaofDs]

I don't blame her one bit. I, however, question the idiots that hired her for a job that pretty much required that kind of travel.

[MikeA]

Couric and Hissy Matthews are such chickendoves. They could be over there showing us first hand the horrors of war to turn us against all future uses of the military. Instead they sit here behind the comfort of their anchor desks.

[demkicker]

pookie,

Just curious. Is it true that Dan is claiming the egg idea is his, or is that just another spoof on him?

[do the dhue]

OK they can have their stinkin' eggs. We got Republican women anyway:

[Joe Boucher]

B.S. perkey katie would never in a million years put her butt in harms way. And it has little to do with her children.

[do the dhue]

I'd love to see the IDF use Matthews to clear minefields.

That would work.

once

[do the dhue]

has little to do with her children.

Hear!! Hear!!! once again

[vox humana]

Is that hair on her chest in the photo? Who would have known? LOL

[pookie18]

As far as I know, just a blather spoof...

[do the dhue]

CBS eggs are all runny anyway.

[pookie18]

Is that hair on her chest in the photo? Who would have known? LOL

I think those are tan lines, but your suggestion should be taken seriously by future photoshoppers...

[pookie18]

CBS eggs are all runny anyway.

They're not alone...

[johnny7]

Matthews is an a-hole off-screen... as well as on.

[MikeA]

Hissy Matthews and his asterix level ratings are insignificant to the real world. Real leaders like Bush lead and get the job done regardless of the background squeeling of mental midgets like Hissy. Matthews is just a little rat gnipping at the heels of a passing caravan that's leaving him and his pre-historic liberalism in the dust.