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By Brent Baker ABC and NBC were equally excited by the event, but Jake Tapper and Savannah Guthrie were not so in the tank for Obama. “Into the fray. An extraordinary and unprecedented encounter. President Obama goes toe-to-toe with a room full of Republican Congressmen with the cameras rolling,” fill-i...

By Brent Baker Following President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, on CBS Katie Couric revealed her reading interests as she endorsed the take on Obama from a liberal New York Times columnist: “Well, as Tom Friedman said, 'he's better at making us smarter than making us angry.'” (Friedman's...

By Rich Noyes Here’s how both network anchors handled Emanuel in interviews shown on their January 27 pre-State of the Union newscasts, starting with Sawyer’s softballs: EMANUEL: Yes.] And beyond? Now, Couric’s questions to Emanuel as shown on the CBS Evening News:

But maybe the most amusing moment in this clip is when CBS' Katie Couric walks into the briefing room as Henry is reporting live during "CNN Newsroom." Couric was there interviewing White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who'll be on CBS and ABC tonight, but not, we hear, NBC.

By Julia A. Seymour Yet CBS "Morning News" said it would be a freeze on "most domestic spending." NBC's "Today" mentioned that (if passed) it would save $250 billion over 10 years. But neither program provided the context of how large the deficit really is. And the CBS "Early Show" touted it as a "big spending fre...

Katie Couric will anchor "Evening News" from the same location on Thursday and Friday evening, while Jeff Glor will anchor on Saturday from Sun Life. Bob Schieffer will anchor "Face the Nation" on Sunday from Sun Life and will have NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as a guest.

Today, news anchors join President Obama at the White House for the usual off-the-record lunch before the State of the Union address. TVNewser has confirmed that ABC's Diane Sawyer, CBS' Katie Couric and NBC's Brian Williams will all be in attendance as will ABC's George Stephanopoulos...

By Noel Sheppard ATTKISSON: But considering the size of the deficit and the fact that no global agreement on climate change was reached, critics question the super-sized U.S. delegation. More than 165, leaving the impression there`s dollars to burn. In this case, more than a million. Sharyl Attkisson, CBS N...

Katie Couric will anchor coverage of the address and response at 9pmET as well as CBS' "Special Report: State of the Union" afterward. She will be joined by Jeff Greenfield and Bob Schieffer, with Chip Reid and Nancy Cordes reporting. Harry Smith will anchor "The Early Show" from Washingto...

By Scott Whitlock When the liberal radio network Air America debuted on March 31, 2004, NBC trumpeted it as the “counterweight” to the "right-wing bent" of talk radio. Katie Couric enthused that Al Franken and his colleagues hoped “to break into what has been a conservative lock on the radio.” However, when...

NBC anchor Brian Williams recently returned from the scene of devastation, as did CBS's Katie Couric and ABC's Diane Sawyer. Sawyer, for example, began planning her second trip almost immediately, says "World News" executive producer Jon Banner.

By Katie Couric I wish we could rescue the whole country from this unspeakable tragedy and unimaginable poverty. I will never forget the three days I spent there following Tuesday's earthquake. CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric reflects on the three days she spent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti immediate...

By Stephen Viscusi Am I the only one who wonders why Diane Sawyer is not a star at Fox News? She is a "bottle blond" like a lot of the Fox's, anchors, shares a resume like Sara Palin. Seems perfect right? So why does poor Katie get all the grief? Now, back to my imaginary phone call from Katie and her career.

By Eric Deggans Now gravitas-laden actor Morgan Freeman is the new voice of the CBS Evening News, six months after the death of the original man who recorded the brief announcement introducing anchor Katie Couric to the audience, venerated CBS anchor Walter Cronkite.

By Eric Deggans The first time I met ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson was at a time when his career should have been ending. The year was 1998, and he was leaving the co-anchor slot at Good Morning America to make room for... The first time I met ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson was at a time when his career should have b...

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By Eric Deggans Why don't these guys have a deeper anchor bench?Because Stephanopoulos' move is part of a flurry of anchor changes set off by World News anchor Charles Gibson's retirement that has threatened the health of every significant ABC News franchise.

