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Shut Up, Twitter
Katie Couric's 'Very Selective' Twitter Not So Selective
At USC to receive a Walter Cronkite award, Katie Couric was downright grumpy about Twitter. Except for her Twitter, which kind of rules, supposedly.
The CBS Evening News anchor was on some sort of panel discussion with George Stephanopoulos at the university. The conversation took an inevitable and lengthy detour onto the topic of microblogging, says Variety. Couric: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by lawnsprinkler: "When will Katie Couric apologizing for being a terrible East Coast Media Elite?" It's "apologize!" 6 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Secret Tape Has Departing CNBC-ers Tirade
It's Friday, everyone's turning the page. Madonna wants a new Malawi baby; Method Man promises to pay his taxes and it's Dylan Ratigan's last day to yell at his CNBC producer on camera. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Rumpelstilskin: Instead of Killing Kittens, why not Pounding Puppies? Mauling Minnows? Carnal Canaries? 5 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
CBS Sells Brainwashing News for Car Dealers
Here's something scary that exists: The Automotive Broadcasting Network ("Fueled by CBS"!), which beams soothing, automotive industry-friendly news into car dealerships, so as not to upset the customers. Katie Couric is a GM zombie! More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: I'd rather watch the Airport Broadcasting Network, brought to us by CNN. Or was the the Rest Stop Network?... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
We Are Duly Terrified of Katie Couric's Notebook
Katie Couric has a Twitter thing! And on the distributed Internet micro-oversharing service, at last, America's sweetheart seems to realize how frightening she has become. -
hudson plane crash
Sullenberger Will Be the Hero We Need
On 60 Minutes, Katie Couric kept asking Chesley Sullenberger whether his heroic flight was influenced by anything beside training: his gut, his terror, his God. No: "I was sure I could do it." More »
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By Ryan TateComment by wholenuther: Though I hope Sully's a democrat, I'm sort of glad I don't know his politics. 11 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Katie Couric Phones It in
Honestly, what is up with CBS News anchorlady Katie Couric? First she lets a high-school reporter scoop her, and now she's too lazy to get to a studio for Howie Kurtz's Reliable Sources? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by billybobnyc: If you just saw Couric's report on "60 Minutes" and if you think that you can better, please apply to... 1 Responses | Other threads
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chesley sullenberger
Hero of the Hudson to Save Journalism, Too
Katie Couric got scooped by a kid! Jega Sanmugam of Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon, Calif. published his sitdown with Flight 1549 miracle pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger before her 60 Minutes interview aired. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by DrGirlfriend: You know, the longer he goes on being such a classy guy, the worse I expect the inevitable skeleton in... 7 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Guy Ritchie Sang Showtunes In a Gay Bar, and Is OK With That
When Jennifer Aniston feels sentimental, she plays her old Brad Pitt phone messages. When Guy Ritchie feels sentimental, he does gay karaoke. When Marc Jacobs feels sentimental, he screws rentboy-style, outside. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by FormerEnglishMajor: I used to laugh about Jennifer Aniston, but now it is clear that she is never getting over being dumped,... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Hero Pilot Cheats on Katie Couric
After promising himself to CBS, pilot Chesley Sullenberger gave an interview to ESPN. Katie Couric should have known. "Sully" may be dreamy, and is definitely a hero, but he's also a media heartbreaker. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Please pardon the following Bale-esque invective. [www.nytimes.com] ARE THEY FUCKING KIDDING??? "Not to worry"? Murdoch, you a disgrace to the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Sad Matt Lauer Needs This Obama Interview To Go Well
Matt Lauer is supposed to interview Barack Obama for the Superbowl pre-game show any minute now. He could use a good chat following his terrible week of endless dissing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Tremonius: I worked with a guy who had the name game cold. He called himself "Dad." He called everyone else "Dad."... 8 Responses | Other threads
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television
Sully Breaks Up With Matt Lauer For Katie Couric
Godlike Hudson Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger canceled a Today show interview Monday, but promised to come back and give Matt Lauer the exclusive when he could talk. But he lied! More »
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Comment by Cecil's Wielder: Matt Lauer isn't off in a faraway land ala a children's geography show? 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Happy 18th Birthday! I Got You Le Monde
In your Friday media column: Facebook is unholy, business is business, and Nicolas Sarkozy got you a present!: More »
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Comment by Kid Twist: Someone tells me that Carlos Slim, besides being fabulously rich, is also gay. Not that it matters one way or... 3 Responses | Other threads
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interviews
Sarah Palin: Media, Its Subjects, and Viewers Are All Jerks
It appears that Sarah Palin's post-campaign career activities will consist exclusively of bitching about the media. In a new interview she takes on Katie Couric, Tina Fey, Caroline Kennedy, and all you jerks watching at home: More »
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I am steadily falling in love with her again. 21 Responses | Other threads
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The Top Ten Feuds of 2008
Nothing says Christmas like two people screaming at each other. Gawker video guru Richard Blakeley compiled and ranked the ten very best of this contentious year. -
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David Gregory To Run Meet The Press?
