Posted on 09/12/2006 11:51:19 AM PDT by pissant
The buzz about Katie Couric has an oddly familiar ring to me. And to Barbara Walters, Connie Chung, Lynn Sherr and Judy Woodruff -- all of us women who have sat in a news anchor chair.
Brian Williams and Charlie Gibson, recent successors to the anchor chairs on NBC and ABC, didn't have anywhere near the same buildup or scrutiny. Nobody mentioned their clothes or hair, and nobody made anything of the fact that Gibson had been on a morning show, but Couric was criticized for not coming from prime-time news. Nobody mentioned the word gravitas. (Couric was accused of not having it.) Nobody made a fuss about Williams and Gibson's salaries, but much was made of Couric's $15 million.
Walters, who is writing her memoirs and has been reliving her TV news days, remembers that when she left NBC in 1976 for the co-anchor evening news job at ABC, she was offered half a million dollars for the anchor job and half a million for four specials a year. She was roundly criticized for making so much money. "I was vilified," said Walters.
At a time of turmoil in the Middle East, she landed interviews with Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir. It was a big coup. "I was killed for it," she said. People asked, "Why is she doing interviews on the evening news?"
Sound familiar?
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Photos???Who are these people of whom you speak?
Sally Quinn, aka Mrs Ben Bradlee, went off the deep end long ago.
Just WHO did all that? Everyone here on FR thought it was a joke and colossal waste of money from the git-go!
I think that should be I was wilified!
Way back in the day, I think she had a position on either 60 Minutes or some other CBS News show, for a short-lived time. Soon after that she married Ben Bradlee of the WaPo, has written forgettable novels (referred to as 'cliterature' by some) and still gets the occassional column in the Compost.
Sally's just trying to set up an excuse for when Katie turns out to be a huge flop.
Ev'rybody's building the big ships and the boats,
Some are building monuments,
Others, jotting down notes,
Ev'rybody's in despair,
Ev'ry girl and boy
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,
Ev'rybody's gonna jump for joy.
Come all without, come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet,
But guarding fumes and making haste,
It ain't my cup of meat.
Ev'rybody's 'neath the trees,
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,
All the pigeons gonna run to him.
Come all without, come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
A cat's meow and a cow's moo, I can recite 'em all,
Just tell me where it hurts yuh, honey,
And I'll tell you who to call.
Nobody can get no sleep,
There's someone on ev'ryone's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,
Ev'rybody's gonna wanna doze.
Come all without, come all within,
You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quinn.
Truer words hath not been spoken...
Tonight's free Speech segment
In our freeSpeech segment tonight, Ahmed Youmis, a director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, discusses what it means to be a Muslim-American and a patriot.
Heels and a 5 inch miniskirt.
There. That's better.
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She's gaining speed on thedown side of the curve.
Very nice!
Hmmm, nice visual...
Didn't the Beatles sing about her?
Love, love me, Dhue....
She should be glad for her ratings. Why would anyone watch, except for Schadenfreude?
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