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By Scott Whitlock From Couric interview] KATIE COURIC: What specifically, I'm curious? ROBERTS: I know. She is. Going Rogue. And she was very critical of the McCain aides. What's been their reaction? ROBERTS: That is a tease. She is teasing us. Okay. We'll see you.

By Brent Baker Monday's CBS Evening News carried a brief excerpt, sans the excessively laudatory introduction: “Today I spoke with someone who knows a bit about Washington politics and the environment, former Vice President Al Gore. He's out with a new book and is on the cover of this week's edition of N...

Couric has had a busy week with the launch of @katiecouric and high profile interviews with Ahmadinejad and First Lady Michelle Obama. And, as the Columbia Journalism Review notes, she's compensated well for it. Michael Massing says network salaries like hers are inviting a new set of que...

By Rich Noyes The TVNewser blog alerted me to Katie Couric’s “Notebook” item yesterday, in which she mocks the New York Times for making “not one, not two, but seven errors” in their remembrance of the late Walter Cronkite last week. TVNewser suggested Couric may have trying to get “payback” for an anti...

By The Huffington Post News Team Katie Couric slammed the New York Times for running an error-filled article about CBS News legend Walter Cronkite. In her "Notebook" on CBSNews.com on Friday,... Katie Couric slammed the New York Times for running an error-filled article about CBS News legend Walter Cronkite.

By Brent Baker Army 2nd Lt. Derwin I. Williams, 41, of Glenwood, Ill.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 106th Cavalry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, Dixon, Ill.; died July 6 in Konduz, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

By Brent Baker NBC anhor Brian Williams set up the report on his newscast by trumpeting the “big deal” of Wal-Mart's support for Obama: “Today a big American name swung its support to President Obama. Wal-Mart has endorsed a key part of the President's plan to overhaul health care. And, as U.S. employers go,...

By Brent Baker In the taped interview aired on the Thursday, July 15, 2004 Today show, Couric cued up the couple: “I know you'll be celebrating your 27th wedding anniversary. And I understand you go through a romantic ritual every year to commemorate that date. Share it with us will you?” John Edwards answ...

By Brent Baker COURIC: But that does make cooperation pretty challenging. COURIC TO HOLDER: Did someone tell you to back off? COURIC: Does closing the gun show loophole fall into those categories? COURIC: What do you think of him making those remarks to begin with?

By Brent Baker CBS anchor Katie Couric on Friday night used the jump in the unemployment rate to 8.1 percent to cheerlead for how the “stimulus” bill is “creating” jobs, an impact her newscast illustrated with two full stories after reporter Anthony Mason declared: “It's the government that's going to...

By Kyle Drennen KATIE COURIC: Tonight, 13 jobs a minute disappearing. BARACK OBAMA: These numbers demand action. COURIC: Anthony Mason has more now on the numbing numbers. OBAMA: The situation could not be more serious. COURIC: Alright. Anthony Mason. Thank you, Anthony.

By Verne Gay So, what did you think of "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" last night? First - ever - "Evening News" edition in prime time, 8:00 p.m., which makes it a landmark in the television news business. My thoughts:... So, what did you think of "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" last night? Fir...

By Noel Sheppard Salon's Camille Paglia believes that of all the print and television journalists that have ever interviewed her, CBS's Katie Couric was "definitively the stupidest." According to Paglia, "There's many a moose in Alaska with greater charm and pizazz" than that possessed by Couric.

By Felix Gillette “I’d like an hour,” said Ms. Couric. “I really would like more time,” said Ms. Couric. “Because I think time is not our friend at the Evening News.” “I’m having an election-night rehearsal,” she said. “I’ll be dressing as Katie Couric, anchorwoman.”

By Jeff Bercovici It will probably never climb out of third place in the evening news race, but CBS earned some big-time respect in the closing weeks of the election. Katie Couric dismantled Sarah Palin with such exquisite sympathy that no one but the most blinkered partisans could accuse her of acting in ba...

By Brent Baker Over video simply showing Barack Obama walking down the steps from his airplane, CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric on Tuesday night juxtaposed how Obama “was given a police escort to his hotel,” as if that’s anything unusual for a presidential nominee under standard Secret Service p...

