Katie Couric: Perky and Cute, But Smart, Informed and Liberal, Too (Pew Poll on Nightly News)

Pew Research Center ^ | 8/24/06 | n/a

[frankjr]

Though Katie Couric has yet to take her seat as the new CBS Evening News anchor, the former Today show co-host is already a more familiar personality than her NBC and ABC counterparts. Asked to give their general impressions of each of the three TV journalists in a single word, 66% could offer up an opinion of Couric, compared with fewer than half who could offer a response for Brian Williams or for Charles Gibson.

By wide margins, most Americans who know them have positive things to say about each of the new evening news anchors – good is by far the most mentioned word for all three. However, the more specific words used to describe Katie Couric have a decidedly different tone. Perky, cute, nice, energetic, bubbly, and fluffy were among the most frequently offered impressions of Couric, but they were offered along with knowledgeable, informed, smart and fair....

[frankjr]

What words do you most associate with Katie Couric????

[rocksblues]

Who the F*** cares. I dont watch the 6 o'clock news!

[MHGinTN]

Dumb as a concrete fence post.

[stm]

#$*&%@#&, $#(^^#, #$*))^^#$ and most of all (*^^&%^&(())

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Yep, I can believe this came from a Pee-eww poll. I'd rather watch Enzyte commercial than have that skiff Couric on my TV. She's about as cute as a 12-lb bag of crap.

[UB355]

proctologist

[small voice in the wilderness]

A barracuda with a ponytail.

[Argus]

The Devil Wears Prada.

[Redcloak]

"Large intestine"

[originalbuckeye]

How about smug and smirky??

[operation clinton cleanup]

Macaca?

[WorkingClassFilth]

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[Humbug]

words i associate with Kate: wWoOlOfL

[BulletBobCo]

What words do you most associate with Katie Couric????

Here's what words that I most associate with Couric......... Comment #14 Removed by Moderator

[stm]

Foghorn Leghorn would say, "Ah say, ah say, that girl Katie Couric's about as sharp as a bowlin' ball....lay her brain on the edge of a razor blade and it'd look like a jellybean rollin' down a four lane highway....Jeesh"

[frankjr]

"#$*&%@#&, $#(^^#, #$*))^^#$ and most of all (*^^&%^&(())"

I'm sorry, that is not on my list of options...I'll put you down for a "Good".

Thank you for your participating in this P.U. survey.

[stylin19a]

"Some say...."

[BulletBobCo]

Comment #18 Removed by Moderator

[small voice in the wilderness]

That girl's brain's so thin, it only has one side.

[EyeGuy]

Wouldn't recognize Couric, Williams or Gibson if I passed them on the street.

Except in their own minds and those of their fellow elites, they are so very unimportant and irrelevant.