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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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To: DCPatriot
OK.
Sounds like more "feel-good" news, ore "people-oriented" news .....
So, it's going to become Oprah-light format ....
More Entertainment Tonight and Hollywood gossip?
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:29:54 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: DCPatriot
"The audience is more sophisticated than we give them credit for..."This reeks of condescension.
To: RexBeach
She surely won't be happy losing that camera angle flattering her stocking-free legs.
Maybe she'll insist on reading the news from a barstool?
Katie Couric's 1st demand? BURN THE MODESTY PANEL on the desk.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:32:20 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: BluH2o
Wow. I just said the same thing...:)
To: mcvey
Very well said, not to worry :)
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:34:06 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(FRee Charles Hendrickson!!)
To: DCPatriot
Katie is just trying to lower expectations. She knows she can't deliver the news with any authority so she spins that approach as "pretentious"...
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:38:42 AM PDT
by
runfree
To: DCPatriot
You know, if she does the news from a barstool, that might me to watch once or twice!
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:39:27 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: varina davis
"Couric hopes to end `pretentious era' in news"
"Couric is the epitome of pretentious."
Exactly. This grinning primate is aping Billary, as when they promised "the most ethical administration ever."
To: runfree
I honestly think she believes that by interjecting ad-libbed moments into the half hour that she will bring some more levity to her position.
It may work for a bit but not in the long run, IMO.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:47:01 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: RexBeach
"You know, if she does the news from a barstool..."No Hillary-type pantsuits allowed, of course.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:49:17 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: DCPatriot
"Science and Military channels " Excellent!
I love the Military channel. They show lots of stuff blowing up. Real good.
The History channel is good too.
To: DCPatriot
"The audience is more sophisticated than we give them credit for" said Couric Isn't this the same as "you're smarter than I think you are"? With an attitude like that, Couric is not long for this job.
To: DCPatriot
People want a multidimensional (news anchor) and not someone they can put in a box. Oh yeah...says who?
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:51:21 AM PDT
by
zlala
("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." -Dwight D. Eisenhower)
To: zlala
Multidimensional.....this ought to be interesting.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:53:57 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: governsleastgovernsbest
This ought to keep you busy GLGB!
She'll have you indicted as a stalker if you're too hard on her.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:56:28 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: DCPatriot
Multidimensional..... Yeah...is her newz broad (hee hee) cast going to come with 3-D glasses?
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:57:46 AM PDT
by
zlala
("History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." -Dwight D. Eisenhower)
To: DCPatriot
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:57:51 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: RobbyS
Could be. I won't pretend to know what's going on in Katie's little head.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:58:06 AM PDT
by
VadeRetro
(Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
To: DCPatriot
[ "The audience is more sophisticated than we give them credit for -- they don't want a mechanical Ted Baxter," said Couric, ]
LoL... You can't make this stuff up... LoL..
If anyone WAS Ted Baxter it was Blather and now COURIC!?...
MsM news is being held hostage by comedians...
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:58:36 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
To: tracer
If you have to say that you are all those things, well, the chances are you ain't any of 'em.
Fred Rogers really was a friend of mine, and Katie ain't no Fred Rogers.
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posted on
06/02/2006 8:58:57 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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