Does anybody here watch the CBS News with Cutie Couric?

[MUAD_DIB]

Not only is she god awful, but where is the news?

The last bit tonight was this feel good puff piece on "Who's happier: Men or Women?"

This segment was more in depth than the newsier parts of the show were supposed to be.

Well, if they will scrub a McShame interview clean of any gaffes then why would I expect anything less than spoon fed pablum?

[SharonAnn]

1. No, I switched to NBC and then follow it with PBS - Jim Lehrer

Just can't take her.

[sniffa]

2. No. She's 2kewt4newz

[muntrv]

3. Nope. Couric dumbs down the news.

[floridablue]

4. never have, never will

The happy piece was on cable early this morning.

[malaise]

14. Ditto

I have not watched her once.

[MadMaddie]

5. Nah I turn the channel.....totally not interested

CBS News ratings are where they belong....in the toilet!!

[Rue]

6. I miss Dan Rather.

That's really all I have to say on the subject of CBS News.

[lib2DaBone]

7. Rachael Ray to replace Couric....

In a move towards more hard-news coverage, CBS reported today that they will replace Cutie Couric with hard-hitting Rachael Ray. <smirk> <apology to Rachael>

[noel711]

I vote for RACHEL Maddow instead of Rachael Ray..

to replace the pathetic Couric, who is so far over her head...
she's drowning in lack of credibility..just whose idea was hiring her?

[Jack Rabbit]

30. Rachel Ray doing the news?

There will be some who will eat that up.

[Lex]

8. ALL of the network news SUCKS. Infotainment garbage

or 75 percent of it is anyway.

Not just Couric.

[callous taoboy]

23. Agree- It's all been Fauxed. n/t

[spanone]

9. no

[mnhtnbb]

10. Never watched her. Never will. Don't watch any TV news.

[DemoTex]

11. Couric is an old friend of mine from her NBC-4 days in DC. However, lost touch.

We both covered the Pentagon during Gulf War-1. We sat together, along with Wolf Blitzer, and often went to the watering holes together. She was a neighbor of mine in Old Town Alexandria too. Back then she was a quasi-liberal. Long time no see. I hate what has happened to her.

[callous taoboy]

24. Well what has happened to her?

She sounds a lot like members of my family who've decided to shut the brain off and just let the dark side wash over them. Money? Intellectual laziness? This is a trend that deeply frustrates / disturbs me. We can't afford to just go stooopid.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

47. Her sister Emily, who passed away, was a Democratic Virginia State Senator and I think that

the lure of the big bucks brought her to the darkside.

Look at what has happened to David Gregory. The minute NBC had him start to fill-in on The Today Show the same thing happened. Gregory was even on the invitation list to this year's Bohemian Grove.

[bagrman]

12. I blew up my TV and moved to the coutry to eat peaches.

[bedazzled]

20. peaches come from a can?

you reminded me that i love that band, the presidents of the united states of america. their first album was so great! i just looked them up to see what they've been up too recently. turns out they're not one hit wonders after all...

[bagrman]

26. Give John Prine a spin.

[bedazzled]

37. why, i will! thanks for the recommend...

since i don't have an ipod and can't afford many
cd's anymore, i always appreciate a suggestion
for something new i might like. i don't seem
to listen to much that's later than 1992...

[sentelle]

45. and apparently

That album was self-financed, so they made a lot of $$$ on it, which is why it took a while for another one. Just didn't see the need.

[ColbertWatcher]

13. I wanted to watch it for 30 days, to see if...

...I was more or less informed, but I keep forgetting when it's on.

Otherwise, I get my news from Dr. Colbert's award-winning newsprogram, "The Colbert Report", various online sources, including the LA Times, DU and fark.com.

[JaneQPublic]

15. I quit watching after that McCain interview with the mix-and-match Q&A (nt)

[UTUSN]

16. Come -------------- ON!11 --------her husband AND sister died of cancer AND

they were all Dems.


PLEASE.

