COURIC FACES PAY CUT;LAYOFFS HIT CBSNEWS (backlash at the Perky One!)

Drudgereport ^ | Wednesday Feburary 03, 2010 | Drudge

[Bigtigermike]

CBSNEWS anchorwoman and 60 MINUTES contributor Katie Couric faces a dramatic pay cut at the network, insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

CBS boss Les Moonves is determined to save money and trim expenses -- from top to bottom -- at the former crown jewel of broadcasting.

Couric, the highest paid TV news personality in history, commands over $14 million a year, plus bumps for non-EVENING NEWS appearances.

But her salary is now in the direct line of fire, network insiders explain, and a populist backlash against Couric's cash is said to be forming inside the newsroom.

"She makes enough to pay 200 news reporters $75,000 a year!" demands a veteran producer. "It's complete insanity."

The angry source continues: "We report with great enthusiasm how much bankers are making, how it is out of step with reality during a recession. We'll look at Katie!"

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Couric's $300,000 a week paycheck has become the obsession of disgruntled CBS staff, just as deep layoffs rock the fishbowl.

Dozens of employees -- including staff members in D.C., San Francisco, Miami, London, Los Angeles and Moscow -- are being let go, the NEW YORK OBSERVER reports.

Couric's current CBS contract expires next year.

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[Freddd]

Will she still be able to afford the Islamic clocks for her daughters?

[Red Badger]

"She makes enough to pay 200 news reporters $75,000 a year!" demands a veteran producer. "It's complete insanity....We report with great enthusiasm how much bankers are making, how it is out of step with reality during a recession. We'll look at Katie!"

Yeah, those "EVIL GREEDY RICH WHITE PEOPLE"...............

[FroggyTheGremlim]

Well, gee, maybe Katie can ask Sarah Palin to lend her some money...

[Bigtigermike]

Ha! I don’t think so! sorry Perky One!

[Red Badger]

Will she still be able to afford the Islamic clocks for her daughters?

.....biting tongue..........low hanging fruit..................

[walford]

On a side note, I have been musing how the vast majority of the wealthy Left got that way via the media, entertainment industry, politics or inheritance.

No wonder their views on economics are so skewed!

[Bigtigermike]

“Well, gee, maybe Katie can ask Sarah Palin to lend her some money”......

Oh, how the tables has turn.....LOL!

[RandallFlagg]

LOL!!

How’s that HOPE and CHANGE workin’ out for ya, Katie?

[RandallFlagg]

Couric's $300,000 a week paycheck has become the obsession of disgruntled CBS staff, just as deep layoffs rock the fishbowl.

Dear CBS,

I'll do her job with a tenth of that pay, AND you'll get better ratings because I'd be reporting the TRUTH.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

"your cant take mah munny. i'm too pahful."

[ladyvet]

Come on Katie, do your part. Bambi said we all gotta have some skin in this game.

[AAABEST]

[sergeantdave]

Give her a mop and bucket, but chain the broom down so she doesn’t fly away.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press. Tears welled in the lifelong reporter’s eyes as he discussed the dwindling number of war correspondents."

Oh, poor Danny boy. We need to save the liberal media. Not!!! I don't see Fox cutting back on it's war coorespondents. Oh that's right, their war coorespondents don't hate America. Probably why people watch them. There's no Ernie Pyles over at the MSM anymore Danny boy...

[Tallguy]

"She makes enough to pay 200 news reporters $75,000 a year!" demands a veteran producer. "It's complete insanity."

A little off-topic, but does this "Veteran Producer" have a clue as to what the true 'cost of employment' is for a person earning a gross salary of 75K? You can't simply take Katie's salary & divide by 75,000 to find out how many people that you could afford on her salary.

If this is the level of economic education at a major Media outlet it is no wonder we get the shoddy reporting that we get.

[Bean Counter]

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

COURIC FACES...

Speaking of Couric faces, the photo on Drudge makes it obvious she's had hers lifted. She looks like a body snatchers replication of herself.

[chiefqc]

Darn, all that makeup to keep her looking perky looking while trying to mask the wrinkles that are showing with advanced age, how will she ever be able to afford the vast amount of money needed?

Oh never mind she is also getting fat, soon she will be fat and ugly.

Life at the top sucks.

[ElPatriota]

..at the former crown jewel of broadcasting. Couric, the highest paid TV news personality in history, commands over $14 million a year...

Geeee... $14 million a year? for a cheerleader?

They deserve to go down the toilet.