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On Twitter, Katie Couric Wonders If Weinergate Is a 'Legit News Story'
newsbusters,org ^ | 6-3-11 | Tim Graham

Posted on 06/03/2011 10:22:39 AM PDT by Justaham

Due to perpetually low ratings, we won’t see how former CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric would dismiss Weinergate. But on her Twitter page on Thursday, Couric tweeted: “I'm curious if anybody thinks this Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal is a legit news story or just fodder for late-night comedians...thoughts?”

So much for Couric's Twitter motto: "True journalism separates fact from fiction. Passionate about discovering what makes the world tick." Like many liberals (and feminists), Couric somehow can’t believe this could be true, that a 46-year-old married Member of Congress would be stupid and creepy enough to send a crotch picture to a college student young enough to be his daughter. What if Weiner had bulge-tweeted her 19-year-old daughter?

Resident MRC night owl Brent Baker noted to me that most late-night comedians are off this week (except Stewart and Colbert). We can remember how Couric joined the Republican-bashing media herd in making an enormous deal out of Rep. Mark Foley’s creepy Internet messages to congressional pages and Sen. Larry Craig’s restroom toe-tapping. But she apparently would be tempted to skip this one, just like NBC’s Brian Williams.

When one of her fans replied, "Of course it's not real news. You shouldn't even have to ask," Couric suggested she just wanted to hear the vox populi: "I'm asking cuz it's interesting to hear a variety of opinions...including yours!" There were some other doozy tweets in agreement.

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1 posted on 06/03/2011 10:22:41 AM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Yeah - this isn’t like a Kos diary claiming that Trig Palin is really Bristol’s son.


2 posted on 06/03/2011 10:23:56 AM PDT by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: Justaham

Was the birth of Suri Cruise a legit news story, Kate, when you decided to make it a feature of your first CBS News broadcast?


3 posted on 06/03/2011 10:25:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Justaham

Katie, those here at FR have been wondering if you’re a legit journalist.


4 posted on 06/03/2011 10:25:39 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (In Memphis on January 20, 2009, pump price were $1.49. We all know what happened after that.)
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To: Justaham

It’s at least as real a news story as a colonoscopy.


5 posted on 06/03/2011 10:26:09 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 862 of our national holiday from reality. - Obama really isn't one of us)
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To: Justaham

Just close your eyes, Katie, and pretend it involves a Republican.


6 posted on 06/03/2011 10:26:16 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Justaham
That's funny...cause I wonder if Katie Couric is a legit journalist.
7 posted on 06/03/2011 10:26:24 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Jared Lee Loughner - Disciple of Michael Moore)
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To: Justaham

Yeah I know it Katie~!

I mean it’s not like he’s one of those Republicans after all....


8 posted on 06/03/2011 10:26:59 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Justaham

What’s a matter Katie? Ain’t getting any Weinnie?


9 posted on 06/03/2011 10:27:32 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Got toast?)
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To: Justaham

Had Weiner slipped the weiner to Katie, would it be a story Katie?


10 posted on 06/03/2011 10:28:01 AM PDT by depressed in 06 (I'll follow Allen West out of hell.)
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To: Justaham

Just about ten years ago, Dan Rather wondered the same thing about the Chandra Levy murder because it reportedly involved DEMOCRAT congressman Gary Condit.


11 posted on 06/03/2011 10:28:23 AM PDT by RabidBartender
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To: Justaham

I’m curious if anybody thinks this Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal is a legit news story or just fodder for late-night comedians...thoughts?”

thoughts?... You’re an idiot!


12 posted on 06/03/2011 10:28:56 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
"Just close your eyes, Katie, and pretend it involves a Republican."

Ding~! Ding~! Ding~! Ding~! WE HAVE A WINNER FOLKS

10,000 points and a free man to rightwingintelligentsia

13 posted on 06/03/2011 10:29:11 AM PDT by Mr. K (CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
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To: Justaham

Tim Foley wasn’t a legit story either, was it, Katie?


14 posted on 06/03/2011 10:30:23 AM PDT by RexBeach (If two people know, it's not a secret.)
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To: null and void

It was neat when they found her car keys.


15 posted on 06/03/2011 10:30:42 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Justaham
On Twitter, Katie Couric Wonders If Weinergate Is a 'Legit News Story'

On FR, FReepers wonder if Couric is a 'legit newschick' ... NOT.


16 posted on 06/03/2011 10:31:03 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free!)
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To: Justaham

Couric knows full damned well that if it was a Republican he would have been forced to resign already.


17 posted on 06/03/2011 10:31:16 AM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
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To: Mr. K

I get a free man? Do I get to pick?


18 posted on 06/03/2011 10:31:48 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Justaham

Still carrying water for the Democrats, Katie doesn’t like being even more irrelevant than when she was one of America’s least watched talking heads.


19 posted on 06/03/2011 10:32:32 AM PDT by Spok
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To: Justaham
She has a point...

Since Dems don't feel bound by any accepted standards of moral conduct, why should anyone care about Weiner’s wiener?

After all, we learned it was Kenneth Starr who was the real perv.

20 posted on 06/03/2011 10:32:37 AM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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