Ex-CBS Reporter: Couric a 'Liberal Democrat...in Love With Hillary'

Newsbusters.org ^ | August 30, 2006 | Tom Johnson

[WestTexasWend]

According to a new biography of Dan Rather, one longtime CBSer -- no, not Rather himself -- believes what most NewsBusters readers believe: that incoming CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric is in the tank for Hillary Clinton.

In his review of Alan Weisman's Lone Star, Dave Shiflett of Bloomberg News writes that:

[f]ormer [CBS] congressional correspondent Phil Jones tells Weisman that Couric is "a liberal Democrat who is so in love with Hillary Clinton'' that it could pose a problem if Clinton runs for president.

We're left believing that Rather's critics will soon be pining for the good old days when straight-shooting Dan ruled the CBS roost.

It would appear that conservatives who read Lone Star will enjoy certain parts (Shiflett notes that in "Weisman's acerbic telling, [Walter Cronkite] is an arrogant blowhard 'who still believes that the anchor chair should have been retired with him in 1981'") far more than they'll enjoy others (in Shiflett's words, Weisman considers Memogate "a fairly minor error that sparked a gross overreaction").

[WestTexasWend]

Can't post Bloomberg, but the full review's here >>>

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=awjAsiWH2rhg&refer=muse

[TimesDomain]

Couric is liberal?

That falls under the catagory "Duh! No S***!"

:>)

[AmericanMade1776]

I don't believe it, I am almost sure Couric is only in love with herself and same with Hillary.

[neodad]

Kind of like how the dog starts to resemble the master, Porky Katie is starting to resemble Her Thighness.

[Yossarian]

[fhayek]

Weisman considers Memogate "a fairly minor error that sparked a gross overreaction").

Yeah, fabricating news in order to destroy a sitting president, and then whitewashing it afterwards - fairly minor. Almost as minor as your credibility.

[GianniV]

I'm so sick of people who think this wretch is "hot." She's getting uglier by the minute.

[WestTexasWend]

'people who think this wretch is "hot."'

Sweaty, maybe. Definitely not "hot".

[InvisibleChurch]

How would Dan describe it? Fat but accurate?

[JerseyDvl]

If she were hot they wouldn't have had to Photoshop 20 lbs. off her for a promo pic.
She wouldn't even be among the top 10 if she worked for Fox News...in looks or smarts.

[WorkingClassFilth]

The more full of leftist passion she is the better. In fact, if she publicly declared her forbidden love for Hillary, I would be downright ecstatic. Anything these freaks do to blatantly expose themselves and their abnormality is just what the doctor ordered.

Of course, in the most literal sense, extreme viewing caution would be advised.

[labette]

I'm reminded of an Ann Coulter line.
She {Ann] was asked if she had ever seen two women having sex, and she replied, "Not since Katie Couric interviewed Hillary Clinton!"

{Memory, Don't fail me now...}

[230FMJ]

Perky Katie is a sad JOKE.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I predict...we in the Pajama Brigades, will topple her down and off of her show...in two or three years' time. She and her staff will flub up a story with a patent lie--in an effort to smear The Right on something, but get caught red handed on the web, like Dan Rather was. Just watch. It will happen to Katie Couric, too. My prediction.

She is too big for her britches for it NOT to happen to her.

[ladyinred]

This is no surprise of course. I suppose the only new thing here is that someone else dares to say it out loud. Sorry, but Dan Rather didn't keep his bias a secret either.

[Rummyfan]

It was Ann Coulter who once joked that the only time she ever witnesssed woman-on-woman sex was when Katie Couric interviewed Hillary during her 'Living History' book tour.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Dan Rather is the human equivalent of dandruff: Annoying as hell, itches, get rid of him, goes away, comes back for more.

[stm]

And vulgar to boot.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Brilliant! that made me laugh.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I predict...we in the Pajama Brigades, will topple her down and off of her show...in two or three years' time.

Slacker!

:)

[skinkinthegrass]

Couric is liberal?

Couric, Reno, Shallela and Hillary, all sharing the W.H. shower again......was America surprised, Nope..

