Paglia blows up Katie Couric

[cmccuist]

Uhh, I agree...

Paglia on Couric in todays Salon:

And let me take this opportunity to say that of all the innumerable print and broadcast journalists who have interviewed me in the U.S. and abroad since I arrived on the scene nearly 20 years ago, Katie Couric was definitively the stupidest. As a guest on NBC's "Today" show during my 1992 book tour, I was astounded by Couric's small, humorless, agenda-ridden mind, still registered in that pinched, tinny monotone that makes me rush across the room to change stations whenever her banal mini-editorials blare out at 5 p.m. on the CBS radio network. And of course I would never spoil my dinner by tuning into Couric's TV evening news show. That sallow, wizened, drum-tight, cosmetic mummification look is not an appetite enhancer outside of Manhattan or L.A. There's many a moose in Alaska with greater charm and pizazz.

Damnnnnn...I haven't heard that severe of a beat-down since The Donald crushed Rosie.

I always thought Couric was at her level best when they had that camera jammed up her arse during that colonscopy. Despite her horrible ratings and multi-million dollar salary, they still keep her around to read the news.

[Danimal16]

Originally Posted by cmccuist

Uhh, I agree...

Damnnnnn...I haven't heard that severe of a beat-down since The Donald crushed Rosie.

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Stick around here.

[legion]

Darn. I thought someone had finally rid the world of that POS. Instead I find she got a tongue-lashing.

[slakjaw]

I do not like her either.

[p911dad]

She should have stayed on the morning beat. She could play up the cute role. There is just something about her that didn't make the transition to the evening news. Maybe too lightweight.

[DaveE]

Yeah, poor Sarah didn't come off looking too bright I guess.........

[Jim Richards]

blow-up doll

[red-beard]

Biden looked worse than Sarah

[Jim Richards]

snow tires

[legion]

Originally Posted by red-beard

biden looked worse than sarah

blasphemer!!!

[BGCarrera32]

I dunno, I got a different slant on Couric and CBS. Its boring, monotone, pretty dull...like the news should be. I don't want infotainment. I can't stand Brian Williams on NBC, cocks his head to the side, jaw disposition going..."Tonight...Backyard trampolines. Childhood fun activity or vicious backyard killers?"

[red-beard]

I cannot remember the last time I watched a full Network News show on ABC, NBC, CBS or CNN.

I did listen to NPR for years, an hour to work and an hour home. Until the war in Bosnia. I could not listen to a full hour of them blathering on the snipers, etc. I switched to Howard Stern.

[legion]

Have you not seen Couric furrow her brow as she attacks a politician she does not like (read: Republican).

Yet when she interviews a politician she LOVES (read: Democrat), her face lights up and she asks only softball, touchy-feely questions.

[Jim Richards]

rainbow trout

[DaveE]

I get all flustered when someone asks me what I read..............

What a mean question.

[legion]

I'd put Katie as a type 7:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Chart

[9dreizig]

Originally Posted by legion

Darn. I thought someone had finally rid the world of that POS. Instead I find she got a tongue-lashing.

My tongue would never touch that!!! She's definately a C U Next Tues. woman...

[rouxroux]

Originally Posted by legion

I'd put Katie as a type 7:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Chart

[lendaddy]

Originally Posted by DaveE

I get all flustered when someone asks me what I read..............

What a mean question.

Well that's because you don't read silly.

[DaveE]

Exactly............................