Katie Couric claims she is a victim of sexism

[Botany]

Funny I always thought she wasn't doing well was because she is a shill.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2450175/US-newsreader-Katie-Couric-claims-she-is-a-victim-of-sexism.html

US newsreader Katie Couric claims she is a victim of sexism
America's highest paid newsreader has claimed she is a victim of
sexism and that discrimination based on gender is more prevalent
- and tolerated - in US society than racism.


Katie Couric, the CBS evening news anchor who earns a reported $15 million a year, compared herself to failed presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton in an interview with Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz.

"I find myself in the last bastion of male dominance, and realising what Hillary Clinton might have realised not long ago: that
sexism in the American society is more common than racism, and certainly more acceptable or forgivable," Miss Couric told
the paper as she covered Senator Barack Obama's Middle East tour.

"In any case, I think my post and Hillary's race are important steps in the right direction."

Ms Couric, who in 2006 became the first woman to present a primetime network news broadcast solo, has faced intensive
scrutiny not only of her job performance but her outfits and personal life since taking over the CBS Evening News.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. she just has a big ego

[malaise]

2. Sorry Katie

You're just an incompetent hack.

[Clear Blue Sky]

3. Cry me a river...

[roguevalley]

58. I am sick of women who get their panties into a twist because they

are dipshits and then blame sexism. I would suggest that some of those women look in the damned mirror.

[Supersedeas]

4. now she is comparing herself to Hillary????????? Katie thinks she can be leader of the free world

SHE IS A SCRIPT READER WHO HIRES PEOPLE TO PLAGARIZE FOR HER AND HAS TO BE FORCED TO APOLOGIZE ONCE SHE IS CAUGHT -- she is no Hillary Clinton.

[fasttense]

5. Some people say that having Rush Limpballs as your first "news"

interview will pretty well kill your reputation as a journalist. Once you kill that reputation, you can't get ahead. It's not that she's a woman that is causing her absolute failure as an anchor person, it's that she is an evil woman.

[Mike Nelson]

6. She's doesn't understand

She's in the wrong field
She'd be good as something else

[bunnies]

7. So this is the new excuse for everything.

Why bother to accept the fact that shes a SUCKY journalist? No, no. Its Sexism I tell you!!! Sexism!! :banghead:

[Iris]

80. Yep. Seems to be the case. And a good way to pull women everywhere down with her.

[monmouth]

8. So glad they referred to her as a "newsreader" instead of a journalist.

It isn't sexism you're a victim of Katie, it's that your a stupid shill.

[liberal N proud]

9. She has the top news anchor spot at a major network

She is propaganda 1, what the fuck. If that isn't breaking the "glass ceiling" I don't know what is.

She was promoted to that spot without qualifications that warranted it. Now she can't do the job and screams sexism?

[tanyev]

10. I don't think Walter Cronkite would have been taken seriously either

had he perched himself, legs crossed, on top of the news desk to deliver part of the broadcast. Your problem is not sexism, Ms. Couric.

[TommyO]

11. Victims of sexism generally don't become the top earner in their field.

Sorry Katie, but cry me a river.

[TahitiNut]

66. Could I PLEASE be a "victim of sexism" for $15 million per year? Please???

:eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

76. I could stand a little of that kind of sexism myself.

In fact, for 15 Gigantic, you would not hear a peep out of me.

[high density]

12. You suck at your job. Your gender doesn't enter into the equation

You'd think Katie's team would be looking long and hard at the errors they made this week and how to prevent similar situations in the future. Instead it's "I'm the victim" crap again.

[SmileyRose]

13. Barbara Walters? Helen Thomas? Elizabeth Vargas? Rachel Maddow?

These are all women in NATIONAL broadcasting that call their own shots.

[billyoc]

14. "I think navy seals RAWK!"

Sell it walkin', toots.

[cosmik debris]

15. Why should she accept responsibility for her failure?

It is so much easier to blame someone else.

And as we have seen from her newscasts, facts don't matter.

[rucky]

16. It's not her gender...

it's her.

[KharmaTrain]

17. Want A Real Victim Of Sexism? Barbara Walters

Katie benefitted from a lot of women breaking barriers and putting up with a hell of a lot more than she ever has. I am looking forward to the Helen Thomas special on HBO (Rory Kennedy produced it)...there's another extraordinary woman who Katie couldn't even dream of being.

Kouric and CBS are in free fall. The network has been mired in last place for a long time and they're not ready, yet, to admit they squandered all that money on an empty pantsuit. Larissa called her for the shallow and controlled newsreader...and if CBS had any journalistic integrity, they would fire her just on the butchering of the McCain video the other day. There are so many more deserving women who would do far better in that role...Lara Logan, Christine Armanpour or Kimberly Dozier...true women who put their lives and integrity on the line.

