This is just a desperate attempt to rehabilitate Dan Rather and make him look like a serious newsman. Apparently Emo Phillips wasnt able to close the deal, so Katies agent stepped in and the rest is history.

I betcha 100 bucks there is no CBS news a year after she starts in the gig.

( jeez, they just read the news for gods sake...)

It shows that news is secondary. I'm sick of the stupid blah-blah-blah that we all have to watch and read and hear. But we did it with the countdown to when the Pope would die and we did with the clock about how long the miners had been underground in W. VA and none of this had to do with news. Theater? Yes.

Do news anchors actually do anything other than read the news and appear sincere?

Just asking.

Don Henley is full of crap 99% of the time but credit where it's due, he did nail the anchor species: "I could have been an actor, but I wound up here; I just have to look good, I don't have to be clear."

Wasn't another of Henley's rare pearls of wisdom, "I'd like to find your inner-child and kick it's little ass..."??

Easy Solution:

Follow the Big XII!

Froger — My inner child plays with Chucky dolls.

Steve — Next time you're out shopping for little Anecdote, swing by the toy section and pick yourself up a dart pistol.

In the "favorite Henley lyrics" category, I nominate:

On the road today I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac.
A little voice inside my head said "don't look back, you can never look back..."

And concerning Emo Phillips not being available, I think they really wanted a woman, but unfortunately couldn't nail down Giuliana Sgrena.

Finally, on the subject of what news anchors really do besides read the news - they have a lot of influence in choosing what stories the newscast goes with. That is where they are best able to display their bias.

The way I see this:
CBS is trying to the best of their ability to validate themselves as a relevant source for news and opinion, by making the arrival of a new anchor, especially a female, a big deal. Apparently, someone forgot to CBS them that the drive-by media's days of monopolizing the news are over. No one cares if a white man, black man, white woman, purple woman, green man, or a blue woman reads the CBS telprompter, because it's all democratic party talking points anyway.

Anyone ever hear Emo's bit about eating an Easter bunny?

kilgore — How about a green woman? I hear they're great dancers...

Maybe Katie can have a wardrobe malfunciton to get the CBS News ratings up.

You're right about the SEC coverage. I've seen rhesus monkeys who could produce better--and miss fewer plays.

I stopped watching Katie/Today Show in 2000 when she gave Marlo Thomas a full segment to rant about then-candidate Bush.

I'm not a huge Ann Coulter fan, but I wouldn't mind seeing her give Perky another intellectual smackdown.

What if they plaster Katie Couric's face on the football. Right at kickoff time.
BTW, why do they still have the evening news. Does anyone watch it anymore?

I guess NBC was just to conservative for her tastes so she made the move to CBS.

I want to make sure I use the term "morning show fluff-spout" every day for the rest of my life!

Cheers

The best thing about this is that I get to see Ann, Matt and Al again. I've been boycotting the Today Show for years because of the witch!