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Murphy Martin Commentary
August 24, 2006
"Couric News Carousel Approaching"
It seems it was just yesterday they
were saying Bon Voyage to Katie Couric on her final NBC Today Show.
Playing all those carefully chosen tapes as Kevin McCarthy, my
longtime radio pal from Dallas said: " Liberal to the last drop--Couric's
goodbye spotlights bricks for the GOP and Bouquets for Dems!"
Amongst the bricks for the non-Democrats was the tape of Couric's
question from the archives for Ross Perot: "Some people are left
with the impression that you are vindictive, that you're ruthless, a
sore loser, and they don't feel comfortable with that?" No tape of
Perot's answer. Then this little ambush using an old Bob Dole
interview when Charming Katie said: "Some people think from your
comments you have made of late that you are being an apologist for
the tobacco industry, that somehow they have you in their pocket."
Again no Dole answer. A question for Patrick Buchanan: "Is this a
big ego trip for you?" His answer not used. And Curious Katie with a
slingshot while trying to put pro-choice First-Lady Laura Bush on
the spot: "Do you believe the women in this country should have the
right to an abortion?" And in still another special tape blast at
non-Democrats, Ms. Couric said to Dan Quayle, presumably on the eve
of his VP debate with Al Gore: "Some people think Al Gore is going
to eat you alive in the debate." Note how she used "some people "
say or "some people" think this or that. Is this not a cover for
Couric's own personal thoughts rather than her actually quoting what
someone else said?
In just a couple of weeks Katie Couric is going to slide into the
seat some other excellent journalists have filled with great
professionalism and straight-forward reporting.
Among those Walter Cronkite and
lately Bob Schieffer who picked up the pieces left behind by a
tentative Dan Rather and brought CBS back onto contention for the
dinner-hour ratings. Cronkite was a Democrat but we never knew it
from his reporting. I don't know what my friend Schieffer is
politically and that is the way a good anchor person should be. When
a newscast ends, the viewer should feel they got all the facts,
nothing slanted in any Political direction by the anchor person
reporting.
Katie Couric after a recent whirlwind tour of America was quoted in
the Houston Chronicle as saying: "The biggest challenge I will have
is to improve the newscast that is already good....I hope to
continue the connection I have had with some viewers (on the Today
Show).
By the Fall Ratings sweeps we should be knowing if America has
bought into the former free-swinging liberal hostess of the
entertainment loaded Today Show.
She could be made to be more acceptable if they found time more than
once a week for a Bob Schieffer spot ...or two.....or three. I know
Bob Schieffer and Katie Couric is NO Bob Schieffer!
Murphy Martin
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