Katie Fired! (Per National Enquirer, so consider the source)

[IdaBriggs]

But still, this is a fun one! :evilgrin:

I have no link since I actually *bought* the silly magazine due to this headline (and no, its NOT a normal event for me) -- I'll try to excerpt the best parts....

(snip)

In top secret meetings, her bosses at the "CBS Evening News" have drawn up contingency plans to remove the 49-year-old former "Today" star from the anchor chair.

(more snip about moving her to "60 Minutes" or "The Early Show")

(more snip about being in last place, probably staying there, and her not even knowing she's been fired yet)

A close source added, "There's absolute panic now that this was a bad mistake that needs to be fixed."

(more snip about how upset she is about being such a ratings loser, she's getting advice, her bosses are pissed, and the critics aren't being nice)

(more snip about how they're giving other women less tv time to "spotlight" her, and now everybody hates her)

"The important sweeps rating period is upon them now. In their secret meetings, the network bosses decided Katie is fired if she can't bring the broadcast up to at least second place."

(more snip about public spokespeople swearing everything is fine)

But a studio insider concluded: "While everyone is hoping for a miracle, it's going downhill fast."

== November 20, 2006 Edition, NE Page 21

[Oceansaway]

1. LoL...n/t

[blondeatlast]

2. This may be the very first time in my life I hope the Enquirer is accurate--and the first

and possibly only time I spend money for one.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out.

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. Same here.

[Reciprocity]

22. Ditto.

[jollyreaper2112]

8. limbo

I think they broke the Limbaugh drug story, too. Weren't they also talking about divorce between Chimpy and Pickles over an affair with Condi?

[acmavm]

3. Did they really expect that over-the-hill republican cheerleader

to be able to get people to tune in?

I don't even want her recipe for tuna and noodles let alone her take on the war in Iraq. That may sound stereotypical but:

1. I'm female; and
2. She's lamer than a horse with four broken legs.

[A Simple Game]

19. Yeah, but she's PERKY!

I do think she is kind of cute, but have never watched the CBS evening news since she has been on it.

I'm also almost over the hill so my opinion doesn't count as far as the advertisers care.

[Bridget Burke]

25. "over the hill"?

I haven't watched CBS news since Her Perkiness took over. But I most of the ads were for drugs! Not the good kind. The "let your MD know if you've had a heart transplant" kind.

Definitely aimed at us oldsters.

Doncha know? The young folks get their news from The Daily Show. (Which I also watch. I love to screw with the demographics.)

[A Simple Game]

29. I've only seen her in the Michael J Fox interview on YouTube.

Haven't had a transplant, but have had a quadruple bypass. Maybe I should watch for the ads!

Also a fan of the Daily Show. Yup, screw the demographics!

[Aviation Pro]

5. Americans are demanding a more serious approach to life....

...having a smiling pixie on the evening news is not serious.

[blondeatlast]

11. It's downright CREEPY, IMHO.

I'm old enough to remember Uncle Walter announcing Nixon had resigned (just barely).

Can you imagine Wendy announcing that story?

:scared:

[bobbie]

15. Really, WTF were they thinking? But CBS is the network of propaganda.

CIA hacks, Operation Mockingbird, William Paley, Cronkite--"most trusted man in 'Merka" my ass.

Guess they think they can fool all the people all the time.

[gumby]

6. Hahahahaha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Where Men In Black get their news!!

There are genuine howls of laughter here.

[knitter4democracy]

14. That was a funny part to that movie.

And then there was the X-Files episode where the Man in Black said they wrote it. ;)

[formercia]

7. I'm sure the Navy SEALS will be glad to see her.

now that she will have time to visit. :evilgrin:

[lpbk2713]

17. Maybe she will give them autographed photos of her colon.

Come to think of it .....


Ed Bradley would have been real good at that anchor desk.

I'm sure the brass must have approached him on it in the past.