The Huffington Post reported David Gregory will take over for Tim Russert as permanent moderator of Meet The Press after beating out finalists Andrea Mitchell, Gwen Ifill and Chuck Todd. NBC told Politico, "I don't know where they are getting this," and Gregory's agent would neither confirm nor deny to the Observer. Dark-horse candidate Katie Couric is reportedly not interested. Odd that NBC News would leak to HuffPo, given the network division's apparent long-running feud with publisher Arianna Huffington, but then there have been signs that the bad feelings have perhaps been dropped.
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By Ryan TateComment by Baroness: He's the perfect choice, a reliable repeater of conventional Beltway wisdom, with a knack for tongue-bathing Republicans and asking... 3 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Keith Olbermann Obnoxious, Couric And Letterman Agree
Katie Couric is on the Late Show again tonight, to try and convince David Letterman that she didn't purposely steal John McCain for her CBS Evening News that night the Republican presidential nominee infamously flaked on Letterman. Of course this is a lie, assuming Couric is as ruthlessly competitive as any network news anchor must be in order to succeed. But her exchange with Letterman is worth watching if only for all the fun bashing of Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC shouting head who filled in for McCain. Click the video icon to watch.
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By Ryan TateComment by Baroness: I'm just trying to figure what Cold War lab came up with Katie Couric, and why her career is of... 15 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Couric Wonders: Why Didn't Anyone Ask Palin About Me?
Greta Van Susteren and Matt Lauer were first out of the gate with lengthy Sarah Palin interviews after the election. The chats were slammed as softball jobs by some critics, and you can now add Katie Couric to that group, at least in one regard: She wishes someone had asked the former Republican vice presidential nominee why she didn't answer Couric's simple and ultimately devastating question about what newspapers and magazines Palin reads. Hopefully Lauer, who hosted Today with Couric for nine years, doesn't take the critique personally, particularly since Couric may very well end up back at NBC. Click the video icon to watch Couric explain her thoughts on David Letterman's Late Show.
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By Ryan TateComment by pooks: Weegees Bored: Perhaps the caffeine of my morning coffee has not kicked in, but I'm not sure I understand what... 11 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Couric Schools Palin
"I think she should keep her head down, work really hard and learn about governing." [Post]
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By Ryan TateComment by DoubleMonocle: I love how women do that ``death by 1,000 cuts'' thing.It's really awesome to watch. 5 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Why Was Katie Couric On A Dinner Date With NBC?
It's just a brief item, reporting that NBC chief Jeff Zucker was spotted with "old pal Katie Couric huddling over dinner at Elio's." But Page Six's sighting of the CBS Evening News anchor with her old Today boss will inevitably stoke further speculation about the possibility she might take over for Tim Russert at NBC's Meet The Press. The alleged dinner comes barely a week after the Times reported NBC executives were bandying Couric's name as a possible anchor for the Sunday-morning interview show. Gossip aside, let's move on to speculation: Wouldn't the gig just be an awful reprise of the CBS Evening News disaster? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by GirlyWhirl: Just look at that adorable Tim Russert!... how I miss him. I will be seriously disgusted if they place Katie Couric... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Friars Roast-Crashing Tom Cruise Reunited with Glib Tormentor Matt Lauer
If Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise could patch things up after Cruise called her a pseudoscience-worshiping devil-thetan incubator (we're paraphrasing), then surely, we thought, Cruise and Matt Lauer could eventually let bygones be bygones. You may remember how the actor and anchorman tussled back in 2005 when Cruise accused Lauer of not personally, personally understanding either Ritalin, postpartum depression, or why the son survived in War of the Worlds. Now, we hear, the Friars Club Roast of Lauer that just concluded in New York featured a surprise, couch-jumping guest. Says KTU reporter Paul Westcott: More » -
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Katie Couric Honestly Reads The Economist, Unlike Certain People
Although Sarah Palin said yesterday she was "impatient" and "annoyed" with Katie Couric's irrelevant questions about her book learnin' and whatnot, the CBS Evening News anchor wisely avoided firing any direct return fire when confronted with a camerman from TMZ, of all places. But it's all too easy to read — or invent? — meaning between Couric's lines, especially if you can successfully look past her usual smiling charm. Who might Couric be talking about when she says she doesn't "lie" about reading The Economist? Is "luckily I'm not running for vice president" some kind of swipe? It's harder to tell than you might think. Click the video icon to watch.
