Katie Couric goes to war
Katie Couric really doesn’t want to read those “Katie: One Year Later” stories.
Instead, she’s traveling next week to the Middle East, where she’ll sit in war zones rather than endure the pundit navel-gazing over her rocky first year as anchor of “The CBS Evening News.”
She’ll be in Baghdad on Tuesday and Wednesday, ostensibly getting a sense of the situation on the ground as the White House is busy polishing the report General David Patraeus was supposed to, but won’t, give to Congress about the situation in Iraq. An interpreter working for CBS News was murdered in Iraq recently, and Kimberly Dozier has endured 25 operations after being injured in a blast in May 2006 that killed cameraman Paul Douglas and sound-man James Brolan.
From there, it’s on to Damascus, from which she’ll report on Thursday and Friday.
Rick Kaplan, executive producer of the newscast, shrugged off the timing of Couric’s globe-trotting in a chat with the Associate Press, telling them, "I don't do anniversaries."
Bet he would if Couric’s ratings were better.
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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.
Has it been a year of her already? Gah. I don't care where they send her, I just can't take her that seriously after her morning gig. The Mantle of Perky will be with her always.