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"Downright Studly": Does Katie's Love-letter to Wallace Signal She's on Way to CBS?
Today Show/NewsBusters ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Posted on 03/15/2006 4:55:03 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
March 15, 2006
Was this a news report, or a coming attraction for a new series about inter-generational love? Perhaps there's a third explanation: a not-too-subtle kiss blown in the direction of a soon-to-be new employer.
Amidst rampant speculation that Katie Couric might be leaving the Today show to anchor the CBS Evening News, Couric narrated a segment on this morning's Today on the occasion of Mike Wallace's announcement this week that he will be retiring from '60 Minutes'. If you think it's impossible to sustain a gush for five minutes, you obviously weren't watching Katie this morning.
Excerpts from Katie's paen to Wallace:
* He "seems to succeed at everything except slowing down." * "Fearless and willing to ask anything." * "How do you stay so vibrant, so active, so alert and continue to work so hard?" * His departure "leaves big shoes for 60 Minutes to fill." * "His legend will never fade."
Back in the studio, when Lauer observed that "at 88, he is astounding," Katie offered up the ultimate accolade:
"Can I tell you? He's actually downright studly!"
Matt clearly got the 'subliminable' message, replying: "there's the headline right there." Of course Katie didn't let her love-letter be marred by mention of Wallace's liberal bias, as Tim Graham of MRC and NewsBusgters has documented.
So, was this Katie's way of saying 'Adieu NBC; bonjour CBS?'
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 60minutes; cbseveningnews; couric; downrightstudly; lauer; leftofdean; mikewallace; nbc; perkycouric; saddamlover; todayshow
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...
Today Show/NewsBusters love-letter ping.
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posted on
03/15/2006 4:55:59 AM PST
by
governsleastgovernsbest
(Watching the Today Show Since 2002 So You Don't Have To.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Got the bubble-headed bleach-blonde, comes on at nine,
She can tell you 'bout the car bomb, with a gleam in her eye,
"It's good for us when soldiers die,
we need Dirty Laundry!"
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:02:15 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
(My vigor to fight has been renewed.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; Doctor Raoul; hellinahandcart; Lazamataz; dighton
Katie must've been hitting the estrogen pills particularly hard today.
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:02:21 AM PST
by
sauropod
("All you get is controversy, crap and confusion." Alan Simpson defining the WH Pimp Corps.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
If true, this blunder, for CBS, would be on par with truly historic idiocy like I have brought peace in our time or There will be no new taxes...read my lips or my personal favorite, I did not have sex with that woman.
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:02:38 AM PST
by
WorkingClassFilth
(Di'ver'si'ty (adj.): A compound word derived from the root words: division; perversion; adversity.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
It doesn't matter if Katie goes to CBS she is the same liberal whiner she has always been..If they think their rating will go up because of this midget then they had better think again..CBS is stupid if they do hire this liberal whiner they will go even further into the ground..
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:05:09 AM PST
by
Beth528
To: Lil'freeper; big'ol_freeper
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:07:45 AM PST
by
sauropod
("All you get is controversy, crap and confusion." Alan Simpson defining the WH Pimp Corps.)
To: Beth528
"..If they think their rating will go up because of this midget then they had better think again."
- Go, Katie, go! If she thinks that her apparent popularity with the 8 AM "housewives in housecoat" set will transfer over to an evening audience, she'll have as big a surprise as Deborah Norville did when her apparent popularity withered with a change in time slot.
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:22:00 AM PST
by
finnigan2
To: governsleastgovernsbest
"Can I tell you? He's actually downright studly!"
Matt clearly got the 'subliminable' message, and replied with his lips in a pout and a sniffle: "I could be studly, too, if only they would let me wear leather."
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:47:17 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom!)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
["Can I tell you? He's actually downright studly!"]I'm charging pre-workplace sexual harrassment right here and now, through my hideous, gigantenormous hurl.
Good thing I strapped on my Hurl Harness before I checked in, Gov.
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posted on
03/15/2006 5:53:49 AM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; ...
Back in the studio, when Lauer observed that "at 88, he is astounding," Katie offered up the ultimate accolade: "Can I tell you? He's actually downright studly!" LOL ........to paraphrase the lovely and manly Harry Reid yesterday, "Cool your jets", Katie!
LOL!
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posted on
03/15/2006 6:27:10 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(The definition of a 'Targeted Tax Cut' is ........................ you ain't gettin' it)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
"Can I tell you? He's actually downright studly!" Sounds like Katie has a 'daddy complex'!
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posted on
03/15/2006 6:27:14 AM PST
by
Rummyfan
To: governsleastgovernsbest
Someone help me ... !!! Am I the only man on this forum who thinks KC has fabulous legs ? Because with nothing relevant coming out of her mouth I need some reason to tune in.
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posted on
03/15/2006 6:37:03 AM PST
by
dartuser
(My sincere prayer for terrorists everywhere ... may they rest in pieces.)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
To: finnigan2
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:33:18 AM PST
by
Beth528
To: beyond the sea; Petronski; cyborg; TheBigB; The SISU kid; xsmommy; martin_fierro; ...
One Beef Jerky Butt licking another Beef Jerky Butt.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:46:35 AM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Miss Behave
Mike Wallace is better looking.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:49:03 AM PST
by
pissant
To: pissant
OMG, Piss. Yeah, he has better hair and more updated fishnet tights.
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:54:06 AM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: Miss Behave
Has anyone noticed that Couric...dead in the middle of winter and screaming gale winds, still opts for bare legs while conducting interviews?
Also, we're sure she demands the knee-height angle be used multiple times per minute.
Where's Tanya Harding and her ex-husband when we need them? ;^)
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posted on
03/15/2006 7:59:04 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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