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By Ryan TateComment by Ropocalypse Now: Seriously, when did Katie Couric become an official smart person? It really snuck up on me, and I'm actually starting... 3 Responses | Other threads
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saturday night live
How 'SNL' Plans to Cover Last Night's Debate (Without Having to Actually Hire a Black Woman)
Though pundits like Time's Mark Halperin are claiming that last night's vice presidential debate left Saturday Night Live little to parody (really?), it's hard to imagine that SNL would leave its ratings on the table by ignoring what was perhaps the most-anticipated Sarah Palin event of the entire election year. Now, according to EW's Michael Ausiello, SNL does indeed plan to cover the debate, which leaves it with one problem: the moderator, Gwen Ifill, was a black woman, and SNL still has none in its cast. It's the same problem the variety show has run into when covering Michelle Obama, and just as rumors flew that Lorne Michaels had approached Maya Rudolph about that role, SNL has its sights set on a very specific Ifill impersonator who's not a member of the actual cast: More » -
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Hasselbeck Not Leaving 'The View' Until She Adorns Her Living Room Wall With Four Bloody Scalps
Back when Rosie O'Donnell left The View, many industry watchers predicted the program would quickly return to its safe, easygoing roots (and that ratings would dive as a result). Oh, how they underestimated the Hasselbeck! The election year has provoked The View's resident Republican into a lather almost daily, whether she's obfuscating about Barack Obama or calling an unlikely moratorium on Sarah Palin discussion. In fact, things have gotten so heated lately that rampant speculation had Hasselbeck headed for Fox News, forcing her agent to issue a statement today: More » -
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Would Prefer It If You Just Ignored That Palin/Couric Debacle
After Elisabeth Hasselbeck nearly brained Barbara Walters yesterday using a coffee mug filled with steaming-hot Republican rage, producers for The View wisely kept Walters away from today's show, though things were just as politically heated. Today — as it often is — the topic was Sarah Palin, and Hasselbeck's had quite enough of that issue, thank you very much! More » -
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Conundrums: Elect Sarah Palin, and Lose Diddy Forever
Though John McCain came out of the Republican National Convention with a lead over Barack Obama, the general consensus is that political momentum has swung back Obama's way — and for further proof, look no further than important swing voter Diddy. Last seen praising Sarah Palin's RNC speech ("You did your thing. You gave a speech that pretty much shut me the fuck up") Diddy has changed his tune even faster than a ridiculous nickname past its expiration date. Now, after having watched Palin biff question after question with Katie Couric, Diddy is frightened — so frightened, he's hiding under the covers, threatening never to come out if McCain and Palin get elected. Finally, a celebrity endorsement the Republicans can actually use! [Diddy Blog] -
sarah palin
Sarah Palin Has Nothing To Lose Tonight
For American presidential campaigns, the run-up to any televised debate is nothing so much as an exercise in managing expectations. Your opponent is fearsome and will probably crush you. Your own candidate will be lucky to form a single coherent sentence. Then, after the debate, you can spin a weak performance as a come-from-behind victory. In this little game of flackery, Sarah Palin could not be better positioned for tonight's face-off against Joe Biden. The Republican vice presidential nominee is up against a respected lion of the senate. Severe economic anxiety has put her ticket nine points behind in a new poll. The debate moderator has a big crush on Barack Obama. And, most importantly, a series of disastrous interviews with Charles Gibson and especially Katie Couric has made Palin look like an uninformed, inarticulate embarrassment. You can watch the complete lowlights in the attached video, including Palin's failure last night to name a single Supreme Court decision other than Roe vs. Wade. But keep in mind that the worse Palin looks now, the better she'll likely appear, to some key voters, tomorrow morning.
