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Bernie Goldberg Predicts ‘Without Fear Of Being Wrong’ That Couric Is Out At CBS

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Katie Couric‘s position at CBS News has come under question recently as reports have indicated both that their head anchorwoman may be looking for another home or that the network is attempting to significantly reduce her pay. And now resident media man at The O’Reilly Factor and veteran analyst Bernie Goldberg is betting his hat on it: “As anchorwoman of the CBS News, when her contract is out, she is gone.”

The discussion came up at the tail end of a segment on the President’s approval ratings and the Libya situation– a much more politics-heavy Weekday with Bernie than his usual media fare– but concluded with Bill O’Reilly asking Goldberg to predict Couric’s future at the network. “She’s gone,” he replied flatly, suggesting that, since the “only reason” CBS hired her and paid her a hefty salary to work with them was “to get the ratings up”– a routine uphill battle for the CBS Evening News, the network has little interest in keeping her around. The prediction came as, once again, O’Reilly suggested Goldberg was an oracle. “I say this without fear of being wrong: as the anchorwoman of the CBS News, when her contract is out, she is gone.”

O’Reilly, noting that Goldberg was merely speculating, wondered whether he had some special inside info. “Did they ask you to replace her yet?” he joked.

The segment via Fox News below:

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  • Garth

    Bernie Goldberg is a bitter old fart that will take his disdain for CBS to the grave. Which may be any time now.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Poor Katie was DOA when she took the job. The paycheck she got was just theft. CBS is not too bright, now they want Charlie Sheen back. LOL

  • Paleoconservatarian

    Garth said:
    Bernie Goldberg is a bitter old fart that will take his disdain for CBS to the grave. Which may be any time now.

    Good of you merely to predict Goldberg’s death, and not openly wish for it.

  • Garth

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Poor Katie was DOA when she took the job. The paycheck she got was just theft. CBS is not too bright, now they want Charlie Sheen back. LOL

    And you are a draft dodging liar. and everyone knows it. Sorry Gordo.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    gordonbloyershow said:
    Poor Katie was DOA when she took the job. The paycheck she got was just theft. CBS is not too bright, now they want Charlie Sheen back. LOL

    Gordo–Notice that CBS was smart enough to fire Bernie?
    And that they didn’t offer you a show?
    Like Meatloaf said, “Two out of three ain’t bad.”

  • Garth

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    Good of you merely to predict Goldberg’s death, and not openly wish for it.

    You’re welcome.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Bernie is a walking life lesson. Does pretty well as a young moderate, gets older, crankier, moves farther and right, get madder and madder, hates women and minorities doing “his” job, ends up playing the cranky old white guy on some cable station and ranting about how America is going down the tubes. Wishes for the good old days, and is sure he was passed over for greatness because of his last name.

  • felixw

    Maybe Nic Robertson should step in and tell us that he has checked with Bernie’s sources and can authoritatively state that Mr. Goldberg is lying. Since CNN has omniscient reporters, why should they be modest about setting the rest of us straight.

  • huntingtonboy

    Goldberg is incredible. What’s next? Predicting the sun will rise? Now, wouldn’t that be something too !!

  • Nationman

    huntingtonboy said:
    Goldberg is incredible. What’s next? Predicting the sun will rise? Now, wouldn’t that be something too !!

    the sun comes up, sun comes down, YOu can’t explain that.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Garth said:
    And you are a draft dodging liar. and everyone knows it. Sorry Gordo.

    Trying that again? LOL, I am the one with the real name that everyone can check, you are the one with the phony name that lies ALL the time. LOL

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Nationman said:
    the sun comes up, sun comes down, YOu can’t explain that.

    Copernicus did; 499 years ago.

  • Pablo

    The Tea Weasel® said:
    Does pretty well as a young moderate, gets older, crankier, moves farther and right, get madder and madder, hates women and minorities doing “his” job, ends up playing the cranky old white guy on some cable station and ranting about how America is going down the tubes.

    I’m sure he weeps as he cashes his Fox paychecks, and pines for that crazy CBS money.

