 I'm a little biased. I onced worked for CBS, in the company's "Black Rock" building in New York City. When I could, I used to hustle over to the west side studio where Dan Rather produced and anchored the evening news. And I grew up in time to catch the tail end of the great Walter Cronkite, who anchored the news up until 1981, when I was in junior high school. So forgive me if I CURLED UP IN THE FETAL POSITION AND PUKED when CBS hired bubbly Katie ... (ahem) Katherine ... Couric as "the first woman news anchor" to helm a nightly broadcast. See, I also grew up watching "The Today Show," and remember when Bryant Gumbel's co-hosts began to shuffle, ultimately winding up with Couric. In short, she sucked. She is waaaaay too bubbly for my tastes, and she really made Gubel look like a jerk, because it was obvious that he wasn't exactly feeling her either (not because he doesn't like white women ... I mean he left his wife for one ... and then tried to hide his assets ... sorry ...getting off track.) Anyhoo, word on the street is that Katie Couric will soon leave the "tiffany network" for greener pastures, not defiling the very concept of news with her presence. Did I mention that they cut our department at an NBC affiliate in South Florida right around the time they raised that heiffer's salary to $30 million ... and she split for CBS anyway???? Well, I would have too, for that kind of dough ($75 mil, by some accounts) Labels: CBS News, disasters, Katie Couric |