[Colonel_Flagg]

In other news, Pope found to be Catholic. :)

[Proud_USA_Republican]

couric ratings by the end of year one will be just as bad as before CBS hired her. Probably worse since many of the elitist liberals looking down on her and think she's a morning news show dingbat.

Like re-arranging chairs on the titanic.

[skinkinthegrass]

She {Ann] was asked if she had ever seen two women having sex, and she replied, "Not since Katie Couric interviewed Hillary Clinton!".....Yup, that was it. :D

[Gordongekko909]

[JerseyDvl]

You know, I never even thought about it but I wouldn't bet against you.
I was simply thinking that nobody would watch and the demise of the dinosaur media would continue.
Your line of thought is much more interesting and I hope you are right.

[BenLurkin]

Dog

Bites

Man

[OrioleFan]

Maybe CBS will leaver Perky's mike on when she's in the toilet.

[beyond the sea]

Memogate "a fairly minor error that sparked a gross overreaction") ---

ROFL

[AmericanInTokyo]

OK, have it YOUR way!

In 24 to 36 months' time... :-)

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

ROFL!

[Rummyfan]

Wouldn't bother her - she's already had a nationally-televised colonoscopy!

[Doctor Raoul]

Wouldn't bother her - she's already had a nationally-televised colonoscopy!

She did say, "Get my good side"...

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL

[hotshu]

"Kind of like how the dog starts to resemble the master, Porky Katie is starting to resemble Her Thighness."

Mary Landrieu = Hitlery Lite

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Regarding Memogate, the MSM will NEVER ADMIT how damaging and degrading this event has been to their credibility and prestige. Look for this to rank right up with Nixon, Reagan, the Rosenberg convictions, the McCarthy hearings, etc. in terms of generating liberal bile and foaming at the mouth hatred. The Left CANNOT STAND being shown for what it really is, as a vampire cannot stand to be in the presence of a Crucifix or sunlight.

[Tamar1973]

If she were hot they wouldn't have had to Photoshop 20 lbs. off her for a promo pic.

Considering the fact that the camera actually does add 10-20 lbs to you, they could actually be making the picture more accurate, not less accurate.

[hotshu]

"I predict...we in the Pajama Brigades, will topple her down and off of her show...in two or three years' time."

Agreed! We must however remain vigilant of those protecting her flank, which may now (at visually) be more difficult because of their apparent reduced surface area.

[JerseyDvl]

Is that you Dan Rather??

[JennysCool]

She won't last a year. After a week or two, the ratings will be more pathetic than they are now.

[OldPossum]

a vampire cannot stand to be in the presence of a Crucifix

I like the twist in which a vampire is facing a woman who immediately holds up a Crucifix. He tells her that he is Jewish and "Honeybunch, it won't do you a bit of good."

[Condor 63]

She will bomb. IMO she's even more of a liberal hack than Rather which is saying a lot.

Rather was at least a trained journalist. I doubt Couric is smart enough to even try and hide her bias. She sure didn't from what little I saw of her on the Today show. I never watched the program but I've seen enough clips to know she is too sloppy to cover her own tracks for long.

I give her 3-5 years considering they will bend over backwards to cover her arse as long as they can, but I won't be shocked if she can't break the 3.

[nutmeg]

ping!

[Condor 63]

Edit:

Couric enrolled in the University of Virginia in 1975, graduating in 1979 with a degree in American Studies.

She graduated from UV, so she must be fairly intellegent. I'd still stick with 3-5 years.

[lawnguy]

It'll turn into a tabloid type show soon. That is the future of the evening news, what little future is left.

It will evolve into Access Hollywood. They're going after the soccer moms to try to salvage their news divisions.

[laotzu]

the camera actually does add 10-20 lbs to you

Damn!! They must have several pointed at her then.

[hauerf]

"Couric graduated from UV, so she must be fairly intellegent."

But have you checked out the "American Studies" program? The name smells much like leftist hogslop. It may have specialty emphases like "Women's Studies".

[JFC]

Who knew?

[N. Theknow]

Ka^therine Ann Couric

[JFC]

Now that was FUNNY!