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: Just something to keep in mind: she might do well. And Biden might do badly. Don't lose sight... 17 Responses | Other threads
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katie couric
Palin Doesn't Help Couric Ratings
"The CBS Evening News gained only about 10 percent in audience from the previous week — and it was actually down from the same week the year before." [Times]
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By Ryan TateComment by KarenUhOh: t's b c s S r h P l n h s b c m rrl v nt. 9 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Palin Reads 'All' Magazines And Newspapers
Sarah Palin spent some more time with Katie Couric, her new undermining roommate, who seems to have accumulated like 20 months worth of interview material, all of it horrifically damaging to the Republican vice presidential nominee. This time around, Palin couldn't name any newspapers or magazines she regularly reads, except for "all of them," which she clarified to mean whatever four-year-old copy of U.S. News she finds in the waiting room at her dentist's office. Then she didn't know what the morning after pill was. Katie was like, "whatever, I'm so out of here." Then Palin said she "loved" her lesbian friend, and Katie got excited again, about seeing Palin naked and "unfiltered" at the big debate. When will Palin finally vote Couric out of her sorority house and end this embarrassment? Cringe for her in the attached clip (click the video icon to watch). More » -
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Latest To Enlist in the McCain / Letterman War of '08
David Letterman continued to hammer John McCain last night, taking obvious glee in the fact that he has finally found an adversary worthy of supplanting former bĂªte noires like Les Moonves and the entirety of NBC Broadcasting. If you'll remember, McCain incurred Letterman's wrath by canceling a Late Show appearance under the guise of heading immediately to Washington D.C. — something Letterman debunked by cutting to a live feed of McCain's interview with Katie Couric just down the street. Last night, after taking shots at McCain in his monologue ("He loves bailouts — he bailed out on me"), Letterman welcomed guest Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who promptly swore her allegiance to the Late Show host, then demonstrated it with another live feed cut to a lonely Katie Couric. Clip above. [CBS] -
sarah palin
More Couric Disasters Push Palin Back To Safety Of Talk Radio
Sarah Palin just keeps going back for more car-wreck interviews with Katie Couric. After forecasting a possible Great Depression and saying something indecipherable about her state's relations with Russia, the Republican vice presidential nominee reportedly went silent when called on to name Supreme Court cases other than Roe V. Wade. Also, in the attached clip, Palin and John McCain both implausibly try to blame "gotcha journalism" for reporting on Palin's support for cross-border raids into Pakistan, a position shared by Barack Obama and attacked by McCain during the presidential debate. (Click the video icon to watch.) Now, Politico reports, the Republican ticket is pulling Palin back to the safer waters of right-wing talk radio. Putting McCain's popular-but-inexperienced running mate in front of more TV cameras was a calculated gamble by the campaign to broaden her appeal. It's now safe to say that it failed.
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By Ryan TateComment by ae38: Here is my conspiracy theory in full: This is all a ruse. The Republicans and their faithful pundits are planting... 20 Responses | Other threads
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Take Two
Though Tina Fey has publicly voiced a desire to stop playing Sarah Palin in November, Lorne Michaels issued the Emmy winner the comedy equivalent of a stop-loss last night, conscripting Fey for a second tour of duty as Palin on Saturday Night Live. This time around, Fey and Amy Poehler spoofed the vice-presidential candidate's bungled sit-down with Katie Couric, and though the sketch will forever live in the shadow of the instant classic original (and we would rather have seen Kristen Wiig play Couric than the hugely pregnant Poehler), there were still some worthwhile bits. Our favorite? Fey-as-Palin's talking points meltdown (at 2:50 in the video). More » -
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Sarah Palin Meets 'Bono, the King of Ireland'
Tina Fey returned her old home at Saturday Night Live once again last night to portray mind-boggling VP candidate Sarah Palin, opposite Amy Poehler's Katie Couric. In the clip, Palin discusses her whirlwind tour of NYC and the UN, and tells Couric what to do if you stumble upon a Russian on the Alaskan border. Check it out after the jump. More »
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Comment by fileunder: Someone at SNL has to be scrambling to find a Gwen Ifill lookalike right about now. 4 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
How We All Got Permission To Be Sexist About Sarah Palin
Everyone is treating Sarah Palin like a vapid celebrity and it is just so patronizing! Here she is, four thousand four hundred miles away from her tanning bed, meeting all these important people with accents in her very most distinguished Nancy Pelosi outfits and president of Pakistan tells her she is "more gorgeous" than he expected her to be! Gossip columnist "nearly lunged" to check out the label on her jacket at a fancy dinner the other night. So sexist, right! And it gets soooooo much more offensive!
