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Couric hopes to end "pretentious era" in news
Reuters ^
| June 2, 2006
| Kimberly Nordyke
Posted on 06/02/2006 6:54:37 AM PDT by DCPatriot
LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Katie Couric hopes to bring a "humanistic, more accessible" approach to her job when she takes over as anchor and managing editor at "CBS Evening News" in September, she said Thursday.
Addressing the annual convention of CBS affiliates, Couric predicted that the "pretentious era" of the evening-news anchor is going to be a thing of the past.
"The audience is more sophisticated than we give them credit for -- they don't want a mechanical Ted Baxter," said Couric, whose last day as co-anchor of NBC's "Today" was Wednesday. "I'm a serious, caring, compassionate person. I hope that comes out. ... People want a multidimensional (news anchor) and not someone they can put in a box."
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: affableevabraun; couric; evabraun; irony; lol; missperky; seebsnews
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"I'm a serious, caring, compassionate person. I hope that comes out. ... People want a multidimensional (news anchor) and not someone they can put in a box." I keep "hearing" her patent ambush...."Some people say that you......"
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:54:40 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
To: DCPatriot
Ah, gee, warm fuzzy-wuzzy news. I feel, well, just so cuddled.
And the dumbing down of America continues.
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:56:03 AM PDT
by
mcvey
(Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
To: DCPatriot
People Magazine meets the evening news.
Forgive me if I never watch it. Again.
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:57:14 AM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
"I'm a serious, caring, compassionate person. I hope that comes out. ... People want a multidimensional (news anchor) and not someone they can put in a box."
Here it comes...
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:57:27 AM PDT
by
tje
To: DCPatriot
Translation of Couric's comments: "The news still isn't liberal enough. We need to stop pretending we're reporting facts at all and go with the 'All demagoguery, all the time' strategy from now on."
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:57:56 AM PDT
by
TChris
("Wake up, America. This is serious." - Ben Stein)
To: DCPatriot
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:58:08 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: DCPatriot
--- Asked by Stahl why many viewers may have lost their trust in the media, Couric said she thinks that the media are "held captive by spin," choosing to repeat "two separate spins" rather than search for the facts in a story. --- Bless her little lying liberal heart. BARF!
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:58:12 AM PDT
by
avacado
To: DCPatriot
More news "from the female perspective."
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:58:52 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: DCPatriot
Sounds like she's taking lessons from Hollery.
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posted on
06/02/2006 6:59:32 AM PDT
by
dmw
To: DCPatriot
"There are those who say..."
"Wouldn't you agree that...."
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:00:10 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: mcvey
"Couric hopes to end "pretentious era" in news" However, news from the "pretending era" will continue.
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:00:14 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: mcvey
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:00:15 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: DCPatriot
I keep "hearing" her patent ambush...."Some people say that you......" Sorry Katie, but I never respond to unattributed quotes. Would you care to be more specific?
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:00:19 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: DCPatriot
Whew, she's full of hooey and herself. These Liberals like Courics are sooo self-important.
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:00:38 AM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
To: DCPatriot
...bwhahahaha!!!. And still Coco Couric will be reading her *caring, compassionate person* words from a teleprompter. No, katy, we don't buy it.
To: DCPatriot
Katie Couric hopes to bring a "humanistic, more accessible" approach to her job when she takes over as anchor...I'm a serious, caring, compassionate person. I hope that comes out... I absolutely believe that Couric will hold to this pledge to Oprah-ize the news so that liberalism, and its worship of emotions and feelings, will dominate. In contrast, anything conservative will be viewed as harsh, and evil, lacking compassion.
Mark my words. You watch. (I won't.)
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:01:13 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(The beatings will continue until morale improves!)
To: DCPatriot
The audience is more sophisticated than we give them credit for -- Patronizing with a dash of condescension thrown in for good measure ... typical Couric.
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:02:02 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: DCPatriot
"Couric hopes to end "pretentious era" in news"
ROFL. Is there anyone more pretentious (and contentious) than this smug, arrogant, condescending stupid twit?
Please, save me.
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:02:21 AM PDT
by
garyhope
To: DCPatriot
So, Katie, Dan Rather was Ted Baxter?
Thinking about it, their voices were similar, but Rather was hard to take seriously.
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:02:44 AM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
To: avacado
Bless her little lying liberal heart.No thank you. I'll pass on that. ;^)
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posted on
06/02/2006 7:03:08 AM PDT
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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