CBS: Couric Would Go To Middle East

July 22, 2006 — “ACCESS Hollywood” expressed “regret” last night for reporting on its Web site that Katie Couric would refuse to set foot in dangerous war zones as the new anchor of the “CBS Evening News.”

Earlier this week, the NBC-owned celebrity news show’s Web site stated: “Katie Couric, who takes over the ‘CBS Evening News’ in September, told ‘Access Hollywood’ that at this point, she would not venture into the Middle East hot spot.

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