Posted on 09/11/2006 6:32:29 AM PDT by joesbucks
Katie Couric CBS 'EVENING NEWS' premiered with a 9.1 household, metered market rating and fell continuously thereafter: 9.1--7.0--6.5--4.9. Friday's household rating earned Katie third place... Developing...
Katie:Mr. Bill, looks like some bad news today.
Mr. Bill:Oh, noooooooooo........
Katie:Mr. Bill, terrorist have struck again. Katie crushes Mr. Bill
Mr. Bill:Oh, noooooooo.......
4.9 is a raging disaster! Heads will roll at CBS. But later rather than sooner.
How about: "And that's the way we wish it is..."
She could barely get the word terrorist out of her mouth without following up with unconfirmed, speculation and the like.
How about Max Headroom?
Just don't let her sing
I posted this on another thread... but very appropriate here.
9:03
Words used to describe the second attack by the Today crew.
Something Deliberate (Matt)
What are the odds of two seperate planes (Al Roker)
Why is this happening and what in the world is going on? (Katie)
Incident (Katie)
Incident (Katie Again)
Explosion (Caller)
The 2nd Plane Fly In (Katie... kind of like an SUV that drives itself)
9:09
"The question of Terrorist Activity has to surface" (Katie, really)
These idiots took 6 minutes to even conjecture that it could be terrorism on the air.
9:13
Matt still on the small commuter plane story for the first 'impact.'
Deliberate.
After speculating about 'small commuter planes' Katie explains that there are 'unconfirmed reports' about hijackings.
Shocking
Completely unclear
9:16
2nd reference to terrorism. Relating to 1993 bombing.
9:19
Speculation about some kind of 'terrorist' event.
9:20
Reports that the Pentagon is calling it a terrorist attack.
9:20
Katie questioning the concept of 'terror attack.'
Everytime Katie say 'terrorist' it is thick with reluctance.
9:29
Katie has to prompted to 'hijacked'
Quickly followed by
"Unconfirmed, speculation."
Katie is an idiot.
9:33
Andrea Mitchell mentions Osama Bin Ladin
Oh noooooooooooooooo, perky Katie Couric is bombing, say it ain't so !!!
And Mr. Bill does an interview with well known terrorist Sluggo Mohammed.
Bummer.
Really. What a bummer. /sarchasm
This perfectly shows the incompetence and first-reaction response from the MSM. In their PC world, they cannot comprehend the meaning of the words terrorists/war/unprovoked/intentional. They hide behind their PC excuses and lame lamentations later, but the *in-the-moment-live-reporting* says it all.
Roughly 1.5 points per day... in anther 4 days she'll be in negative ratings....
And deservedly so... Her, the folks who decided to bring her in, and those that tried to "HIP" the news should all be summarily fired.
Bob Schieffer honestly was doing a damned good job.. sticking with him and working on improving their credibility and working to end their bias would have improved CBS..... instead they went with a bimbo and fluff.
YES! Good cho... cho.... cho.... choice!!
Noooooooooo..............
I'm rather (snicker) partial to, "...and that's the way we made it up."
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