[tularetom]

9. Bwahahahahaha - I could've told 'em she was gonna suck

but they never asked me. On the other hand she probably isn't any worse than the dipshits on ABC and NBC. I never watch any of them.

[The Count]

10. Rings true. Sweeps time - shows are cancelled, people fired.

Fox cancelled 3 shows (Rich List, OC, Justice) and Couric did miserable in the ratings - so no reason to doubt this.
I guess that's another reason we need to thank Rush - wasn't he among her first guests?

[smirkymonkey]

26. I hope MSNBC gets rid of Don Imus...

he looks like he's about to keel over at any minute. It's actually painful to look at him, let alone hear him.

[Eric J in MN]

30. If "The Sam Seder (radio) Show" were shown on MSNBC..

...instead, it would probably get higher ratings.

[Nikki Stone1]

12. Note to CBS: PICK A JOURNALIST! (Amanpour would be my vote)

Picking perky Katie to host newslite with right wing gasbag free-speech segments was a HUGE mistake.

[Dem2theMax]

36. There ya go. "Journalist."

Idiot CBS folk picked a "talk show" host! What did they think would happen?

Amanpour is the real deal. She'd be great.
But somehow, I can't see her agreeing to be tied down to a desk. She is a true news hound.
Goes where the news is - and isn't afraid to do so.

[pacalo]

13. Cheer up, Walter. It was nothing more than a splatter of a misdirected bug

on the windshield of the news legacy built by you & Edward R. Murrow.

[Hutzpa]

16. LOL.....here is another good news

she need to get kick into oblivion.

Hope it does materialize.

[Disturbed]

18. How much of that $135 Mill does she get to keep?

She can take a long vacation now. I have never watched her for more than a few seconds while surfin' and couldn't stand her even then.

[qanda]

20. I watched the program last night to see the tribute to Ed Bradley

And I just couldn't believe how awful she is.

[lpbk2713]

24. Likewise .... I hadn't bothered to watch because I knew what to expect

When I tuned in last night I felt justified. Any local cable channel news anchor is better than that fer crisakes.

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. What took so long? I haven't watched CBS news since she took over.

Good move, IMCPO. Now...let's bring back DAN RATHER!

[City Lights]

23. Maybe Faux wants her.

:nopity:

[Robbien]

27. Katie makes the news uninteresting

CBS use to be my channel of choice for network news but no more. Couric is just unwatchable when one is searching out the news of the day.

[Dinger]

28. I Have A Perfect Idea For An "Interim" Replacement . . . ...

Dan Rather!

[earth mom]

31. I wouldn't be surprised one bit.

:nopity:

[rainbow4321]

32. Didn't she refuse at one point to travel to the Middle East?

Unlike the other anchors who go where ever there is a story, I remember her telling the network that she wouldn't go because she's a single mom and it would be too dangerous, etc...
If true, probably doesn't help ratings when her counterparts are seen flying around the world, reporting live, and she's back in her comfy anchor chair picking and choosing who her reporters from the field will be (male vs female, etc...).
Wonder if her refusal to travel to hot spots has anything to do with not wanting to show female reporters? Can't make it look like she is the only female not willing to go to these kind of places.

[millsaps28]

33. CBS should have tried Keith Ollberman

Isn't is obvious that CBS should have tried to steal Keith from MSNBC. He is the only newscaste that I know that has the right combination of gravitas, in the tradition of Walter Cronkite and Burrow, with the style that is current and fresh. I think they shouod pay Keith anything he wants.. He could easily raise CBS news to #1!

[Dem2theMax]

35. But then he couldn't tell O'Really that he's the worst person in the world

every other day! LOL. ;)

[malaise]

34. CBS deserved this

I stopped watching the Today Show years ago. This was always going to be a disaster.

[upi402]

37. they can't fire her hair!

:wow:

[Dulcinea]

38. Bring back Bob Schieffer!

I watched The CBS Evening News when he was anchor. I have never watched it with Katie & have no desire to.