KATIE COURIC HAS BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT CBS NEWS ANCHOR JOB (Time via Drudge)

DrudgeReport (from Time) ^ | 1/16/2005 | Various

[KoRn]

That would be insane LOL! Her obvious liberal bias aside, she is NOT news anchor material.

[AlexW]

Whatever CBS does is fine with me...
I have not seen any network programing in over 5 years.

It is all such a big waste.

[Texas Songwriter]

If this is the direction they are going, they need to keep Rather.

[leadpenny]

Another good choice would be Charles McCord of the Imus in the Morning program. He is a great news reader.

[JOE6PAK]

[CFC__VRWC]

I personally think the entire list is a steaming load, but I do think John Roberts is definitely out. He's just too closely identified with Rather, and he does have a piece of the forged memos story.

The one thing I will say about the list - clearly CBS has no intention of correcting any bias. But, the only people who actually watch CBS News any more are hard core Bush-hating leftists, so they can (legitimately) argue that they're merely giving their audience what it wants, all the while (illegitimately) denying that any bias problem exists. Hey, their handpicked "investigative panel" said they weren't biased, so what is there to fix?

[Mr. K]

Hmmmm not a single person associated with any Republicans, but a few closely tied to democraps...

hmmmm,...

[Albion Wilde]

"Only because Ethel Rosenberg is dead."

LOL!!! Nice one!

[VOYAGER]

KATIE COURIC HAS BEEN APPROACHED ABOUT CBS NEWS ANCHOR JOB!

Wouldn't that be the natural progression since "Pukie" Katy Couric is the next rung down beneath the likes of who she would replace?

[beyond the sea]

I laughed out loud when I just saw this over on Drudge. SeeBS will never learn if this is true. What does Ann Coulter call her?

LOL

SeeBS and Couric -- a perfect match!

[SE Mom]

David Gregory is undoubtedly a bright man- yet I've never witnessed him attempt to hide his bias.

[TomGuy]

Before I got cable, I would see Cooper in the wee morning hours. IIRC, he was on ABC over-night news, so he was on around 4-5 a.m.

He was watchable; didn't seem to be agenda oriented. But that time slot is more of a 'break in' for new news-readers. It isn't until they get more exposure in the prime time that their true colors/leanings come out.

Cooper vaguely reminds me of Frank Reynolds, whom I always enjoyed watching when he was the evening anchor.

[beyond the sea]

But the network could name an old hand like Face the Nation’s Bob Schieffer or Early Show host Harry Smith as a caretaker

They could use a caretaker for CBS!

[George W. Bush]

[Katie]...Only because Ethel Rosenberg is dead.

; )

Man, that's cold. Best one-liner I've seen lately.

[Timeout]

Whatever happened to Lester Holt? I thought he would be on their list and, frankly, I think he'd make an excellent anchor.

CBS would get mucho kudos for having the first A-A anchor. I can't imagine that he's not on the list.

[The PeteMan]

*YAWN* Don't watch it now, haven't watched it before, won't watch it in the future....

[TruthWillWin]

Couric?

Might as well also add Michael Moore to the staff as an investigative reporter.

[FastCoyote]

"Conservatives despise her as much as Rather."

I believe you have misunderestimated the animosity towards Couric. I think she blows Rather away on the Hate-O-Meter. Couldn't be a better choice for the CBS Titanic.

[beyond the sea]

Heather Nauert

[TomGuy]

That is true.

Most of these kinds of stories are PR department lead balloons to see what the public/industry reactions might be.

Remember, that a month or so ago, the top circulated name was Tim Russert, and he didn't even make the list in this Drudge release.

What night is Drudge's program on? Oh, yeh....TONITE!!! Co-inki-dink?????