David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Katie Couric: The Blowback Continues
Repercussions over Katie Couric’s sideways mea culpa in New York magazine continue to reverberate throughout the industry. OK, probably not the industry. Probably just amongst the verbose pundits who like to pick at these sorts of things until the scab comes off:
MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman dropped the article into his tea in order to read the tea leaves:
“Was it Couric's opening salvo in her exit strategy from "CBS Evening News?" (Lots of people at CBS think so.)
“Was it her way of expressing anger at her bosses for what she might call their mismanagement? (I think so.)
“Had she finally had enough abuse from the media and wanted to tell her story? (Can there be any doubt?)”
Of course, that’s not enough for an entire column, so Friedman spends the rest of his time comparing/contrasting New York magazine with the New Yorker.
With Katie’s departure in mind, media blog TVNewser is already picking her replacement. Scott Pelley, Russ Mitchell, Harry Smith and Bob Schieffer – who turned the anchor’s chair over to Couric – were named, as was one Dan Rather.
Insulting? Absurd? Well, what did he expect? We are discussing TV news, after all.