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CBS shows support for Couric … she’s doomed
Top CBS brass recently held a “pep rally” in support of their albatross of an anchor, Katie Couric. The communist in cotton, also known as Pravda’s sweetheart of the West, Couric’s helped CBS Evening News become a boat anchor instead of being its anchor, and word is that CBS will dump Couric shortly after the 2008 elections.
Heck, Couric’s numbers are lower than Bob Schiffer’s, and he was about 120. The big question is, once they dump Couric, where do they turn next. If CBS were serious about turning it’s news program, I’d suggest they turn to NBC a second time, and hire themselves another morning host.
But not a Today personality; I’m talking Sunday, not weekday. There’s just simply no one better qualified to become a network news anchor than Meet the Press’ Tim Russert. The man may be a former Democrat political operative – and outside of Fox News, what network news guy or gal isn’t? – but Russert has demonstrated an admirable knack for asking tough questions of both Demorats and Republicans. Hiring Russert would give CBS a fighting chance against Brian Williams and Charles Gibson.
There may be a few journalists who have more credibility than Russertt, but they’re all old as the earth and spent their time on Caribbean cruises, not digging up stories anymore.
People trust military more than politicians
I’ve always agreed with Mark Twain that there are three levels of falsehoods: lies, damn lies and statistics. Polls are a universal proof of this; if we went by polls, George W. Bush never would have been nominated, let alone elected, and we’d always elect a Democrat in the White House, just like the Aaron Sorkin-created drama, NBC’s now-defunct The Left Wing (known to most as the West Wing) told us life should be.
But sometimes the media screws up and the truth slips out, as in the recent CBS News-New York Times poll that said America trusts its military leaders like General Patraeus to navigate the US through the clean-up and stabilization operations in Iraq, far more than it trusts any politicians, be they in the White House, the US House, the Senate, or running to be the next resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
At last, some common sense from the media? Nah… that’s too much to hope for. In the meantime, maybe it’s time to offer Hillary a Florida vacation… before the hurricane season is over!
