Posted on 09/07/2007 7:07:58 AM PDT by toddlintown
As she broadcasts from Baghdad and Damascus this week, making what is arguably her biggest stab at "serious" news-anchordom, it's plain to see Ms. Couric has little to do with the venerable -- and increasingly out-of-sync -- traditions of the evening news program. While her makeup may be a tad off as she broadcasts from war-torn Iraq, interviewing generals, villagers and Army regulars, Katie remains the perky inquisitor. Her style seems more appropriate for soccer moms and boomers still trying to be hip, not the creaky oldsters who typically flock to the evening newscasts.
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I hear there’s one more opening on “The View”.
Little Katie Koran is not right for anything, including America, just like Dan Rather and CBS itself.
Just a thought.
Has that changed, I wonder...?
The management at CBS has one over riding requirement for their news people, a Liberal point of view. Katy has that. All the rest is fluff.
Katie will be gone sometime in early 2008.
Children, especially disagreeable ones are always addressed by their first names.
CBS ought to run the broadcast at a time when younger viewers (we mean 49 and below) are home from work. Force the affiliates to move the newscast to 7:30.
Katie has been reading DNC talking points at breakfast to soccer Moms, etc. but now the remote is in the hands of the men.
Hint to CBS and whoever wrote this for Advertising Age: There is a reason why Dr. Phil and Oprah come on "before" the Evening news.
Every time the show goes to commercial, we are bombarded with ads for drugs, pills and other solutions to the ravages of time. Media buyers apparently believe Ms. Couric's viewers are achy and wheezy. They also have restless legs, prostate trouble, breathing problems, too much cholesterol and are at risk for having a heart attack. They need Advair, Requip, Lipitor and Lunesta. Even an ad for Oreos shown during the "Evening News" features a grandfatherly figure trying to teach a child how to dunk the famous cookies.
Reminds me of how we used to joke about the Lawrence Welk Show being sponsored by Geritol, Polident, Poligrip, Centrum Silver and Depends.
Poor Kewpie... just doesn’t get any respect from the people she looks down upon...
Fox canceled its reality show about a blond bimbo trying to make it as an anchorwoman after one episode, because it was too similar to CBS version of the same show, “The CBS Evening News”.
Of course the whole premise was ridiculous but it did give BOR a chance to interview her about the show while he was leering and drooling at the same time. Who says Bill can't multi-task?
Katie Couric: Right Anchor for Wrong Boat
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