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Old 06-September-2006, 02:16 AM
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Katie Couric began her first night as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" on Tuesday...the first female network face, will compete against Brian Williams [NBC]...Charles Gibson [ABC]...asked viewers, in all seriousness, to log onto the CBS News web site and send her suggestions [for a 'signature sign-off' phrase]. Breitbart
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She's Katie Couric and we're not? She's Katie Couric, and that's news to her?
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Moved from "Small Media" to "BABBling" since it's not related to science or science fiction.
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"I'm Katie Couric. Deal with it."
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"I'm Katie Couric. Deal with it."
You never told us this before Moose... I always pictured you as a guy...
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A sign off phrase? How about a homage to her predecessor?

"Whats the frequency Katie?"
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Thumbs down Just say "no" to fluff.
I tuned in at about 10 before the hour and caught the middle of her plug for the "Free Speech" feature. After that she introduced the new "Snapshots" feature and trotted out baby pictures of Prince Charles. She's trying to turn the evening news into a fluffy morning show! I tuned out in disgust.

BTW, I spent more time at Nancy "Planet X" Lieder's site than on Katie's program. Katie gets a thumbs down from me.
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I'll vote for this one.
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Well, I like Katie. And I'm a Jimmy Durante fan, too. So...

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hmmmmmm.... I think there's another whole thread right there...
Sure as Hades' bones ain't science.
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Heh, it's a second-cousin stemming from that part of the family nobody talks about anymore.
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Sure as Hades' bones ain't science.
That leaves:
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There's a bit of a media kerfuffle over a re-touched photo of CBS's new $15 million a year, evening news anchor Katie Couric...Looking at the before and after photos, two questions come to mind:
1. How long before technology can make it possible for...virtually made-over representation of celebrities...be portrayed on broadcasts.... a "Video-Over" instead of a "Voice-Over" performance...it may sound like science fiction now, but may not be in the "near future". michael parekh on IT
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May I say that I'm officially going to strain my shoulder patting myself on the back for booting the boob toob to the curb ages ago?
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Well, someone was going to.
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I continue to not regret getting rid of my cable.
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There was some concern that Ms Couric might feel that displaying her legs during interviews might not be appropriate on a national news program. There was a collective male sigh of relief when it was seen that she had brought her short skirts with her from NBC.
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There was some concern that Ms Couric might feel that displaying her legs during interviews might not be appropriate on a national news program. There was a collective male sigh of relief when it was seen that she had brought her short skirts with her from NBC.
By a cruel act of fate I caught the last few moments of the program earlier.

I can't imagine why her legs would be a problem for them...the rest of the program is one half step above Entertainment Tonight level. Why not go all the way with the titillation factor. Certainly not like there going to keep anyone based on the "news" angle.
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