I’ve always said that when you listen to Katie Couric, as with the state-run CBC, you actually become dumber as time ticks along. I actually say this about a lot of liberals, but today it’s all about Couric, who is becoming the permanent replacement for Dan Rather, who as we know would rather be an advisor to Al Gore or John Kerry.
Above is a still-capture I managed to grab from this morning’s Today Show liberal hour.
Katie Couric is perhaps best known to me as being an Ann Coulter loather, as exemplified by a hilarious interview she once did with Ann Coulter on the Today Show, in 2002, in which Ann left her looking, well, like Katie Couric. Ann had called her the “affable Eva Braun of morning television” in her book Slander. I think Katie Couric describes Ann Coulter as a right-wing telebimbo, or words to that effect.
Couric leaving NBC for CBS; will be first woman to solely anchor evening news
NEW YORK (AP) – On her 15th anniversary on Today, Katie Couric told viewers Wednesday she was leaving NBC to join CBS and become the first woman to solely anchor a U.S. network evening newscast.
“I wanted to tell all of you out there . . . that after listening to my heart and my gut . . . I’ve decided I’ll be leaving Today at the end of May,” she said. “I really feel as if we’ve become friends through the years.”
The 49-year-old Couric, the longest-serving anchor in Today show history, is expected to replace Bob Schieffer on the third-rated CBS evening news broadcast in September.
Following a months-long guessing game that has consumed the TV industry, Couric chose the 15th anniversary of her first day as Today co-host in 1991 to say that it’s time for a change.
“It’s been such an honour and a privilege to occupy this seat for as long as I have,” she said.
“Sometimes I think change is a good thing,” Couric added. “Although it may be terrifying to get out of your comfort zone, it’s also very exciting to start a new chapter in your life.”
Co-host Matt Lauer told Couric that it was “hard to imagine being here and not having you sitting next to us.”
The bold move simultaneously forces NBC to find a new team for Today, television’s most profitable news program, and gives CBS News president Sean McManus a major success in his effort to lure more stars to his beleaguered news organization.
Meredith Vieira of the daytime chat show The View has emerged as the leading candidate to team with Lauer. Vieira, a former CBS News reporter who won a Daytime Emmy as host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, had previously turned down offers to return to news since joining The View.
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