By ESNEAD So nice to meet you," CBS News anchor Katie Couric said to Willow. Do you have any down-time, though?" Couric asked Palin. Couric: Who's right? Couric: What, specifically? Couric: Can you name a few? Couric: Is it man-made, though, in your view? Couric: No, that's OK, I'm just asking you.

Is Sarah Palin Qualified to be one heart beat away from the Oval Office? I have included both installments of the Palin interview with Katie Couric in this post along with the Saturday Night Live spoof and some additional commentary. You have to see this to believe it. But first I offer a bit of...

By Geoffrey Dickens AMY POEHLER AS KATIE COURIC: You don't have any lifelines. The following is the full Mitchell piece as it occurred on the September 29, "Today" show: OBAMA: Thank you Fredericksburg! MITCHELL: McCain on ABC. AMY POEHLER AS KATIE COURIC: You don't have any lifelines.

By Eric Zorn CBS Video From tonight's installment of GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin's interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric. I'm limiting comments on this item to one word only. Adjectives preferred. And yes, "un-flippin'-believable" counts as one word. COURIC: Mock?

By Brent Baker KATIE COURIC: Earlier today, Senator, I spoke with your running mate, Sarah Palin, and she told me that if action is not taken, a Great Depression is quote “the road that America may find itself on.” Do you agree with that assessment?

Figuring out why the media love to harp on the New York Times is like figuring out, um, why the media love to harp on Katie Couric: There must be a reason, but it’s sort of ambiguous. Couric, like the Times, serves a worthwhile purpose: Delivering the news and instigating debate. But also like C...

Tom Brokaw got it right. As the first of 10 speakers at the memorial service Wednesday for Tim Russert, Mr. Brokaw promised the afternoon would be an “Irish-style” celebration with some tears, some laughs and “the occasional truth.” Then he broke the ice by acknowledging the largest contin...

By Kyle Drennen On Monday’s CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric hyped a new potential scandal for the Bush administration as she declared: "Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a report due out tomorrow raises some serious questions about one of the most influential government agencies, the Environmenta...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Yesterday, I spoke to former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather about the recent travails of the current anchor of that program, namely Katie Couric and the recent reports that she will be leaving her $15-million-per-year contract early. Rather gave us some thoughts on Couric and the f...

By Marvin Kitman Bob Schieffer, 71, is an obvious choice. He can do the news from his leisure village. Schieffer's actually a serious news guy who has the right gravitas, and is the right demo. The only time The CBS Evening News ratings had gone up significantly in the last 12 years was when Schieffer took over a...

By david He didn’t give her much of a response. The night she told CBS brass of the job switch, she worked a full day and stayed through the night. Then, at 5:30am, she was awoke by a call from Kaplan, who was phoning from the control room to say he would match the offer she received and pay $5,000 more to kee...

By Brent Baker COURIC, cutting him off: Other than education. A portion of the obituary story on the April 6 World News on ABC: DAN HARRIS: As President of the National Rifle Association, he became one of the most-polarizing figures in American politics.

By Brent Baker COURIC: I knew you were gonna say that. COURIC, GIGGLING: But I'm talking about pure stamina. COURIC: Having said that, do you pop vitamins, do you mainline coffee? COURIC, GIGGLING: I don't know if I want to hear the back story on that!

By Sarah, CBB Senior Contributor CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, 50, and her daughter Elinor 'Ellie' Tully Monahan, 16, share a smooch outside of Barneys in NYC last week. Dad Jay Monahan passed away from cancer in 1998. Katiecouric_0412_cbb Katiecouric0414_cbb ...

By NB Staff An excerpt from "Couric weighs in on Iraq, Rather," by Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin in the September 26 Washington Examiner: Speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday evening, CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric pulled back the curtain on her personal views of both the war in Iraq a...

By NB Staff That's how MRC director of media analysis and NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham described Katie Couric's recent conversation with Marvin Kalb in which the CBS anchor laid out her liberal opinions of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.

By Eric Deggans Katie Couric (CBS Evening News anchor): $15 million Couric. Matt Lauer (NBC Today co-anchor): $12 million. Meredith Vieira (NBC Today co-anchor): $10 million. Keith Olbermann (MSNBC anchor): $4 million. Harry Smith (CBS The Early Show ...