[truebrit71]

27. So what? What the heck does that have to do with her being a right-wing shrew?

...She enables the reich-wing at every opportunity...but we're supposed to lay off her because life happened to her?

Sod that for a bowl of cherries...

[MUAD_DIB]

40. What is her excuse then? I'm a Dem, but most of my

family is (r).


Sorry, but she isn't cut out to be an anchor. There are other's that have integrity and wouldn't do a reach around for McCain like she did recently.

Sorry. That doesn't wash.

[erpowers]

17. Yes

I watch it as much as I can. In addition, I think there is news provided on the show.

[MUAD_DIB]

41. Examples? Does what is covered outweigh the Krap?

[KharmaTrain]

18. Katie Who? CBS What?

In this town, CBS is the lowest rated national and local newscast. Reruns of Urkel draw higher ratings. The "Tiffany" network has long lost its sheen (thanks to downscaling that began in the 90's and continues unabated today).

The Evening Newscast is no longer the major attraction it once was. WIth the 24/7 cable channels and a society that doesn't live by the TV schedule anymore, a lone network newscast is a dinosaur and the more a CBS attempts to "sweeten" just make it worse.

Truth is, I get my news from the web...and then turn on the teevee to see how badly the news is reported (or not) and spun...not to be informed but out of mere curiosity.

Other than David Letterman and 60 Minutes, CBS is a waste of electrons these days.

[sentelle]

46. I'd give a pass to 'The Amazing Race'

Because its almost educational.

Almost.

[donco6]

19. No. Tried it. Didn't like it. eom

[DailyGrind51]

21. The cure for Couric is PBS & BBC.

[callous taoboy]

22. This is what I've observed:

I have not watched network news since shortly before Dan Rather left. My network T.V. viewing, in general, has been very spotty since the 90's. I did happen across Couric while on vacation this summer and it was awful, full of hit pieces, fluff and detritus. What I'm getting at is network news has not been in a slow decline: It has taken a sudden dive for the worse since * took office. You see a huge difference between that crap and Jim Lehrer's Newshour. No comparison. The fact that millions of people consume that network crap has made me feel even more alienated from the mainstream.

[MUAD_DIB]

42. Certainly, CNN went south shortly after * was installed.

Both their web news and live spokesmodels seemed to be full of the same koolaide.

[CanonRay]

25. I watched once; that was enough for me. NBC, then Keith O.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. I always switch over to ABC.

I like the Channel 5 local coverage but I switch over to ABC for nightly news.

I just can't stand to watch Couric - never could.

[LSK]

29. ummm never???

[ProgressiveFool]

31. I watched the first week or so, but when she had Limpballs on for that segment, I knew

it wouldn't last. I miss Rather, too. I would say Couric is a miserable failure as an anchor, but the Bushies have redefined "miserable failure" to levels no one else can match.

[Blue Belle]

32. I can't stand to watch her...

She is all fluff, horribly partial in her interviews, and honestly, her mouth reminds me of a bulldog. It's disturbing to watch.

[JFN1]

33. Nope

no way, no how, uh-uh...

[samsingh]

34. i take offense to the tag 'cutie' - she is not cute at all :)

[MUAD_DIB]

43. I was not being literal....

Geesh! :eyes:

[samsingh]

51. i was just kidding

[MUAD_DIB]

52. I know.

[spinbaby]

35. I caught a few minutes of her the other night

She looks well Botoxed.

[Clear Blue Sky]

36. I'd rather watch paint dry...

[MJW]

38. she is not my cuppa tea

I prefer real news --like Democracy Now fer instance

[Individualist]

39. No

[sentelle]

44. What an offensive name

How could anyone call that one cute.

Now Lara Logan on the orther hand...

[burythehatchet]

48. y'all are horrible sexists. LEAVE KATIE ALOOOOOONE!

[mwb970]

49. I've never seen Couric on CBS News.

If I'm watching broadcast TV at dinnertime, I watch NBC. If I'm watching cable, I just leave it on MSNBC. I have no need for Couric at this time.

[boomerbust]

50. Yes

Because of Cronkite- Been watching since the 60's