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Viewers weren't ready - Katie (Viewers Fault!)
NY Daily News ^

Posted on 07/09/2007 12:35:30 PM PDT by CAWats

"I think one thing that I realized, looking back at it and analyzing it, is people are very unforgiving and very resistant to change," Couric told this week's New York magazine.

The public reassessment marks a huge change for America's Sweetheart, who burst on to the stodgy network news scene last year as its first solo female anchor. But as her "CBS Evening News" ratings have plunged and her bosses mull changes to the show, Couric cast herself as a survivor - so far.

"I've gone through a bit of a feeding frenzy and there's blood in the water and I've got some vulnerabilities," she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blame; cbsnews; conniechungsayshaha; couric
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To: CAWats

I can see another shining face on CBS evening news in the near future.


21 posted on 07/09/2007 12:53:02 PM PDT by wolfcreek (2 bad Tyranny, Treachery and Treason never take a vacation...)
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To: RushCrush
The only time I watched it was when Rush was on during the freedom of speech portion. Even then I TIVO’d it and skipped through to Rush’s part.

Please, I have a question about TIVO. I currently have cable; do I need to subscribe to some kind of TIVO service ala cable? Or is it just a recorder?

22 posted on 07/09/2007 12:53:22 PM PDT by CAWats (Women should be well-behaved)
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To: AU72
Sorry, I just couldn’t get past the crooked mouth. Can’t help but wonder if she had a stroke or bit an electric cord or had one nip/tuck or something like that.
23 posted on 07/09/2007 12:53:28 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter ( Who is the Democrat's George Galloway?)
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To: CAWats

Yeah, it’s OUR fault that you went from a morning show fluffball to trying to succeed at reading the nightly news!

New York Magazine says she hates the word “sputum”. I say people should start yelling “SPUTUM!” at her instead of hello.


24 posted on 07/09/2007 1:00:24 PM PDT by Theresawithanh (With an F, and an R, and an E, and a D, and an F-R-E-D...FRED!!!!!!!!)
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To: CAWats

Oh I was ready! I never watched CBS(or NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc.) News to begin with.


25 posted on 07/09/2007 1:00:25 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: CAWats

You may want to check with your cable provider. Lots of decoder boxes, like Scientific Atlanta models, come with integrated didgital recorders now. Same functionality as a TiVo but supported more directly by your cable company so may make for less service hassles.


26 posted on 07/09/2007 1:05:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: CAWats

The only amazing thing is that this whole slow motion train wreck was soooo predictable to us know-nothings here at FR and comes as such a complete shock to the media geniuses at 30 Rock. Go figure.


27 posted on 07/09/2007 1:08:10 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Rummyfan

OK, Thanks!


28 posted on 07/09/2007 1:11:11 PM PDT by CAWats (Women should be well-behaved)
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To: CAWats

Perhaps America wasn’t ready to accept an anchor with no journalistic credibility and who’se only qualification was that she used to be cute and perky. Face it Katie, your hiring was a stunt by CBS execs in a lame attempt to get ratings based on curiosity.


29 posted on 07/09/2007 1:11:17 PM PDT by Hacklehead
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To: poobear

Also, isn’t a high rating for a show like Today a lot lower than one for the evening news?

It used to be, but I’m not sure about now, since evening news ratings have been falling for 25+ years....


30 posted on 07/09/2007 1:12:16 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: CAWats

Yes if you buy a TIVO you have to subscribe to TIVO’s service for it to work.
If your cable provider gave you a box, it may have the same capability as TIVO, just a clumbsier interface.


31 posted on 07/09/2007 1:15:03 PM PDT by RushCrush (Rush bot. Just waiting for instructions.)
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To: CAWats
Decisioons, Decisions.....

Do I prefer someone telling me it is raining while they are standing and pissing on my leg or squatting on my shoe doing the same?

32 posted on 07/09/2007 1:15:57 PM 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 for us)
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To: VOA

You have watched 60 seconds more that I have.


33 posted on 07/09/2007 1:16:18 PM PDT by alarm rider (Why should I not vote my conscience?)
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To: CAWats

That’s right, Katie, we weren’t ready for you. And you can tell your bitchy buddy Hillary that we’re not ready for her, either.


34 posted on 07/09/2007 1:17:24 PM PDT by hunter112 (Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
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To: Theresawithanh

People who’ve seen the show say that she is truly horrible.

And I sure can’t dis-”sputum”.


35 posted on 07/09/2007 1:17:44 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG (Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
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To: CAWats
I blame the ignorant little peons, for refusing to be lied to anymore by Her Perkiness or CBS. It is after all common knowledge that Katie and CBS Evening News are big propagandist frauds.


36 posted on 07/09/2007 1:18:38 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims.)
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To: Yo-Yo

37 posted on 07/09/2007 1:18:59 PM PDT by CAWats (Women should be well-behaved)
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To: hunter112
Reminds me of that lame song by Don McClean on Vincent Van Gogh "Starry Starry Night"....

 

But I could have told you, Katie,
This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you.

 

Now I think I know what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen,
they're not listening still.
Perhaps they never will...

 

 This world just wasn't ready for Katies greatness <sniff>

38 posted on 07/09/2007 1:22:29 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: CAWats


Alas, Poor Couric
39 posted on 07/09/2007 1:24:27 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: Miss Didi

Thanks for the link!


40 posted on 07/09/2007 1:25:58 PM PDT by CAWats (Women should be well-behaved)
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