Posted on 01/16/2005 8:24:56 AM PST by Phsstpok
NBC NEWS TODAY SHOW CO-HOST KATIE COURIC HAS BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT CBS NEWS ANCHOR JOB, NETWORK SOURCE TELLS TIME Sun Jan 16 2005 11:00:51 ET
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CBS Rumored to be Interested in ABC News Nightline Anchor Ted Koppel
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CBS Rising Star Mika Brzezinski, Daughter of President Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, is Dark Horse Candidate
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CNN’s Anderson Cooper Could Be in Running
New York – Four CBS News staff members lost their jobs last week in the wake of an independent-panel report that found serious flaws in the journalism that led to a 60 Minutes Wednesday story about President Bush’s National Guard service. One person who keeps his job is Dan Rather—at least until his previously announced retirement as Evening News anchor takes place in March (he’ll continue to report for 60 Minutes). The denouement of CBS’s journalistic failure has cast a new light on the search for Rather’s successor, making it more likely, in the view of some, that the network will seek an outsider for the job, TIME’s Sean Gregory reports.
The latest handicapping:
Katie Couric A network source tells TIME the Today Show co-anchor has been approached about the job. If she could be persuaded to jump, CBS would have to wait 16 months—when her NBC contract is up. But the network could name an old hand like Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer or Early Show host Harry Smith as a caretaker until then.
Ted Koppel The Nightline king’s contract ends later this year, and CBS is rumored to be interested in him. But would the ABC vet want the job? At least he wouldn’t have to worry about competing with Letterman.
John Roberts CBS’s chief White House correspondent was the early favorite and is still in the mix. But CBS insiders say the longer the search drags on, the less likely he will get the job.
Scott Pelley The 60 Minutes Wednesday correspondent is an ace reporter, but he may have hurt himself with comments to the New York Observer that seemed to disparage Roberts.
Mika Brzezinski The CBS correspondent (and daughter of President Carter’s National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski) is a dark horse candidate, possibly as part of an anchor team.
Anderson Cooper The rising CNN star (who also works for 60 Minutes Wednesday) could be in the running, especially if the long-rumored CNN-CBS merger moves ahead.
Developing...
I cannot stand perky Katie
The socialist mainstream media(SMSM)is finished, doesn't matter who they hire.
No problem. I'm happy to see CBS fall flat on its face.
Now that I would watch!
With the size of the credibility hole in the CBS ship, rearranging the deck chairs will not prevent its sinking.
My sources (who haven't been correct ever) are talking about David Gregory........ They say he's younger, will be around longer. Can be contracted cheaper that other self serving gold diggers..........
Ya know, if CBS really wanted to shake things up, they'd get Don Imus.
Seriously, a great choice and a great American would be Brian Lamb. (Imus could fill in for him if need be)
Umm... no.. no...and no. She is not 20 anymore.
I've been criticized for not putting "barf alert" on titles that make people gag. You deserve the same criticism for leaving it off this Couric column. Couric as anchor? Gag me with a microphone!
David Gregory is brilliant. Wouldn't be a bad choice.
Agreed, I would happily watch Katie Couric and CBS News go down together. I hope they hire her and Matt Lauer, too.
Katie Couric. To paraphrase Ann Coulter, "the Eva Braun of the MSM."
Couric is Madame Mao, a freekin' hate-filled socialist radical in designer clothes and the most insincere smile in all of the MSM bizarro world. THIS is CBS's attempt to be "fair and balanced"?????
Not sure of his politics but being a presstitute I can guess. Albeit moot as he'll be spoon fed the lies anyway etc etc he'll present a better first image IMHO vs the old washed up dinosaur's like BrokeKawKaw or Lemmings.....
Brit is just about the only one qualified for the job, IMO.
I would, too.
Our Katie Couric, that perky one
You won’t believe what she’s done
Just look and you’ll see
She shows her butt right on TV
We are sure it will win the sweeps
Though, of course, it gives you the creeps
Children all watch…they’re filled with glee
It’s Katie’s colonoscopy
The nurses are screaming…a nightmare they’re dreaming
Their fear they cannot restrain
The doctor just found Katie’s brain
So Katie’s now the butt of their jokes
Inside her each doctor pokes
They cannot believe their eyes
The viewer’s getting a big surprise
They say she has made history
Something like this you’ll never see
One screams out, “I can’t concur
Most Democrats are just like her”
The nurses are screaming…a nightmare they’re dreaming
Their fear they cannot restrain
The doctor just found Katie’s brain
They stitch her up…it’s finally done
She’ll take time off out in the sun
People say each time they pass
Hey, we know your head’s in your ***
The nurses are screaming…a nightmare they’re dreaming
Their fear they cannot restrain
The doctor just found Katie’s brain
The nurses are screaming…a nightmare they’re dreaming
Their fear they cannot restrain
The doctor just found Katie’s brain
CBS has completely lost it.
Out of their frippin' mind.
Let's see... in the hierarchy, what is below "irrelevant ?
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