[MindBender26]

Courage..........

AMFB

[capydick]

but can you imagine anyone having a choice between us and Charlie Gibson on ABC going with us if/when there is another terrorist attack?”

I doubt Charlie would be the first choice but the point is a good one.

On 9/11/06, MSNBC aired the broadcast of the Today show of that fateful morning. I watched for a bit and thought Matt Liar did a pretty job of running the show while Katie was relegated to quick updates read off of a teleprompter. When she was on her own, the best she could muster were phrases such as "oh my God","this is awful" and amateurish observations and questions of the first few guests after the first plane hit.

I hate to say it but, Matt kept the show relevant and moving.

[Raycpa]

She could always be Hillary's VP

[JoeGar]

I don't think the problem is Couric. It is the producers. They are producing a show too light on news and heavy on touchy-feely fluff.

[Chuck Dent]

I've never seen her on any TV show; I'm only familiar with her image from extensive print exposure. Still, if I was at UVA at the time, every guy (and some gals?) would be all over this:

[Hildy]

I saw Dan Rather's 5 minute promo of his show in HDTV and it was a hoot! He talked about (and I'm not making this up) "well researched stories" HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH

[sport]

It couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving guy.

[theFIRMbss]

>Katie Couric Furious At CBS Suits. She Claims "They Are Stabbing Me In The Back"

Dear Katie:   Some gals
are starting a radio
network. Radio

is cool! You'll love it.
They won't have to photoshop
you on radio . . .

Excuse me now while
I burst into song to sing
radio to you --

------------------------------------------------------------------------

"B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers
Lonnie Mack and twangin' Eddy, here's my ring we're goin' steady
Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire
Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction
Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin' hotter
Sammy's cookin', Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story
Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama
Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Archies, Righteous,
Nilsson, Harry
Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin' . . ."

Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me
Life is a rock but the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow
Lies a golden oldie

"FM, AM, hits are clickin' while the clock is tock-a-tickin'
Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations
Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin'
Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can't stop now, I got the shivers
Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary
Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper
Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter
Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses
Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it..."

Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me
Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow
Lies a golden oldie

"Arthur Janov's primal screamin', Hawkins, Jay and
Dale and Ronnie, Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla
Denver, John and Osmond, Donny
JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah
David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider
Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders
Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah
Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda
Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others..."

Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me

Life is a rock
But the radio rolled me
At the end of my rainbow
Lies a golden oldie

"Listen--remember, they're playing our song!
Rock it, sock it, Alan Freed me, Murray Kaufman, try to leave me
Fish, and Swim, and Boston Monkey,
Make it bad and play it funky.
(Wanna take you higher!)

[DoctorMichael]

........Courage..........

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MizSterious]

Maybe it isn't just Katie. Maybe it's the crummy slanted reporting, too--by all the "reporters." Maybe people are tired of all the fakery and bias and just don't want to watch CBS. Not that the other networks are doing much better.

[aculeus]

Rather is working overtime on his new satellite- fed dinky cable show. Editors who have seen first drafts of story treatments say it is WAY over the top, sort of a "Howard Beale on LSD reading Rolling Stone straight to camera, with a Texas accent" concept.

Yahoo! Danny boy goes nuts on television! Ordering barrels of popcorn.

Great inside info! Thanks for posting to FR.

[demkicker]

Just making sure you saw this. Poor Katie. Meredith has already made everyone forget about her on Today with her much friendlier and jovial personality.

[gridlock]

Well, that didn't take long! I didn't expect Katie to get to the "They're stabbing me in the back" stage until October, at the earliest!

[bilhosty]

"They Are Stabbing Me In The Back."

Good! Just like she stabs us. Ihope they stab her in the back, the front, the bottom and on hertop and everyplace else. It couldn't happen to nicer Manhattan cocktail party bimbo liberal.

[vetvetdoug]

Katie Couric and Air America....dynamic duo....

[Beagle8U]

CBS hired Cattie thinking they could attract the Orka Winfery viewers, none of those geniuses stopped to think that Orka's fans never watch news of any kind...lol.

[gridlock]

sort of a "Howard Beale on LSD reading Rolling Stone straight to camera, with a Texas accent" concept.

LOL!

[NordP]

"...Another horribly negative comment is now accepted as fact at CBS: “Sure, some people are going to watch us/her now, but can you imagine anyone having a choice between us and Charlie Gibson on ABC going with us if/when there is another terrorist attack?”"

Does this mean she doesn't have GRAVITAS??? because you know...you HAVE to have gravitas...

[Mr. K]

I can see it now- fast removal and a cover story consisting of "she became the story instead of the news itself"

disclaimer: I also predicted bin laden bought it at Tora Bora- he didn't, but I bet his ears are still ringing.

[tiki]

JMO, I would say that the majority of the people who watch National news are conservative. They truly want to know what is going on in the world. We don't want fluff and we don't want cute, we want uneditorialized, uncensored news. We do care if the person delivering it hates everything that we believe in and if they lose us they lose their ratings.

So, she can blame the suits if she wants but it is her own left leanings that have caused her ratings and the suits are just protecting themselves.

[Landru]

>Ping<

If any *part* of this is true?

...it's simply too precious to miss. :o)