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By MoeComment by katastic: IT IS NOT SEXIST TO CRITICIZE THIS WOMAN. IT IS SEXIST NOT TO DEFEND THIS WOMAN JUST BECAUSE SHE'S A... 13 Responses | Other threads
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david letterman
David Letterman Not About to Suspend His Campaign Making Fun of John McCain
It looks like John McCain will be heading to tonight's presidential debate after all (according to this priceless pool report from McCain's plane, which also states, "General atmosphere is utter confusion"), but one no-show is continuing to cost the candidate, and that's McCain's now-notorious skipped Late Show appearance. David Letterman continued to rip into McCain during his monologue yesterday, even conscripting guest Paris Hilton (who had her own memorable run-in with McCain) into the proceedings. Meanwhile, executives at CBS News are up in arms about the live news feed Letterman tapped into on Wednesday night's broadcast that showed McCain getting made up in advance of his Katie Couric interview: More » -
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Katie Couric Won't 'Guv' Palin Any Respect
On Katie Couric's website, it's always "Sen. Biden" this and "Sen. Biden" that, but the Democratic VP nominee's Republican counterpart gets the catty treatment. She's just plain "Sarah Palin." Conservative slam book American Spectator even found a CBS News editorial aide saying Couric sought approval to not call her "Governor." Because otherwise, you see, Palin might have looked all executive and so forth in her disastrous interviews. Couric is obviously just scared of a more powerful cougar. When will the jealous media elites stop conspiring to make Sarah Palin look bad? Watch Couric finally give Palin the respect she deserves, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SinisterRouge: COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families struggling with health care, housing, gas... 18 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Did Palin Have Cheat Sheet During Couric Interview?
So. That Couric interview? Didn't seem to instill much confidence in anyone that we're dealing with anything other than a stunt that's gone horribly awry, like suspending a campaign to fix the economy. Like, people who thought she was dumb are shocked at just how dumb. (Or incurious, whatever you want to call it! You can't be a complete idiot and be a successful politician in Alaska, after all.) (That was a joke.) So would it maybe alarm you to know that her insane answers to Katie's pretty standard-issue questions were based off of pre-written notes? That's the contention, anyway, of some DailyKos diarist, whose proof is that Palin appears to look down a couple times. If she did have notes, she sounds like she got them from the dumbest kid in class. Honestly, what did these notes say? "MAKE NO SENSE"??
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By PareeneComment by JaneyJaneJane: Oh, good lord. She's making all American women look like idiots now. I don't know if this link will work but... 7 Responses | Other threads
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not funny anymore
Palin: Stop Making Fun Of Me
Honestly it's just sad now. Sarah Palin looks genuinely upset that everyone mocked her for saying she has foreign policy experience because of her state's proximity to Russia. Asked to explain what sort of foreign policy experience that proximity lends her, she says her state is very close to Russia. Katie Couric just smiles politely. The new exclusive clip from the CBS interview with America's Saddest Joke is attached below. More »
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By PareeneComment by Bitter Poor: Is it me, or is there something weird/creepy about her eyes in this? (No, not mocking -- there is something very... 21 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Worst Of Sarah Palin's Katie Couric Interview (So Far)
The first half of Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric aired tonight and it's already making the wrong sorts of headlines. This is looking a lot like Palin's train wreck sit-down with ABC News' Charlie Gibson. (Video of the most damaging moments — this time around — after the jump.) More »
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By Ryan TateComment by llamalash★: She was much more charming this time around, though. Sadly, personality IS (almost) everything. And as much as I hate... 11 Responses | Other threads
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david letterman
America, Here is Your Desired 'Letterman on McCain' Action
Well, isn't this interesting. Hours before the anticipated David Letterman evisceration of John McCain aired on the East Coast, a YouTube popped up (by a user who had never posted any videos before and registered today) with all the highlights. Thanks, CBS mole! Video after the jump: More » -
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Letterman Pummels McCain
Somehow, YouTube already has a copy of David Letterman tonight lacerating John McCain for skipping the Late Show and suspending his campaign in the midst of the Wall Street meltdown. As reported earlier by Drudge, Letterman became especially upset when he caught the Republican presidential nominee in a live feed from New York being interviewed by his own network's Katie Couric. McCain had personally told Letterman he was canceling because he was headed back to the capital to handle the financial crisis. Whoops. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Peoplefamiliarwith: It wouldn't be appropriate to do a late-night interview on the day you suspend your presidential campaign in order to... 16 Responses | Other threads
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