Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Katie Couric

Yesterday on the Tony Kornheiser show, Tony railed Ms. Couric for her opening line in a piece on skyrocketing gasoline prices,

"I had to take out a loan to fill the tank in my minivan."

- Katie Couric doesn't own a minivan.
- Katie Couric doesn't drive her own car, hasn't in 15 years.
- Katie Couric makes $15M annually.

Sadly, the jab at Ms. Couric was repeated on sports message boards, populated by the demographic that listens to the Tony Kornheiser show (M, 18-45). People were up in arms that she could be so stupid to say something so completely off base with reality. Her writer should be fired, and she should be reprimanded.

'Today' is a fluff show, with fluff news pieces. The anchors are talking heads, rather than investigative journalists. She can say whatever she wants, and whatever is written for her. Stupid or not, she is the ultimate winner, getting paid $15M to not have to think.

1 comment:

Eric Z said...

You may think that Today is a fluff show, but millions of American Soccer Moms do not. People do consider Katie to be the Walter Cronkite of our generation. And Matt Lauer? To many, he's as hard hitting as Sam Donaldson (but with better hair).

Many, many people get their only news from the Today show. That's why it's infuriating to hear Katie spout off like this.