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Posted on 03/16/2006 6:54:34 AM PST by jdm
**Exclusive**
CBS President Les Moonves is convinced Katie Couric is the right person for the job of CBS EVENING NEWS anchor -- despite warnings from top management that the move could have lackluster results, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
As Couric just now enters a legal window where she can entertain a move to CBS, excitement and anxiety is building inside the fishbowl at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.
And not everyone is rooting for a Katie Couric revolution at the house of Morrow.
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Nervous executives at CBS have been examining tapes of Couric from August 2001 -- and nitpicking her performance -- when she substituted for a vacationing Tom Brokaw.
"Politely put, It's just not there," warned a top CBS suit who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Look, why do you think NBC passed her over for Brian Williams? They can say she was worth more to them in the mornings, but I really think it came down to how she came off in the [anchor] chair.
"She is not identified with CBS, and she is not identified with 'news'... it will be an uphill challenge for her here. Maybe Les will have her doing the news on a couch."
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CBS is fully prepared to offer Couric the anchor chair at CBS, plus a rotating seat at 60 MINUTES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Moonves has told senior staff that Couric will be made to feel welcome, and CBS NEWS cannot be afraid of change.
"Look we are only 600,000 viewers away from catching and passing ABC, I maintain now is not the time for this," explained one executive, who would work daily with Couric if she made the move.
"I am not being sexist here," said a third Couric detractor at CBS NEWS, who also spoke on condition he not be named. "I am looking at all of this with a very open mind. But I am worried."
Developing...
LOL
King Solomon might have a solution...
Katie is a pontificating twit. No one is ever going to take her seriously, which in way is a good thing.
RUN KATIE RUN
Perfectly put in your post ;-)
"...excitement and anxiety."
It will be perfect for CBS. Another liberal lightweigt. The Oprah/Today Show housewives don't watch the evening news anyway, and even most liberal men who still watch the ABCCBSNBC claptrap hate this dolt. A perfect career sinker.
Speaking of 2001:
After a sympathetic taped interview conducted by NBC’s Jim Cummins of Yates’ mother and brother on yesterday’s program, Couric told viewers where to send their contributions to the confessed child killer’s legal defense fund. NBC put the address on the screen for viewers to see.
I think Moonves has about 3 more years left before CBS tosses him out of a moving vehicle.
OUCH!, A doublt bitch slap of Katie Couric and Brian 'Tanman' Williams.
There are pictures of Couric in USA Today today, taken at some fundraiser last night. Looks like she's had her eyes done.... she is completely unrecognizable.
Oh, let her have the damned job, nobody cares or is watching anyway.
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Go for it Les. You the man.
Or something like that. I hear it's hard to get ahead in the news biz these days.
LOL...they're fighting to see who can get the best view on the Titanic as it's going down.
My tagline is a direct quote from one of those SeeBS executives.
"doing the news" -- never heard "it" called "that."
She seems way more CNN than CBS.
Who is katie couric? Doesn't she do infomercials or something? Thigh squeezers?
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