On the CBS Public Eye blog, Matthew Felling, media director for the Center for Media and Public Affairs, asks the network to rethink its interest in Katie Couric. An excerpt:
“Please stop.
Think. Explore your other options.
Simply from a ‘capital J’ Journalistic standpoint, how can you designate as ‘anchor’ someone who hasn’t been a newsperson in over a decade? There. I said it. Has Katie Couric been a morning show host? By definition. But that’s not the same thing…”
Felling expresses concern that Today is “always about Katie Couric” and says that “putting someone with Katie Couric’s tendencies in the anchor chair would be not just a step backward, but a moonwalk.” More…
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