[Heidi]

21. Not to mention the many, many women more talented than Couric,

who might not have been as telegenic or "perky."

[glarius]

18. CBS misjudged the versatility of Katie Couric and miscast her.

Katie Couric was perfect in her first job.....as a giggly, bubbly, morning host. Once she had to shed that persona for a more serious role as news anchor, she was just flat and ordinary. THAT'S WHY SHE IS NOT GETTING THE BIG RATINGS IN HER NEW JOB!

[nancyr]

19. Oh pleeze.

She's more a victim of her own incompetence.

[spanone]

20. no katie is the vitcim of cbs putting her on a program that she was ill prepared for

hosting the fluffy, giggly fun-time today show is not a precursor to becoming a network anchor

[skepticscott]

22. If Katie Couric were a man

with the same intelligence, qualifications and experience (i.e. Matt Lauer), she never would have gotten where she is. Simple as that.

[beam me up scottie]

23. "Got the bubbleheaded bleach-blond comes on at five,

She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye"

Dirty Laundry
by Don Henley


I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something, something I can use
People love it when you lose, they love dirty laundry

Well, I could've been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear, give us dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em all around

We got the bubbleheaded bleach-blonde, comes on at 5
She can tell you about the plane crash with a gleam in her eye
It's interesting when people die, give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?
You know the boys in the newsroom got a running bet
Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry

You don't really need to find out what's going on
You don't really want to know just how far it's gone
Just leave well enough alone, keep your dirty laundry

Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're up, kick 'em when they're down
Kick 'em when they're stiff, kick 'em all around

Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie
Love to cut you down to size, we love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing
When it's said and done, we haven't told you a thing
We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry

[RoyGBiv]

41. It's like prophecy ...

Don Henley, the Nostradamus of the recording industry. :)

[beam me up scottie]

42. Lol! I know!

The Garden of Allah is another one of my favorites!

[tavalon]

70. You know, this generation didn't create the taking head newsreader

Don Henley was talking about newsreaders in his own generation. Yeah, it's worse now, but we didn't invent it.

[RoyGBiv]

72. Lighten up, Francis n/t

[scarletwoman]

24. If that's the case, I hope she tells all about who she had to sleep with in order to get her job.

Since it's abundantly clear that she is wholly unqualified to be considered a journalist, I want to know how many blow jobs she gave in order to get hired as the CBS news anchor.

Gads, what an insufferable twit. :puke:

sw

[Merlot]

26. We're all victims of sexism

The kind of stupid sexism that makes a bunch of executives choose someone "cute" to be a newsreader on the evening news. They think we all want to look at "cute" while watching the news. She got her job because a bunch of executives decided that the public is stupid enough to accept her as a serious contender. We should all be insulted.

I don't like couric, don't think she's very good at her job. But saying that she slept with someone to get her job IS sexism.

[scarletwoman]

38. My apologies that my sarcastic intent was too oblique. I actually feel the same way that you do.

I totally agree that the network execs insulted ALL of us by hiring her as a "news anchor". They think we are mindless fools who can be won over by cute and perky.

I was trying to point out the absurdity of Couric claiming victimization -- as you say so well, WE are the true victims of this farce.

sw

[tularetom]

25. Bullshit. She's a victim of incompetentism

[ellie]

27. No, she's a victim of her own stupidity

I used to like her until she started carrying water for the repukes. She can pound sand.

[Warpy]

28. She's right, but that's not why her ratings are in the toilet

Her ratings are in the toilet because they went after Rather, hired her, and made sure the editorial bias alienated Rather's loyal audience.

Other networks already had all the conservatives. They expected conservatives to flock to evening coffee with perky Katie, which is why they made sure here "free speech" (HA!) segments were dominated by arch conservative shills the first few weeks.

Well, conservatives hate change and even big draws like Lardbutt couldn't convince them to make the switch. They threw away the loyal audience they had and failed to understand the audience they wanted.

She's absolutely right about the pervasiveness of sexism in her industry and every other one out there. She needs to look a little closer to home for the reason her evening news show is failing, though.

[noamnety]

29. Yup.

The two concepts are not mutually exclusive, despite what the rest of the posters here would have us believe.

Some criticism (and hate) toward her has been sexist.
Some criticism (and hate) toward her has been based on valid gender-neutral incompetencies and toadyism.

[Postman]

30. No Katie, you just suck as a "journalist" but you make a great water-carrier for corporate America.

n/t

[MilesColtrane]

31. Show me where to sign a contract that rewards me with 65 million dollars...

...in exchange for being victimized.

