For the record:
The problem with "The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" is not whether Couric, to whom the word "perky" is wired like a tin can, "lacks gravitas", with all the not-so-thinly veiled chauvinism contained in the charge.
The problem is whether there is anything even remotely connected to gravitas in "news stories" like this one, since even Edward R. Murrow couldn't find it where it never was to begin with:
(Hat tip to Doctor TV for the audio clip.)
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Isn't that exactly why CBS wanted Katie in the first place? They weren't look for "gravitas". They were looking to lighten things up a bit. I hear it all the time:
"I don't pay attention the news, I'm tired of hearing about all the terrible stuff going on in the world. It makes me sad."
It's why election turn-outs will never be what they should. It's why Americans have no idea of the name of the next president of Mexico. Why we don't really know how to find Iraq on a map. It's why anti-depressents are a way of life these days. It's reality lite.
It's why I'm still really worried about the November election.
Or maybe I just hang out a little too much with the wrong crowd.
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