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CBS, Couric Likely to Split
WSJ ^
| April 9, 2008
| By REBECCA DANA
Posted on 04/09/2008 4:57:06 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
After two years of record-low ratings, both CBS News executives and people close to Katie Couric say that the "CBS Evening News" anchor is likely to leave the network well before her contract expires in 2011 -- possibly soon after the presidential inauguration early next year.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; cbsnews; couric; fired; katietheclown
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I wonder if they're wooing Walter Cronkite out of retirement.
To: JohnLongIsland
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posted on
04/09/2008 4:58:44 PM PDT
by
MARTIAL MONK
(I'm waiting for the POP!)
To: JohnLongIsland
The skank is in the tank. So is the MSM.
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posted on
04/09/2008 4:58:52 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
(Immigration without assimilation means the death of this nation~Captainpaintball)
To: JohnLongIsland
To: JohnLongIsland
Les Moonbat should be relegated to the CBS cave..
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:00:11 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: JohnLongIsland
Jimmy Carter needs a new gig, and he’d fit right in...
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:00:25 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: JohnLongIsland
Great call by CBS. They will replace her, but not till the end of the election just so they can have another dem cheerleader rahh-rahhing for them into Nov.
I’m sure whoever they get to replace perky Katie will be another dem shill. I know. I bet it will be Olbermann.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:00:37 PM PDT
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: JohnLongIsland
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:00:50 PM PDT
by
They'reGone2000
(And I DON'T want to have to change my name to They'reBack2008!)
To: MARTIAL MONK
Rather messed in the nest.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:01:33 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fourth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: JohnLongIsland
I’m surprised CBS didn’t axe this idiot after the first season. She gives straw for brains blondes a bad name.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:01:56 PM PDT
by
infantrywhooah
(Hold your nose and vote in November. Even McCain is better than the alternatives)
To: JohnLongIsland
But she dresses so well!
Isn’t that what counts?
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; backhoe; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Caipirabob; ...
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:03:47 PM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
To: abb
By the end of this decade or shortly thereafter, television networks as we know them today will cease to exist. They will be just another url on the world wide web competing against millions of others.
Network evening newscasts will go dark after the ‘08 elections and their news divisions disbanded.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:04:17 PM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
To: JohnLongIsland
Katie should be the next Editor of the NY Times..... they’re always in need of a great journalistic talent.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:05:16 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Hillary: I brought peace to Northern Ireland, I dodged sniper bullets in Bosnia....... HUH???)
To: abb
More from the article:
Assuming the two part ways, it’s unclear what will happen to either the “Evening News” or Ms. Couric. CBS executives are investigating which prominent news personalities are nearing the end of their contracts.
One possible new job for the Ms. Couric: succeeding Larry King at CNN. Mr. King, who is 74 years old, has a contract with the network into 2009. CNN President Jon Klein, a CBS veteran with close ties to some at the network, has expressed admiration for Ms. Couric’s work, and the two are friends. They had lunch in late January, and the anchor attended Mr. Klein’s birthday party in March. Time Warner Inc.’s CNN said, “Larry King is a great talent who consistently delivers the highest profile guests, and we have no plans to make a change.” Through a publicist, Mr. King declined to comment.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:06:50 PM PDT
by
abb
(Organized Journalism: Marxist-style collectivism applied to information sharing)
To: JohnLongIsland
"Sleep tight, Katie"
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:10:23 PM PDT
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: JohnLongIsland
Katie was a bust from day one ... her liberal handlers at CBS knew it but wouldn't admit it ... now they're looking for way out that won't make them out to be the incompetent jerks they really are.
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:10:39 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: abb
How soon after the 08 elections do you think this will happen?
To: JohnLongIsland
and the RATS, take another one in the..................HA ha!!!
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posted on
04/09/2008 5:16:11 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: JohnLongIsland
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