Couric relating news of the arrest of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann
New York, NY (APE) – CBS news woman Katie Couric made her long anticipated debut last night as anchorperson for the network’s flagship evening newscast. Her opening headline was an exclusive CBS report on the breaking story of the arrest of MSNBC news show host Keith Olbermann.
CBS news reported that federal authorities, working closely in conjunction with Fox network security, had taken Olbermann into custody late yesterday, just after the taping of his popular MSNBC “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” show. Olbermann had followed up a controversial editorial from the previous night with a second, calling to question the Bush administration’s recent attempts at muddying history for political gain. He closed the the opinion piece with a historical reference of his own to the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, asking the president, “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”.
White House spokesperson Tony Snow stated that Olbermann’s arrest was “the culmination of an exhaustive and long-standing clandestine federal investigation into the invasion of Islamo Fascist propaganda into mainstream American media.” He stated that the operation remained secret and that there would likely be further arrests in the coming days.
Couric took the opportunity after the story to reaffirm CBS’s ongoing commitment to quality, unbiased journalism throughout what she hoped would be a long tenure.
Critics praised CBS news for having the courage to lead the broadcast with the report on Olbermann before Couric’s other substantially more popular exclusive piece featuring new pictures of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes new daughter, Suri.
Couric unveils her closing catchphrase
Couric closed the newscast by unveiling her new catchphrase. The winning phrase was chosen from numerous contributions suggested by adoring fans. Borrowing heavily from her predecessor, the adored elderly statesman of television news, Walter Cronkite, Couric closed the broadcast with the phrase, “And that’s the way you’d better think it is…”
The newsroom erupted into a spontaneous standing ovation at the end of the broadcast, with champagne corks popping. Couric was handed a martini, which she proceeded to down in two gulps. She stated that she was looking forward to having another with President Bush during an interview scheduled to occur tomorrow.
LOL, Bood!
That was a great deal better than the “news” stories covering Katie this morning. And to hear Katie say, gosh, I wracked my brain, and couldn’t figure out how to end my broadcast, so I’m asking viewers for suggestions, doesn’t make her look participatory – it makes her look empty-headed. Ugh. As a woman, I wish we’d had Jane Pauley or someone with a little more substance for our first “newsreader” – the only appropriate term when the news is generated by others.
Thanks, Bood. Sadly, she has apparently determined that spewing rightwing talking points is an appropriate career move. CBS should have left Bob Schieffer in place.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/
also the video link is there. Please go read/view it. It was great!
before Couric’s other substantially more popular exclusive piece featuring new pictures of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes new daughter, Suri.
There is absolutely no excuse for putting this crap on a national network news show that does not have enough time as is to really inform the electorate about what they really need to know, IMO! Same for little girls killed years and years ago in Colorado!
I share your outrage, but as V said in V for Vendetta, “truth be told, if you are looking for the guilty party, you need only look in the mirror.”
Networks play that crap because people watch that crap. By the megamillions. Remember – they’re a business, not a public service. Profit is their God, not truth, not education, not public interest.
behind the obvious that their propaganda machines gives them!
Profit is their God, not truth, not education, not public interest.
Again, you are indirectly correct that ultimate profit is their God; however, don’t be so sure that this profit comes from the news networks. I cannot see GE making that much money from NBC, and surely their investment in NBC could be spent more profitably elsewhere. They know however that controlling people’s minds and votes can make them huge profits in defense and elsewhere, so it is crucial for corporate America to get its puppets into government. I truly believe that is their real motive, but again ultimate profit is the real goal.
An excellent point. Yes, absolutely. Profit and POWER are their Gods.
And to clarify further, what I meant too was, when a network doesn’t follow the wishes of the government, their advertisting mysteriously (or not) suffers. So in the end, it’s still mostly about profit. That’s the point of power anyway, right? To get the most?
I read somewhere else today that Ms. Couric will have a new segment she calls free speech. The guest for Thursday night, the man without a MSM outlet for his political ramblings, Rush Limbaugh. Talk about setting the tone!
BTW, I’ll miss hearing Kieth.
Oh. My. God.