Alas, Poor Couric, But Pity Her Not (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

New York Magazine ^ | July 9, 2007 | Joe Hagan

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Very long article about how Katie will Endure no matter what...

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Ping

[camle]

poor thing: from “perky” to “prim”. what’s next? “Prudish”?

[PGalt]

“I think that bugs people even more,” she says, “that I’m not a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

LOL! Don't care if you do, or don't Katie. Never watched. Never will.

[poobear]

Slow burn...

[period end of story]

“The biggest mistake we made is we tried new things.”

And what was that “new” thing Katie? You?

[N. Theknow]

In the early, heady days after her arrival, the news had a chatty, friendly vibe and a bright, casual atmosphere never seen before at 6:30 p.m.

But the same BS came through and her ratings tanked from the initial curiosity factor.

Like people slowing to watch a wreck and then being pissed they wasted time on it because it was on the other side of the median.

[Diogenesis]

[andyandval]

Because in the arc of the story, that’s what they want to see

WTF is she talking about?

This whole Katie al-Couric thing has me so sad...

[an amused spectator]

I could hang in there for $7500 an hour. :-)

[gridlock]

I don’t care what happens to Katie, personally. As long as she pulls CBS News down into perpetual oblivion, that will be enough.

[JohnLongIsland]

the cbs socialist propoganda show, with your host perky katie. every night it’s a repeat, bush sucks, cheney should be impeached, the us army is dispicable, scooter libby should have gotten the death penalty,algore is the next jesus christ, thank you and good night.

[submarinerswife]

“that I’m not a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Slapping a producer over a word she doesnt approve of is a sane reasonable reaction?

Right.

[andyandval]

[Dick Bachert]

In an effort to salvage her sagging CBS ratings, Katie produced yet another special based on her nationally televised, award-winning (the prestigious Sphincter Cup) colonoscopy of several years ago.

Unfortunately, so much of the footage was found to contain images such as the still seen here that it was rendered unusable and the project had to be s**tcanned.

Katie told interviewers later that this is how she spends much of her free time as this is where she gets some of her best program ideas. She cited her interview with Hillary Clinton as a prime example.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

poor thing: from “perky” to “prim”. what’s next? “Prudish”?

"ployed." As in: "unem------."

[theDentist]

Maybe if she peers gravely into the camera, mouth turned down, eyes narrowed seriously, and says "What up, 'merica?" things'll turn around.

[bray]

Imagine a hard core feminist wouldn’t draw them into DNCBS?? The media is the only business that believes it can insult 50% of their customers.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[ken5050]

Disagree....look, she obviously agreed to be interviewed in a piece that she knew was goign to be about her failure at CBS to date. To me, it sounds like desperate spin control..I think she’ll be gone after the 2008 election...the idea of Katie doing political “analysis” sitting between Bob Schiefer and Jeff Greenfield is hysterical..

[camle]

right now petulant might be the operative word, or perhaps pugilistic