Tom Jicha opines:
“Katie Couric has proven she can do just as well at a network news anchor desk as any man. Make that any man named Dan Rather or Bob Schieffer, the only two to hold the CBS anchor position on a regular basis for the past quarter-century. Her ratings are on a par with Schieffer’s at this time a year ago and better than Rather’s in his final days.
Alas, that’s not good enough. CBS is not paying her $15 million to maintain the status quo.”
So here’s his radical suggestion: “Go back to being a newscast. The CBS Evening News has become so soft that if someone slammed a door in your home, the screen would collapse like a souffle.” More…
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