It’s hard to sum up James Wolcott‘s Vanity Fair essay about Katie Couric. The headline is “Courage, Katie!” and the subhead says it all: “Savaged by the media, her ratings anemic, Katie Couric has stuck to her cozy, chirpy guns. Mistake. Those human-interest stories and apple-pie recipes obscure the fact that, when she actually does hard news, America’s sweetheart is as tough as they come.” Read the full piece…
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