New York Post Report: Katie Couric Possibly Contemplating Move To CNN

by Frances Martel | 11:27 am, October 9th, 2010

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The New York Post is reporting of a possible deal between CNN and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, who, according to friends cited in the report, is unhappy at CBS and “wants to be on the air somewhere before the [2012] Iowa caucuses.”

The Post‘s report seems mostly to be speculation compiled from quotes by the CEO of Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, CBS chief Les Moonves, and various “insiders.” “CNN appears especially eager to sign Couric now that the new show starring ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is off to a stumbling start,” the report reads, noting that Bewkes told Fox‘s Neil Cavuto that he would not cap CNN anchor salaries, perhaps hinting to possible future employees that there is reason to hop on board.

On the CBS side, though, the report indicates that there is little interest to let Couric go, quoting a “CBS insider” as saying, “don’t be surprised if Katie stays,” while another anonymous source tells them that “nothing has changed” between the network and its main anchor. Couric’s contract ends in May, so it is possible that those on CNN are contemplating talking to her. A few more sourced comments might make the story more believable next time, however– not to mention that contemplations and talks so rarely lead to actual deals. As for whether that has anything to do with Parker/Spitzer remains to be seen as well, as that show is only a week old and, all things considered, still has time to blossom from this week’s ratings.

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Big Eddie

If Katie goes back to CNN , that will give even more people an opportunity to not watch her there .
Pablo

On the CBS side, though, the report indicates that there is little interest to let Couric go, quoting a “CBS insider” as saying, “don’t be surprised if Katie stays,” while another anonymous source tells them that “nothing has changed” between the network and its main anchor.

That $15 million/year contract is definitely going to change.
writer

Maybe another colonoscopy would ramp up those ratings.
Arkansas Steve

Just what CNN really needs, another liberal who can read a teleprompter That’ll make Spitzer seem interesting.
puck30

And this means exactly what?
felixw

Arkansas Steve said:
Just what CNN really needs, another liberal who can read a teleprompter That’ll make Spitzer seem interesting.

You’re right. Couric would fit in perfectly with CNN’s debased concept of journalism. This is why they Fox now outdraws CNN by a 5-to-1 margin. Or (in the case of Eliot Spitzer) more like 7-to-1.

CNN would like to believe that only conservatives watch Fox — but do conservatives really make up 80% of the audience available to these two networks? In reality, thinking people have given up on CNN because of the bias, predictability and mind-numbing political correctness of every host on every show — combined with CNN’s “cute” habit of hiding stories that everybody can learn about from other sources.
notsofast

Good. The less we see of her, the better.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Mangan/100000213524770 David Mangan

Not to change the subject, but I wonder if Katie is as bad as her dodo teleprompter reader colleague Brian Williams. For months Brian Williams had two, sometimes three stories a night on the Gulf Oil Spill and almost all of the NBC Evening News stories had BP as the corporate bad guy and the Obama Administration as the knight in shining armor riding to the rescue.

Then last week, Obama’s own Commission on the spill investigating the entire episode came to the conclusion that the Obama Administration repeatedly covered up the true extent and magnitude of the disaster. How many stories did serial lapdog Brian have on this game-changer in perceptions? Exactly ZERO!

Ditto for a lot of the other alphabet dinosaurs that serve as stenographers to the DNC and who now are regarded by a MAJORITY OF AMERICANS as hopelessly biased toward Obama and the leftist Pelosi-Reid dictatorship. Gallup has those results, of course, and the liberals always cry out how biased Gallup is, so they’ll pay no heed. I enjoy watching the NYT attack the Tribune because in a couple of years the New York Times might be in the same straits. And the alphabet media are New Deal and even agitprop Stalinists for Obama.
Dandee

Is she going to try ALL stations and see if someone is stupid enough to hire her? I wouldn’t hire her to do the weather even!
newzmaker

Personally, I don’t view Couric as being an asset to any media outlet, unless a media outlet is looking specifically for an activist journalist, such as Katie. Years ago, on “Today”, Katie projected herself as a humble, by the book, journalist. As with many former journalists before her, Katie appears to be more concerned with being allowed to hang out with limousine liberals, than being a straightforward journalist. Last, but not least, when I perceive a journalist to be nothing more than an activist journalist, I view them as an embarrassment to their profession. Perhaps Katie would fare better, if she retired from the news biz altogether, and was offered her own reality TV program.
Cher

She can’t give the straight poop. She just HAS to lean it way to the left. She was OK on daytime TV, sorta like an aging ex-cheerleader, but as for real news, anything that isn’t puff, fergit it, she ain’t got it.
Bunny

She’s always gotten on my nerves, ever since she came on board the Today show (it’s the reason I quit watching, not that that hurt their ratings, but I just couldn’t bear her). It’s nothing to do with her views, just her personality and manner of delivery. For the same reason, I couldn’t watch her on CNN.

Best thing CNN could ever do would be to beg Aaron Brown to come back, in my opinion. I always enjoyed his show.
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