Casting Call

So, lets see if I've got this straight...

Dan Rather is your anchorman. He doesn't research and confirm his sources and runs an anti-Bush story. He gives his network, CBS, a black eye and "retires" in shame a few months later.

Alright, now you've got this stain on your network and an open anchor postion to fill. Knowing that viewers are already migrating from traditional news sources, next anchorperson you hire needs to be a homerun. You need a person that America will trust. In CBS' mind that person is Katie Couric.

Huh?

Did I miss something, when did Katie Couric become a trusted name in news? Consider this quote directed to Jimmy Carter from April 1st, 2005 on the Today Show (please notice the softball delivery of her questions to him):

“President Carter, as perhaps our country’s most revered ex-President, your words carry a lot of moral weight. Surely everyone noticed when you told reporters recently that President Bush’s war on Iraq was based on a campaign of quote, ‘lies and misinterpretations.’ How many lies do you think the President told to drag us into war?... I mean, were they little white lies or really gigantic whoppers?...Does this button sum it all up for you, ‘Bush Lied, People Died’?”

Most revered ex-President? Your words carry a lot of moral weight? Yes, surely Carter ranks higher than Washington, Addams, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, and Reagan. How Katie made that statement with a straight face amazes me.

Then again, maybe that is what CBS is looking for...someone who can lie and not crack a smile.