Comments on: Legendary Rick Kaplan To Take Over Helm Of Couric’s Sagging CBS Evening News

By: Gray

Gray — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:07:02 +0000

“but CONTENT is what will increase the broadcastâ€™s ratings”

Indeed! Opinions are like a**holes – everybody got one. News is still king. But real news, not the ‘Steno-Sue’ stuff.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 23:42:30 +0000

It is no wonder things are going south with her on board. She spent far too much time trying to run down the “administration” like a run away vehicle that she has less credibility than Mr. Rove. Next it will be Tim loose lips trying to sink the “administration” and people will sway away from his program as well.

People want an unbiased and equal presented NEWS organization representative and not PERSONAL OPINIONS trying to mislead intelligent people. We know what is real and what are attempts to mislead us.

I must say that Merideth is a BREATH of fresh air DESPITE no significant change in leadership from your news organization. Liberal is LIBERAL and you certainly cannot hide that!
Goodbye Katie and thank goodness for that!

By: domajot

domajot — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:14:10 +0000

I do think that there is a resistance to accepting women as power figures, especially in highly visible and audible positions. While we comment on Hillary’s tonal qualities, no other candidate’s voice timbre is noted.

My confession: i’ve always liked low (as in musical scale, not volume) voices.

This bias works much to the detriment of finding the most qualigied.

By: Ken Shepherd

Ken Shepherd — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:25:38 +0000

Nice take. I have a slightly different angle on it though. Remember Kaplan praised Dan Rather for accuracy and balance, and this was well after Memogate.

Link: http://newsbusters.org/node/11276