Just so you know: Katie dropped to 7th place in LA

[leftyladyfrommo]

Behind just about everything.

I have been trying to figure out why I don't care for her - because usually I am a huge supporter of women in media.

Partly, its because I just don't like the sound of her voice. It is hard to listen to.

But she is really tanking.

I'm really curious what will happen. Will they just replace her and move her somewhere else? Will they just try to carry on?

So much money on the line here. CBS has no loyalty to its employees so I'm betting they will just deep six her and try something else.

[supernova]

1. This is CBS Mgmt fault

In an odd way, I don't blame her, per se. She's just somebody who went after an open position, afterall.

But CBS Mgmt screwed the pooch the minute they decided they didn't need a genuine, serious-minded journalist in the anchor chair in first place.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I don't think it is her fault at all - they should never have tried to

put her in that position. I thought it was crazy the first time I heard they were considering it. She has just done the best job she could given what she was supposed to do.

But even an idiot could have seen that it wouldn't work.

I only fault her because she actually agreed to it.

[supernova]

10. If they had wanted a real journalist

and OK, a woman to boot. They could have hired say... . http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/E/htmlE/ellerbeelin/ellerbeelin.htm ">Linda Ellerbee. Then I would know they were serious about conveying the news with integrity.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. I like Linda Ellerbee. But there were lots of good women to

chose from. Absolutely top notch reporters. And they chose someone from the entertainment sector. It was just a crazy thing to do.

[peekaloo]

18. I know LE aims for educating children but I do miss her.

That late night NBC show she hosted, egads years ago, used to make me howl. Informative and entertaining.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Yea. She is a funny person. Reminds me of Moly Ivins. n/t

[Dorian Gray]

35. Even Diane Sawyer

would have had some more hard news cache behind her. Not that I am a huge fan of her, but Katie Couric is a little peppy leprochaun. It was a bad choice.

[Divernan]

17. To thine own self be true - Katie overestimated her talents

Some say, well, don't blame her - she just went after an open position. I'd say she has an over-inflated opinion of herself and of her mental capacities. And I seriously question the gravitas and intelligence of any grown woman who squeals, "Navy SEALS rock!" on national television.

[leftyladyfrommo]

21. I never watched her. Didn't care for her even before all of this.

I just wish they had let a really serious news woman have the job.

This may set women newspersons back for years and years.

[supernova]

25. Back up bud

I'm not saying she's completely blameless. I am saying the primary blame lies w/ CBS mgmt who decided they wanted to hired her (or someone like her) in the first place. She's a completely different animal than a real journalist.

And I agree with you that she overreached.

[Benhurst]

33. She's a dumb bitch.

By way of contrast, Martha Stewart is SMART enough to be a newscaster; but she hasn't had the training or background. I have no doubt she would have laughed in their collective corporate face if CBS News has approached her with a similar job offer. She is intelligent enough to know where her many talents lie. But, let's face it, The CBS Evening News With Martha Stewart would be a hell of a lot better program than what they've got now.

It is so sad at this late date with so many qualified women and men out there, CBS decided to go with an airhead "personality."

I feel no symapthy for Katie at all. She deserves to become, and is fast becoming, a national joke, albeit an extremely over-paid one.

[Dorian Gray]

36. A dumb bitch?

Wow... strong words. I wouldn't quite say that, or use such derogatory words about a female.

[Benhurst]

37. Sorry, she is a dumb

right-wing bitch.

And Rush Limbaugh is a dumb bastard.

Strong words, but they both deserve them.

She, he and countless other right-wing flacks have done much to bring down the Republic.

To hell with them all.

[Warpy]

2. She's tanking because she alienated the CBS audience

The CBS audience was mostly a liberal one, since CBS occasionally ran stories that were outside the GOP propaganda drumbeat.

They stupidly shifted the broadcast to the far right, having eleven days (more than two weeks!) of nothing but right wing gasbags on the "free speech" segment. The message that only far right lunatics had any place on that newscast was unmistakable.

If she had appeared behind a desk instead of prancing around a living room stage set and if she'd read the news instead of editorializing and if she'd had any sort of balance in those gasbag segments, people might still be watching.

They're not. CBS just boiled the frog too fast.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. Yea - when I watched at first I thought it was really, really bad.

But I thought they would probably try and fix it really fast. I guess they haven't. Now that they have lost most of their old, loyal viewers it will be just impossible to get them back. Most people just moved over to NBC. He is doing really well. And I think ABC is also really up.

[xiamiam]

3. kool aid drinking media problem...i will never watch her..ever

[AndyA]

5. Thanks for the good news!

I'll bet Katie is "reassigned" to another department where her "experience and abilities are better utilized." Look for special segments on 60 Minutes or a series of celebrity specials for the network, similar to Baba Wawa at ABC.

Hey, maybe CBS could have something during daytime like The View and Katie could sit at the head of the table?

The dismal ratings couldn't happen to a more deserving person. They should have known this would happen. There are so many other more qualified people out there. Katie is in over her head.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. I don't think she could do 60 Minutes. Their reporters go all

over the world - some really risky stuff.

Last week the reporter snuck into Darfur to get his story. It got really hairy there for a while.

She refuses to do that sort of thing (and I don't think she is wrong about that being a single mother of two kids) but she shouldn't expect to get the good news stories if she won't go where she needs to go.

