Posted on 07/08/2007 5:05:39 PM PDT by CAWats
CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Katie Couric is being accused of slapping an editor -- after he injected a word she detested into a script!
"The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small infractions on the set," charges NEW YORK magazine reporter Joe Hagan, in a story set for publication on Monday.
"During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested 'sputum' and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over again' on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasnt kidding."
A top CBS executive tells the DRUDGE REPORT that no formal complaint has been filed against Couric over the incident.
"I sort of slapped him around, Couric admits to the magazine. I got mad at him and said, 'You cant do this to me. You have to tell me when youre going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that.' But she says she has a good relationship with Cipriano. 'We did ban the word sputum from all future broadcasts. It became kind of a joke."
A CBS insider says Couric slapped the staffer in a playful manor.
"Look, it wasn't serious, whatsoever."
The magazine fronts the nearly 6,000-word expose with the headline: "I have days when I'm like, 'Oh my God, What did I do?' KATIE COURIC'S IMPOSSIBLE YEAR"
Developing...
In related news, why does this bring to mind the drool cup from SNL’s ‘Raging Queen’ saga?
SPUTUM... reminds me of REDRUM during “The Shining”...
Good Lord, what an idiot! That is the correct word for such bodily fluid. Does she have a problem with, amniotic fluid, semen, pus, saliva, urine, feces? Okay, pus is gross, but it is the correct term!
Grow the hell up, Katie!
She seems like a vicious pup...
That said. . .am in favor of the banning.
God forbid you use the word ‘perky.’
Given Katy's prior exposure. . .an surprised with her discomfort here; but would bet she has no such distaste for semen.
Or; rather articulating it. . .
“CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Katie Couric is being accused of slapping an editor...”
Phlegm at 11:00
Katie slaps like a girl.
Oh wait, nevermind.
Couric commented on this incident herself, in this very long article. (see page 7 and 8 of article for her comment) The whole article is worth the read, just to learn a little about how she thinks .
So, how is Iceland?
;-)
Maybe she has thrown the ashtray
Expectorant is a more gentle word. I was trying to come up with a less graphic word for the stuff when I posted, but this is Katie Colic/Commie. She’s supposed to be a grown up professional reporting on TB. TB grosses me out faster than sputum does...
Sheesh!
too bad this wasn't known when people used to stand outside the Today Show window holding up signs.
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