Katie Couric to spin world events on CBS Evening News

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Tuned In: Couric to emphasize context when she anchors CBS news

Monday, July 17, 2006
By Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

(snip): "Couric recently embarked on a listening tour to select cities around the country, surveying how people get their news and trying to learn what the nightly national newscasts are not offering that she can incorporate into the "CBS Evening News."

(snip): "Couric said she's excited to stop talking about anchoring the "CBS Evening News" and start doing the job. She hopes to offer a newscast that better explains the ramifications of what's happening in the world, including the history behind current events."

(snip): "I think sometimes we assume people know more than they do about history and historical context," she said. "I think some Americans hear 'Hamas' and 'Hezbollah,' and it might as well be Greek to them. We need to do a better job of explaining things better, of distilling them better."

(snip): "Interim "Evening News" anchor Bob Schieffer will continue to have a "regular and prominent" role in the newscast, contributing from Washington. Schieffer may or may not offer a commentary."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06198/706375-237.stm

Needless to say ... I WILL NOT BE WATCHING CBS NIGHTLY NEWS once Katie Couric takes her seat in the anchor's chair. Its a bloody shame that perkiness has replaced street creds when filling a position with as much gravitas as anchoring a major nightly news program. CBS Nightly News will become just another Faux news competitor shilling for the * misadministration and the Repuke party.

[LibDemAlways]

1. "Navy seals rock."

That's about as deep a thinker as Couric is.

It's a shame that the network of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow has sunk so low it is settling for a perky airhead in the anchor chair.