  • The Tea Weasel®

    Pablo said:
    I’m sure he weeps as he cashes his Fox paychecks, and pines for that crazy CBS money.

    Sorry. Didn’t mean to belittle your life coach.

  • got a grip

    The Tea Weasel® said:
    Bernie is a walking life lesson. Does pretty well as a young moderate, gets older, crankier, moves farther and right, get madder and madder, hates women and minorities doing “his” job, ends up playing the cranky old white guy on some cable station and ranting about how America is going down the tubes. Wishes for the good old days, and is sure he was passed over for greatness because of his last name.

    Wow- talk about a packaged concept to fit others in to. That used to be the very definition of prejudice.

  • Big Eddie

    Katie out ? Where will they ever find another evil liberal Munchkin to replace her ?

  • Yukon Jack

    Katie Couric, the airhead bimbo took over from the certified liar, Dan Rather. Frick and Frack, Dumb and Dumber.

  • Joe Astroturf

    If Chunkie Katie loses some weight and has a lobotomy to straighten out that lefty brain of hers Fox might give her a part time slot. Even with the weight though she would never be able to break into full time. Ainsley Earhardt, Megyn Kelly , Jena Lee, Martha MacCallum etc etc need I say more. On second thought don’t even bother Katie.

    Please Check out song called teapartiers I can’t hear you at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJfboOindCo

    Here’s a verse

    When he lost his commie czar it must have knocked off his sox
    theirs actually someone reporting news but its only Fox
    he still has another czar Chavez loving lloyd
    he’s busy trying to make free speech null and void

    Corpsemen in the 57 states as your dying
    Jeff Jones will be laughing so much he’ll be crying
    now you know why they had you read that death book
    don’t you wish you had money like Rangle the crook
    you invested 50 years to safe guard your health care
    Nancy gives it to illegals and thinks that its fare

  • JodanUSA

    ALL OF THESE News anchors Hosts make MORE Money then Bill O’Reilly(Who ironically, He dislike theses Peoples the most)

    Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
    Katie Couric (CBS) $15 million
    Brian Williams (NBC) $12.5 million
    Diane Sawyer (ABC) $12 million
    Meredith Vieira (Today) $11 million
    Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) $10 million

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/02/tvs-top-earners/

    http://www.luuux.com/entertainment/matt-lauer-salary-16-million

    Matt, Brian, Katie, Meredith and everybody at NBC, ABC and CNN ARE 100 TIMES BETTER THEN EVERYBODY AT FOX NEWS!!

    These are the next 5:
    George Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 million
    Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 million
    Shepard Smith (Fox News) $7 million
    Wolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 million
    Christiane Amanpour (ABC) $2 million
    Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) $2 million
    Eliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000

  • JodanUSA

    JodanUSA said:
    ALL OF THESE News anchors Hosts make MORE Money then Bill O’Reilly(Who ironically, He dislike theses Peoples the most)

    Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
    Katie Couric (CBS) $15 million
    Brian Williams (NBC) $12.5 million
    Diane Sawyer (ABC) $12 million
    Meredith Vieira (Today) $11 million
    Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) $10 million

    http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/02/tvs-top-earners/

    http://www.luuux.com/entertainment/matt-lauer-salary-16-million

    Matt, Brian, Katie, Meredith and everybody at NBC, ABC and CNN ARE 100 TIMES BETTER THEN EVERYBODY AT FOX NEWS!!

    These are the next 5:
    George Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 million
    Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 million
    Shepard Smith (Fox News) $7 million
    Wolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 million
    Christiane Amanpour (ABC) $2 million
    Lawrence O’Donnell (MSNBC) $2 million
    Eliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000

  • The Lantern of Truth

    JodanUSA said:
    These are the next 5:

    Alex Witt $200,000
    Mika B. $150,000
    Andrea Mitchell $ 125,000
    Willie Geist $100,000
    Ed Schultz $ 12.50/hr .

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    That’s all just speculation. I’ll believe it when she’s really out and CBS says something indicating she’s out because she was too biased to the left.

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