TVSquad

I've tried to watch Couric but I feel she'll break out into a lullabye song at any moment. I swear she speaks at a slower rate, (maybe what Rather alludes to in "dumbing it down").
I figured she was in trouble when she asked viewers "what should I sign off with" in her first week.

Reply

Do not misinterpret this post as a defense of CBS or its Evening News, but really ... who gives a f*** what Dan Rather thinks?

Reply

CBS is the most watched network in primetime and has been for many years now but are still last in the morning news shows, the evening news and late night shows. The opposite is for NBC. So the viewers clearly like something that the others don't have.

Reply

I'm gonig with Jim, Dan Rather is a dumbass that would still have the job if he didn't make up a news story. He worked for CBS and not Fox and CBS won't allow it.

Reply

I think Couric is too friendly for a news report. I want my news from someone who "tells it like it is" rather than somebody trying to comfort me. I feel like after every story Couric is going to pat my hand and tell me everything is going to be okay. Rather, Brokaw, Jennings, even Sawyer tell the news and thats the way its going to be, whether you like it or not. That's how I want the news.

Reply

1'm with 2 + 4.
Who cares what Dan Rather thinks? whatever your Opinion of Katie Couric at least she doesnt Make stuff up.
if any one is Dumb here Dan, Its you , you over blown , over opinionated over rated Jack ass!

Reply

I do agree with Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News bringing The Today Show infotainment mentality to evening news. I do like variety in my news but I don't want my intelligence insulted either. I am not a fan of Katie Couric either and wasn't crazy about her on The Today show. I liked when Bob Schiffer was doing the evening news and wish he would come back.

Reply

HUM, SOMEONE IS A LITTLE JEALOUS..................

SOUNDS LIKE IT, IF HE DID SUCH A BANG UP JOB.......
WHY IS HE NOT STILL THERE, ARROGANT DAN THE MAN.

WAS DULL BEFORE, IS DULL NOW, AND IT IS NOT KATIES FAULT, ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE.

Reply

Who says Couric doesn't make things up? Did you ever see one of her interviews?

Reply

I dont watch the CBS Evening News because right when it turns on you gotta hear that guy saying "Cbs Evening News with Katie Couric" I swear when he says that whole line it sounds like hes sitting on a toilet constipated its quite disturbing. It would be nice if people would stop kissing network news butt and just start watching cable news which is 100x better and more informative of each and every story in the news....

Reply

I liked Bob Schiffer too. Wish they would bring him back. Don't care for Couric at all. For some reason, she annoys me?

Reply

I knew that CBS evening news would be a disaster when Couric took over the anchor position. Just another boring bleeding heart liberal who doesn't know how to present the news or what it's all about anyhow. It's not only her, all the news networks are biased, generally hate the US and in a word suck. Newsmax is the closest network to presenting unbiased and truthful reporting. R.L.F.

Reply

They are all dumbing down with the possible exception of News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) and I am worried about them as they get more and more corporate sponsors. Even Keith Olbermann (MSNBC), for crying out loud, is doing more Paris Hilton and less brilliant editorials. Sad!

Reply

Couric is out of touch and she doesn't know how to report news. She should be working at Macys shoe dept.
I haven't watch CBS since Bob Schieffer left.

Reply

I used to like Dan Rather, but wasn't it his big mouth that got him into trouble in the first place? I do think a double standard is being applied to Katie Couric no matter what she does. People need to lighten up and just listen for the news stories.

Reply

I don't know where the other posters on this board have been the last 10 years, but NO ONE watches the news from the 3 ( big?) networks, let alone CBS.
I personally can't stand Dan Rather, but he is right on the money with his comments this time. Their audience shares are made up out of thin air just to get advertising dollars. The majority of people turn on the tv and go to fox or cnn, or msnbc when something is happening and you all know it.

Reply

I enjoy watching Katie, and often do if I have already seen
the news. If I haven't, I go to another channel....

Reply

Dan Rather dis-credited himself when he altered and took creative license to create "rather" that to "report" He violated the code ... he needs to bow out and remain silent and live a quite and peaceful life ... Katie will come into her own, the network needs to let her do her job and be Katie -she has the trust, talent, knowledge, courage, respect and honor.

Reply

Hard news on network TV? Doesn't exist anymore... So why pick on Katie? At least CBS isn't owned by a right-wing outfit like Fox or ABC (becoming Fox-Lite). Leave it to AOL to do a shallow piece on a huge problem - tarting up the news so the speak. (using "tart" figuratively as whores who sell out)

Reply

I don't like Katie Couric, didn't like her on the Today show either. I didn't like Dan Rather more. Katie, to me, shows her bias all too well, but at least she is somewhat honest. Dan Rather is dishonest, has been for many years. Of the three networks, I like Charlie Gibson the most, although I don't watch network news much. I prefer FOX and CNN. I don't think many people watch network news anymore, unless they don't have cable. Dan Rather sounds like a bitter man, but he took himself down, no one did it for him.

Reply