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Matt Lauer Presses Katie Couric About Her Future In Visit To NBC’s TODAY

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Back at her old home, NBC’s TODAY, Katie Couric sat down with Matt Lauer to talk, naturally, about her new book. Making absolutely no mention of the frenzy of speculation surrounding Couric’s future as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Lauer and Couric had a casual chat about Couric’s book on life advice (“you have to keep trying” was one insider’s tip) for a full three minutes. It was only then that Lauer pivoted, asking “heard any good rumors lately?”

The bizarre handling of the Couric interview comes in sharp contrast to Couric’s appearance on The View, when Barbara Walters addressed the rumors and reports about Couric’s future directly, firmly and right at the start of the interview before moving on to book she’d come on to talk about. On TODAY, Couric mocked Walters’ attempts to get Couric to discuss actual news, and then insisted to Lauer that she had not made any decision about leaving CBS.

But pressed by Lauer, Couric conceded she is considering a move to daytime. “What might appeal to me is just the creative freedom to pick subjects and really dig deep…it might be nice to have a little more wiggle room to show my personality,” she said, talking about a potential syndicated daytime show.

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  • Barack Must Go

    Two more phoney, lying, left wing bomb thrower graduates of the Lawrence O’Donnell school of liberal Douchebaggery and _____.

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    It makes sense for her to give the money quotes to her friend Matt and her former “Today” home. Also, he seemed to tie it to the book very well and it was very “fortuitous”, whomever did the booking to have put her before the long news break, so that Matt and Katie could visit (Though don’t they leave the cameras live for stations without news? If so, did Katie stick around and does anyone have the tape?)

    As for the actual news content… Yesterday, I suggested that she may be well-suited for a Regis-like show, if she could work it out with Matt or someone similar as co-host. While today, she seems to be hinting about something closer to the old “Phil Donahue”, rather than “Oprah” after she moved to the afternoons.

    The fact of the matter is that all of the speculation surrounding Katie’s future and the premature(?) postmortems, plus the realities of the business has strengthened CBS’ hand and have made it virtually impossible for them to offer her the same money. If she were to remain with a paycut (and if CBS doesn’t just license a broadcast from CNN as a cost-cutting measure), it’d definitely show moxie and her commitment to both “Evening” and news, but she’d be passing-up Ellen and potentially Rosie O’Donnell money which is a hard carrot to ignore.

    /my two cents

  • Dave Richards

    CBS put her in that chair chair because she is a woman. It’s the liberal way. Political correctness trumps everyhthing.

  • justanotherconservative

    looking old, katie….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    Notice how Mediaite’s stories about Democrats are almost always positive or puff pieces and every story about Republicans is always negative or trying to paint them as crazy?

  • 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

  • Dem4Ever

    Katie “The Elf” Couric is hilarious!

  • http://www.mediaite.com Mark Joyella

    I think Dronetek commented on the wrong post. I didn’t catch “Republican” or “Democrat” anywhere in this story. Or did I write something and forget?

  • TerryDo

    Who truly cares what she will do or where she will go?

    They should have asked Couric what books and magazine has she read, that helped her become such a patsy loser.

  • Arkansas Steve

    Mark Joyella said:
    I think Dronetek commented on the wrong post. I didn’t catch “Republican” or “Democrat” anywhere in this story. Or did I write something and forget?

    MARK, When you’re listening to Chris Matthews interview David Fluff, you don’t need to hear the word Democrat to know where they’re coming from. To only a slightly lesser degree, the same applies to Katie & Matt.

    It’s not that you forgot, it is that you have an AWARENESS PROBLEM.

  • Arkansas Steve

    If you rank EVERY single person on news/talk television, comparing their salary vs. their value,
    Katie Couric is the #1 MOST OVERPAID INDIVIDUAL ON TELEVISION!

  • X-3

    Mark Joyella said:
    I think Dronetek commented on the wrong post. I didn’t catch “Republican” or “Democrat” anywhere in this story. Or did I write something and forget?

    Nah, you didn’t miss anything; you’re just in denial about Dronetek’s observation.

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