[Cicero]

Dumbing it down and tarting it up. Could that possibly be meant as a personal attack on Katie? Surely Rather wouldn't be that mean?

[Wiseghy]

“tart” it up?!!!?

Hmmmm...now what do you suppose he means by that?

“tart”, as in meaning a loose female? A blantantly sexist remark?!!

Naahh...he must have meant merely a “sour candy”.

[Enchante]

Dan Blather knows all about integrity and intelligence in the cause of making up the news.

Instead of dumping on Katie, let’s call on CBS to go further down the path of “dumb it down, tart it up” and hire Paris Hilton as their new celebrity newsreader! That dumb tart would do wonders for both their ratings and their journalistic credibility......