I'm all over it.

[Lex]

32. She had *RUSH LIMBAUGH* on one of her first shows!

There he was, that racist-homophobic-sexist bag of crap, being LEGITIMIZED by Katie Couric and CBS Evening News.

I never tuned into her show again. Eff her and CBS Evening News.

[DailyGrind51]

33. If she wasn't "cute and perky", would she even be on the air?

[helderheid]

34. As a woman and a feminist, I find her claim disgusting.

[Beregond2]

35. Actually, she owes her good fortune to sexism.

Because she is so intellectually feeble, and has such a "perky, girl-next-door" persona, the men who run the networks found it acceptable to promote her far beyond her abilities. An assertive, highly competent woman would have been too threatening.

[tavalon]

71. Well spoken

I completely agree.

[thewiseguy]

36. She makes me want to puke

[Pisces]

37. How absurd when Katie played the dumb, blonde sorority girl on the Today show for so many years.

Complain all you want. She owns her own failure and should be fired for her cut and splice interview with McCain.

[elehhhhna]

39. IMO , were she a man, they would NEVER have made her an anchor at all.

Wish they'd watched her before they hired her. Highly-paid does not equal GOOD.

[Lorien]

50. No, they would have. Matt Lauer is just as "qualified".

a couple of blow dried twits who jump even higher than their corporate masters tell hem to to maintain the status quo. Sexism IS a huge problem for working women in America-and it's especially ugly in the entertainment industry (once you pass 30 your toast. I've seen that first hand and heard the comments from the suits). But those two are partisan hacks at best, and it's about time that each were handed a pink slip.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

40. I don't care about her outfits and personal life but I do care about her job performance

I care about how Couric covers stories and how her producers manipulate the news. I'm a big fan of Amy Goodman and her outfits or personal life aren't a factor for me. But I think that Amy Goodman is a thousand times a better interviewer and journalist than Katie Couric and probably doesn't make a tenth of what she makes. The truth is, I don't have a lot of respect for most of the TV talking heads, whether they are male or female, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, Brian Williams, et al.

[Botany]

43. Lara Logan of CBS

Is miles better than Katie.

[BlooInBloo]

75. Dude.... they don't even play the same game.

[Toucano]

44. I am sure she is.

But I am also sure that isn't the principle reason for her lack of success

[annabanana]

45. pfft. .Yeah.. THAT'S her biggest problem. . . . .n/t

[Akoto]

46. Gender regardless, I think she's just a lousy anchor.

Bring back Bob Schieffer. He may not be perfect either, but at least he felt like a real journalist.

[Cleita]

47. Well, there is a rumor that she got where she did, not

through brilliant journalism, but on her back. I guess this would make her a highly paid courtesan, which you could with a big stretch of reason, label as sexist.

[Lorien]

48. Then why does she shill for professional misogynists? n/t

[libnnc]

49. STFU Katie, Linda Ellerbee was a REAL victim of sexism in your business.

You fucking twit.


Pick up her book or have one of your well paid personal assistants read it for you...

[XOKCowboy]

51. Sexism and Linda didn't suck up. She told the truth and it cost her job..

Linda didn't parrot the party line and paid for it.

[libnnc]

54. Linda wouldn't flash her boobs and dye her hair

for the network nitwits and refused to starve herself.

Katie would rather her $1,500 Jimmy Choo heels and her shiny legs be the story.

[Umbram]

52. The swan song of an incompetent.

I wonder if faux-feminists will hold her up as a martyr?

--edited--

[Riddler]

53. Dear Katie, you couldn't carry Hillary Clinton's bra strap.

[Disturbed]

55. Couric should be fired for her part in the McLame Interview Fraud

but she won't be held accountable. She is a fraud & incompetent. Her claim is a pathetic joke.

[BrklynLiberal]

56. She would be a bimbo even if she were a man.

[Triana]

57. Sexism in the US is more common and accepted than racism - BUT ...

Both Couric and Clinton are ALSO victims of their own behavior, decisions, alliances, and morals (or lack thereof) - as we all are. And that has nothing to do with ther sex. I have never seen Couric criticized for her appearance on DU - but I have seen her job performance scrutinized - same as all of the lamestream media pundits and talking heads are here - male and female.

Is there sexism in this country - and in news media and politics? HELL YEA - and it is still widely accepted, socially and legally sanctioned, and not even noticed - while racism is not as accepted.

But Couric and Clinton should not ignore their own part in causing some of the criticism they receive (job and political behavior/performance). They earned that and would do well to examine some of the actions and behavior that led to it instead of whining "sexism" and ignoring the part they played in inviting SOME of it themselves.

