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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 ...


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KEYWORDS: affableevabraun; couric; evabraun; irony; lol; missperky; seebsnews
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To: avacado

--- 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. ---

What does that quote mean? "Two separate spins?" The MSM 90% of the time only reports the liberal slant on things.

Hey Katie, how about how your new network lied through its teeth on the bogus Bush National Guard story? Where were the "two separate spins?"

Liberal whore.


161 posted on 06/03/2006 7:08:58 AM PDT by GianniV
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To: SamAdams_Lite

--Can't wait for the 'humanistic' heart-rendering stories of victims of affirmative action, software engineers losing their jobs to H1B imports, of Americans dying in emergency rooms while illegal aliens get priority treatment.--

Hilarious! How about a 'humanistic' story about the crime victims in Houston, Atlanta and other cities who took in these Katrina evacuees?

Katie Couric - stuck on stupid.


162 posted on 06/03/2006 7:13:41 AM PDT by GianniV
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To: DCPatriot

Hey Katie, if you "cared" so much, why not report on the millions of unborn babies killed every year in this country and billions of dollars abortion "doctors" make murdering them?

How about the truth Katie?


163 posted on 06/03/2006 7:32:16 AM PDT by GianniV
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To: DCPatriot

Yeah,right!I heard her brag about her"hard-hitting"interviews(except when HildeBeast,etc.etc.,was the subject)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


164 posted on 06/03/2006 7:35:21 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: avacado

Excuse me while I go and BARF!!!


165 posted on 06/03/2006 7:36:32 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: elhombrelibre

They (LiboCrites)actually think that they are MAINSTREAM!Their collective Disconnect is breathtaking!!


166 posted on 06/03/2006 7:39:00 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: mcvey

I can just imagine how she will cover The War on Terror!She'd do a story on how the fine art of beheading is once again being taught to young people!!


167 posted on 06/03/2006 7:43:06 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: DCPatriot
Pronunciation Key (pr-tnshs) adj. 1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. 2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

We define you decide

168 posted on 06/03/2006 7:46:37 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: bmwcyle

Good one!


169 posted on 06/03/2006 7:50:33 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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To: DCPatriot

When a liberal states they are not doing or being something, they have defined themselves.


170 posted on 06/03/2006 7:53:27 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Only stupid people would vote for McCain, Warner, Hagle, Snowe, Graham, or any RINO)
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To: mcvey

Right, I would rather be cuddled than have respect for those who "keep the gates" of the news they allow us to hear.

Like all those budding teachers of 20-30 years ago that wanted "their" students to call them by their first names. That was really successful.

Actually, the more I think about it - given the drivel babbled by both teachers and news readers - it is a good thing that their audiences don't respect them.


171 posted on 06/03/2006 7:56:44 AM PDT by Let's Roll ( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
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To: Let's Roll
Like all those budding teachers of 20-30 years ago that wanted "their" students to call them by their first names. That was really successful.

Actually, the more I think about it - given the drivel babbled by both teachers and news readers - it is a good thing that their audiences don't respect them.

Cuddly-wuddly courses leading to students who can't bear the real world leading to cuddly-wuddly newscasters who simply reinforce the delusions of the adults who want to live in playrooms. rhetorical How did we get in this mess? /rhetorical McVey

172 posted on 06/03/2006 10:03:49 AM PDT by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: bandleader

Ahh, what DOES one wear to a beheading?


173 posted on 06/03/2006 10:04:39 AM PDT by mcvey (Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
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To: DCPatriot

This spells the end of facts. Not to mention logic.

Nothing but mush from now on. And Algore. Couric loves him and has basically annointed him as the next Prez.


174 posted on 06/03/2006 10:09:18 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: mcvey

The latest Burkha from Bergdorf's?


175 posted on 06/03/2006 11:26:50 AM PDT by bandleader
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

ping


176 posted on 06/05/2006 10:39:20 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: DCPatriot
And now....

The CBS Evening News with Katherine Couric.

177 posted on 06/05/2006 10:43:16 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
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