AOL Poll: Katie Couric is considering CBS Nightly News to replace Rather

[WiseButAngrySara]

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20051202164609990017&ncid=NWS00010000000001

Would you be more likely to watch CBS Evening News if Katie Couric is the anchor?

No 72%
Yes 28%

Which are you more likely to watch?

Evening news 66%
Morning talk shows 34%

Total Votes: 80,500

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1. I'm happy with Bob Schieffer, he is somewhat Cronkite-esque

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. He's ancient

but I find him fair, with a good sense of humor.

Couric? Too "cute." Just can't take her seriously.

[Warpy]

15. I don't watch the evening propaganda hour

but I've seen Schieffer a couple of times when I've clicked on the set to get the local weather and it's been on CBS. Schieffer seems to read the howlers he's told to read, but he gives every indication that they don't taste very good.

I guess that's better than some perky talking head who doesn't give a shit as long as the paycheck is regular.

[otohara]

17. He is Friends With Bush - Check This Out

Schieffer on the Bush administration's prewar claims: "I still give them the benefit of the doubt

http://mediamatters.org/items/200512030003

Schieffer has a history of accepting false or misleading Republican claims about prewar intelligence. On the November 6 broadcast of Face the Nation, Schieffer interviewed Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). As Media Matters has noted, during a discussion on the program of Senate Democrats' demand for an investigation into how policymakers used intelligence in the buildup to war, Roberts claimed that for the "Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq," which the committee released in 2004, "we interviewed over 250 analysts, and we specifically asked them, 'Was there any political manipulation or pressure?' Answer, 'No.' " Roberts then claimed that the March report of the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (i.e. the Robb-Silberman Commission) and the Butler report on British intelligence came to the "same conclusion." Whether Roberts was referring to the Bush administration's "manipulation" in the use of intelligence, as The New York Times interpreted his statement, or as part of the alleged "pressure" on analysts is unclear. If Roberts meant the former, his assertion is simply false -- none of the investigations addressed the issue of the administration's use or misuse of intelligence. If instead Roberts meant "manipulation" as interchangeable with "pressure" on analysts, his assertion was irrelevant to the issue on which Senate Democrats have demanded an investigation and was, therefore, highly misleading. At no point did Schieffer note that Roberts was either misrepresenting or simply avoiding the issue in question.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200512030003

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20. Oh, ok thanks. Well then, I guess, poop on him.

[goclark]

21. I heard Bob on Imus saying how much he likes Gw

that did it for me and CBS.

[BJW]

2. Save us Lord--eom

[BlueEyedSon]

3. News... "LITE"

[MADem]

4. Yeah, right--Katie Couric is talking to CBS to get a PAY RAISE from NBC

She doesn't want that job--it's too HARD. Sure, the on-air time is shorter, but the work that goes into preparing the broadcast is brutal...unless she doesn't want to involve herself in all that researching, writing, editing, fact-checking...and just wants to be a perky newsreader...

Bad move for CBS. Katie is like Harriet Miers, good at what she does, but she is not a hard news type. If they want a good woman in the anchor slot (and it is past time for that), get this fine lady:




Carole Simpson is anchor of "World News Tonight Sunday" and an Emmy Award-winning senior correspondent for ABC News. She reports most frequently on family and social issues for "World News Tonight With Peter Jennings." Her reports have also appeared on "20/20," "Nightline," and other ABC news broadcasts and specials. She is an occasional contributor to "This Week," and she has substituted for Peter Jennings on "World News Tonight." Ms. Simpson joined ABC News from NBC News in 1982. http://www.wchstv.com/abc/wntss/simpson.shtml

Brains, great judgment, a sense of humor, and easy to look at. What more could anyone want???

[TrueAmerican]

7. Wasn't she on Bill Mahar

And sticking up for big media. She sounded like a republican to me.

[MADem]

9. Well, the richer they get, the more "Greedy Old Party" they get n/t

[benny05]

22. She moderated a debate once

And didn't do a very good job. I think it was during Clinton-Dole campaign or Gore-Bush one, but not entirely certain.

This is a tough one. I like Scott Pelley to get it but I think he won't; thus, I'd like to see a woman in the chair. Katie is not the person to do it, although I think she is trying to look more serious with her "glam" glasses. Another good person would be Charles Gibson, but I cannot see ABC losing him.

[Aimah]

5. Done

Would you be more likely to watch CBS Evening News if Katie Couric is the anchor?
No 72%
Yes 28%
Which are you more likely to watch?
Evening news 66%
Morning talk shows 34%
Total Votes: 86,024

[andlor]

6. done

[melody]

10. Are they considering Mickey Mouse as ambassador to China, too?

Sorry, Katie reminds me of a gerbil with a sugar fix.

[liberalnurse]

11. I sent a subliminal message with my vote.

I voted yes for Couric with the Evening News and told them I watch the Morning Shows........thus I do not want to watch that slut.

[justjones]

12. If bobble-head journalism is what they are going for....

then Katie Couric is the perfect choice.

[amitten]

13. Colon issues=Republican.

Just sayin! :shrug:

[adarling]

14. boo boo

i use to like watching her, but these past couple of years have started to sound just as annoying as listening to crappy morning talk radio. There is not enough news on it...too much let see what this celebrity is cooking for the holidays and stupid fashion tips. She use to be very good interviewing big political names and such, especially during Sept. 11. Such a shame

[greiner3]

16. Remember Murphy Brown?

I can't remember the character's name, but the co-anchor with Candice Brown was supposedly modeled after Katie Couric. She's all fluff and no substance. Maybe what CBS needs to get back on top of the news, but a bad choice in the long run. IMHO

[Catchawave]

18. Corky Sherwood !

and wasn't her character an ex-Miss America too? :rofl: I think you nailed it :)

Katie should stick to daytime fluff, spend quality time with her girls, AND a newsreader she's not!

[Blue_In_AK]

19. Oh, please...

Katie Couric doesn't have anywhere near the gravitas (love that word) to do the evening news. Much, much too perky.

[terrya]

23. I have a hard time caring, actually.

News anchors are nothing like the days of Walter Cronkite nowadays. They just sit and read off a teleprompter. You could get Playgirl's "Man of the Year" or Playboy's "Pet of the Year" to read the news nowadays. News anchors have next to nothing to do with journalism anymore.

Katie Couric is just a pretty face and a nice personality. Nothing more, nothing less.

[BuyingThyme]

24. Trick question.

If Couric does evening news, evening news becomes morning talk.

[bigwillq]

25. Done

Would you be more likely to watch CBS Evening News if Katie Couric is the anchor?
No 72%**
Yes 28%

Which are you more likely to watch?
Evening news 66%**
Morning talk shows 34%
Total Votes: 105,071