Sure, sexism is alive and well and epidemic as ever in this country - but it shouldn't be used as an excuse to ignore one's own faults and failures *every* time criticism occurs. Sometimes, there are REASONs behind that criticism that have nothing to do with a person's sex and everything to do with their behavior as a politician/candidate/news anchor/whatever.

[rosesaylavee]

59. Poor baby.

Better get the wambulance. Makes me embarrassed for my gender. She speaks as if there haven't been great female journalists before now.

[TexasObserver]

60. No, Katie, the problem is you're terrible at being a news person.

She's the living embodiment of the Peter Principle.

[Prophet 451]

61. Geez Katie, way to oversimplify

Yep, there is sexism around and yeah, I'm sure there's some of it in your business and yeah, I'm sure that a certain amount of criticism of you is because you're female. But the overwhelming majority of it is because you suck at your job. You're just awful. You were fine as the bubbly girl-next-door type host but you just don't have the brains or the gravitas to be where you are.

Is this the go-to excuse now? Criticise someone for perfectly legitimate reasons and if that person happens to be female, you get accused of being sexist?

Oh, and Katie? Stop comparing yourself to Hillary Clinton. Conervatives hate her and liberals just laugh at how absurd the comparison is.

[SoCalDem]

62. She's a victim of no-talentism

:)

[otohara]

63. During An Obama Interview She Asked About Clinton As VEEP

and she said something really stupid about why he might not consider her as his running mate because he perhaps.. he didn't like her - and she made this sound - like bleeeeach... and she made a silly facial expression.

What was that all about Katie?

A little sexism perhaps? That's what I thought at the time.

[young_at_heart]

64. "How does one go about asking the Secretary of State out on a date?"

A "real" journalist asks such an inane question? Is she really worth $15 million a year?

[Recursion]

65. She is a victim of sexism

and is also a shill without a journalistic bone in her body.

One doesn't undo the other.

[Gabi Hayes]

67. the only thing she's a victim of is her

own craven, venal, overweening ambition

next?

[tavalon]

68. Oh, waaah!

You would suck as a "journalist" no matter what was between your legs. Suck it up Katie dear, you suck at your job. And it has nothing, nothing at all to do with your sex.

[BlooInBloo]

69. HAHAHAHAAA!!!!!!

[question everything]

73. Victim??

The lady appeared on Jay Leno, pointed at her boobs saying "they are real" got the crew to cut the front of her desk to show her shapely legs...

Why should anyone take you seriously if you choose to promote yourself as a sex symbol?

Oh, yeah, you are older now and instead of a pixie sex kitten you are turning into an old cat..

[dave123williams]

74. Bah. She's the victim of people who think an aging cheerleader shouldn't be an Anchor.

Her cute act is nauseating. Can we get an actual serious journalist to edit the nightly news, in the name of all that's holy?

Fuck. I don't even watch the MSM in this country anymore. Gimme the BBC, International Herald Tribune, skim Le Monde, check in with the CSM, cross-reference with The Financial Times of London, read the German news (in English), check on Drudge to see the latest lie he's floating for his dark masters and send him a short note about what a wank he is.... smear on some good investigative blogs like TPM, and I've got my news fix for the day. If there's an election on, I check with Kos, the DU, realclearpolitics.com and of course, the mighty DU....if I haven't already gotten outraged enough that day.

If I want a good laugh, I'll watch John Stewart do harder hitting interviews than any of the 3 network hair-doos.

I mean anchors. They're serious anchors. Not corporate mouthpieces. Not lackeys. Definitely not stooges that nobody believes anymore.

They're serious.

Very serious.

Seriously serious.

They love nothing more than to weigh others' seriousness.

Because they themselves are very, very serious. And weighing seriousness makes you appear to be pretty serious, even if you're not.

Like Laura Logan said, 'I can't watch what Americans call news. I'd probably shoot myself if I had to.'

I'm going back to DC for a visit this summer. I'm wondering if the inside-the-beltway types know that they're widely perceived as being possessed of zero credibility?

[GeorgeGist]

77. When Ms. Couric stops enjoying the rewards of ignorance ...

she may become a responsible human being.

[KansDem]

78. Tell you what, Katie. First, interview yourself, then edit the interview...

...to make it seem you're better than you really are. Then broadcast the interview to anyone who'll listen... Then ask yourself why you're confronted with such "sexism."

Life's a real buzzkill, Katie...

[JerseygirlCT]

79. I don't doubt she is, but I also think she's been complicit in the

very system that allows such sexism to flourish.

The Tammy Faye Baker look she adopted in the later Today years... the insurance policy on her legs... the girlish giggle that certain interviews were presented with...

Does she really think any of that nonsense helped the general public to see her as serious?