[cautiouslywaiting]

6. She annoys me.

I don't know why. She just does.

[Cocoa]

8. Couric doesn't care about loyalty from her boss

she has a contract, unlike virtually any other "employee," at CBS or anywhere else.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. Contract or no contract - her career will be ruined. And I think

that is very important to her.

I just couldn't believe they were dumb enough to enter into a contract like that with some unproven person (unproven in that type of media)

[Lowell]

9. She'd make a better weather chick

never been able to take anything she says seriously. CBS made a big mistake. I hope they correct it.

[kurth]

13. Perky ought to invite Rush & Hannity over more often

They're reading the news for her already anyway.

[Norquist Nemesis]

23. As soon as I heard that Rush was going to be on the "Free Speech"

segment (promoted before she started), I made up my mind not to even tune in an sample it. That did it for me.

[Submariner]

39. Ditto

That was my exact feeling and I haven't watched her since. I heard she just had Hannity on the same fee speech thingy....just wretched.

[peekaloo]

14. Have you noticed how all or most of the female correspondents have

disappeared?

Coincidence, I'm sure.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. John Roberts went pretty fast, too. And I always liked him.

Is Gloria Borger still out there? I like her.

[peekaloo]

20. Seriously, GB? She reeks GOP bias.

I must admit I haven't watched a nightly news show in close to two weeks now.

Borger rubbed me the wrong way. :shrug:

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. I know. But I liked her anyway. I don't just watch the liberals.

There are conservatives that I like, too.

[peekaloo]

29. Wha? There are liberals on network tee-vee?

;-)

My idealism trips me up concerning broadcast news. Just report a story and leave it up to the viewer to decide. It can be done. Which leads back to your original post. Katie is Kondescending to her viewers. Either she thinks we are all old and senile or too stewpid to fully grasp anything of substance.

Well that and her desk makes her arse look fat. :evilgrin:

Long ago in a galaxy far, far away...........:D

[Beausoir]

32. I detest Borger. She is a RW shill.

She has this annoying way of delivering political views. If it's a story about a Republican...she's all serious and mature. If it's a story about a Democrat, she starts to sneer and roll her eyes..like it's all just a big joke.

Can't stand her.

[Benhurst]

34. She is one of the worst.

She should stop all that sneering; it's going to ruin all the cosmetic work which has been done on her.

[earth mom]

24. Katie dissed Michael Moore big time after the '04 elections

and that's when I knew she was a full on thug. I say boycott all network t.v. news until they start telling the truth! :grr:

I really don't care if Katie loses her job. The sooner the better. :nopity:

[KharmaTrain]

26. News? There's News On Local Television?

My wife watches the local and network news (lately it's NBC by default)...I can't stomache either...since the content is so lame that it's more like reading a tabloid than getting any substansive information. There's more time dedicated to Mr. Food or whose screwing who in Hollywood or some medical scare. If there's any real news, it's packaged in soundbites that lack any context and can be easily manipulated.

This is the "lead in" Katie gets on most of her affiliates. Then what does she offer? More of the same crap. No wonder so many people tune into the Daily Show for "Real" news these days.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. Isn't that just the most ironic thing. Jon Stewart does news better

than just about anybody else.

I love it.

[KharmaTrain]

31. At Least We Have That

The highlight of my evening is when my son and I watch The Daily Show...where he gets a lot of his information...and he votes!

Irony is a great learning tool...if you're smart enough to see it as such. If not, you choke on it.

:hi:

Cheers...

[maxrandb]

27. CBS Deserves to go to the scrap-heap of history for their stupidity

They got their panties in a twist about Dan Rather, because some rather vocal minority pitched a hissy-fit about some documents, that still to this day, I have seen no proof were fabricated. Never mind that no one can produce any shread of evidence, any witnesses, any paperwork, ANYTHING that counters the premise of the story...THAT BUSH FAILED TO LIVE UP TO HIS OBLIGATION TO THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Then, in an example of even greater stupidity, they buy into the bogus "liberal media" crap, and think; "you know what, we'll prove we're not liberal, we'll have a Free Speech segment and invite Limpballs, Insanity, and every other wing-nut cookie cutter Republican apologist to speak out. That way, we'll prove we're not biased, and the wing-nuts will have to stop calling us the 'liberal media'"

Poor CBS. If they were smart, they would realize that nothing they could do would stop the wing-nuts from labeling them as "liberally biased". That's because the "liberal bias" argument has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TRUTH. The Repukes know that if America ever wakes up and realizes that there IS NO LIBERAL BIAS in the media, their days of ruling the country are over, and they go back to being on the fringe of our society...WHERE THEY BELONG.

The "liberal media" myth is something that they will never give up. It's too important to them. Anytime the facts rear back and kick them in the nuts, they scream "liberal media" and they don't have to respond to the issue.

CBS' attempt to appease the wing-nuts has blown up in their face. Sad for a network that gave us Murrow and Cronkite

[cybildisobedience]

38. well put -- and completely accurate

[Beausoir]

30. Good. Giving that vile pig Limbaugh yet another avenue to barf

out his putrid spew was the first nail in her coffin.

I was a loyal CBS viewer up until the night they put her in that chair. That last thing I want in an evening news anchor is to have to stare of her greasy legs in yet another mini-skirt.

I love watching this train-wreck. The Katie limbo...how looooow can she go?