Comments on: First Rather, Now Moonves

By: LemonDrop

LemonDrop — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:54:54 +0000

Personally I believe the reason Couric’s a failure is because we know too much about her personal views.

Take ABC’s Charlie Gibson. He has a decent rating and he isn’t controversial like Couric!

By: JorgXMcKie

JorgXMcKie — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:53:59 +0000

You know, CBS might try putting some actual news on the CBSNews. I barely watch any evening MSM news anymore, but I check occasionally just to see if they’ve changed. Nope. And Couric is about one-half step above pathetic.

She reminds me of that old Doonesbury where the newsguy is reading ‘the news’ and says something like “This just in. I’m not wearing any pants.” She gives two impressions: 1) she’ll read anything put in front of her, and 2) her ‘take’ is more important than the facts.

Also, the afternoon radio station I listen to on the way home from work unfortunately broadcasts a piece called “Katie’s Journal” or some such. Hypothetically it written by Katie. It’s the most pathetic mush I’ve ever heard on a regular basis on radio, honestly. She writes (or someone does) like a pampered 17-rear-old cheerleader who is full of herself and thinks everything she notices is being seen for the first time, like, ever, and she’s reporting to a bunch of low-IQ Girl Scouts.

Look, maybe for fluff in the early AM Couric is fine. I wouldn’t know, I can’t watch that crap. But she is an unmitigated disaster as a ‘news anchor’ (whatever the hell that means today) on a major program. I’m beginning to get the idea that our MSM masters are very angry by the rebellion among the Great Unwashed.

By: ricpic

ricpic — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:33:52 +0000

D’oh. Swayze.

By: ricpic

ricpic — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:31:07 +0000

O where O where is John Cameron Swazie and the fifteen minutes of who, what, when, where, how, that he used to serve up.

If the suits that run CBS would just bring back that simple straightforward format I’d bet they’d have a hit on their hands.

By: scaramouoche

scaramouoche — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:50:35 +0000

I don’t pay much attention to these “dino” newscasts anymore, but on the odd occasion when I happened to catch Katie’s performance, it has seemed to me that, well, she’s just not very good.

By: Lem

Lem — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:55:22 +0000

Moonves must be drunk on the moon.

“And Ive hocked all my yesterdays
Dont try and change my tune
cause I thought I heard a saxophone
Im drunk on the moon”

Didn’t Katie take a pay cut to do that “job”? As far as I know nobody put a gun to her head. How does this guy gets away insulting our intelligence like that?

I got channels I haven’t been to yet because I can’t channel surface that long without something… anything catching my interest.

And I don’t even have a deluxe package.

Face it by the time the “news” is on, the thing is so stale is like Chinese left over.
Sure it’s on the fridge, but will anybody eat it?

By: Steven Mitchell

Steven Mitchell — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:54:59 +0000

I don’t know whether the female gender is causing a dropoff in the aging CBS viewers or not. Could be. I seriously suspect that having an anchor hiding her knives behind a perky exterior is probably not helping any. A male anchor with a similar personality would probably go over about as well.

But then, I haven’t watched the nightly news for more than a few minutes in a decade, and that only for election returns. And I find Fox somewhat irritating because of excessive perkiness (male and female), so it might only be my biases talking.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:38:27 +0000

Pimf, lost my “home keys” apparently.

By: David

David — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:36:18 +0000

If CBS was delievering a quality product I would watch it even if Amber Fry (spell?) was readubg it. And I am a member of the older demographic.

By: sammy small

sammy small — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0000

Maybe its time for CBS to go “naked” with their news. I’m sure that would increase their ratings. At least it would bring in a younger crowd.