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NEWS ABOUT: Katie Couric

Katie Couric stories: 62 news summaries

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 Hero Pilot Recounts 
 'Sickening' Moment 
 Engines Died 

'Thank you' inadequate for speedy rescuers, says Sully

Feb 6, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The moments after  the engines of US Airways Flight 1549 died were the worst of his life, hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger tells Katie Couric in a 60 Minutes interview to air Monday. Disbelief was followed by a "sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling," as an eerie silence and a disturbing... More »

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Katie Couric • US Airways • plane crash • pilot • Hudson River • Chesley Sullenberger • Flight 1549 • Hudson crash

OPINION

Tough Times
Are Boon for
Couric's Ratings

Anchor has grown
into role at CBS, and more are watching

Jan 29, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Katie Couric’s comforting style is perfect for tough times, or so a 5% uptick in the ratings for CBS’ Evening News suggests. In Couric’s hands, economic catastrophe, Mideast violence and terrorism become “news you can warm up to,” Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post. After... More »

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Katie Couric • journalism • TV ratings • news anchor • CBS Evening News • television personality

 Palin: Media 
 Gives Kennedy 
 Free Pass 

Social status made for her own tough ride, says ex-candidate, also ripping Fey, Couric

Jan 8, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin says the media is lobbing softballs at Caroline Kennedy because of the would-be New York senator’s class status, Politico reports. The Republican governor of Alaska speculates that “there is a class issue here also that was such a factor in the scrutiny of my candidacy,”... More »

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Katie Couric • Tina Fey • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • class divide • media bias • media coverage • Sarah Palin

 Old Boys' 
 Networks 
 No More: 
 TV's New 
 Female Stars 


Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Campbell Brown 'redefining broadcast careers'

Dec 17, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - The world of television news can be a journalistic proving ground during tumultuous times, and three women have bubbled to the top of the white-guy-dominated realm. Vogue takes a look at one veteran and two up-and-comers who have caught the mag's eye:
  • Katie Couric—After months of ridicule and
... More »

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Katie Couric • MSNBC • Vogue • CNN • Election 2008 • news anchor • CBS Evening News • Rachel Maddow • Campbell Brown

Meet the Press May Get
New Anchor(s) Soon

PBS' Gwen Ifill, NBC's own Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory among candidates

Nov 26, 08 1:20 PM CST
(Newser) - NBC could name a new anchor, or anchors, for Meet the Press by Dec. 7, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sources at the network say that could be interim moderator Tom Brokaw’s last day on the show. Up for consideration are NBC’s David Gregory, Chuck Todd, and Andrea... More »

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NBC • Katie Couric • politics • Washington DC • Tim Russert • Meet the Press • Andrea Mitchell • David Gregory • Gwen Ifill • Ted Koppel • Chuck Todd

 Interviewers Let 
 Palin Off the 
 Hook: Couric 

Couric wonders why Palin wouldn't answer reading question

Nov 20, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin’s non-answer to Katie Couric’s question about what periodicals she reads still has the CBS anchor puzzled. Couric visited with David Letterman last night, and he quizzed her about why post-election interviewers haven’t asked the VP wannabe about her non-response, Gawker reports. Meanwhile, Letterman has a... More »

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Katie Couric • politics • literacy • David Letterman • campaign • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

(Newser) - Katie Couric didn't want to diss Sarah Palin when grilled by a New York Post reporter, but she did let slip that the Alaska governor "should keep her head down and learn about governing." Couric, whose interview with Palin during the presidential campaign opened up the candidate to... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • CBS • Sarah Palin • interview • CBS Evening News

Palin 'Didn't Know Africa
Is a Continent'

Insiders spill beans on Mac's troublesome
veep choice

Nov 6, 08 2:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's shaky grasp of geography stressed out the McCain campaign, the Chicago Tribune reports. A Fox News reporter, sworn to secrecy until after the election, said a campaign insider told him Palin was unaware that Africa was a continent rather than a single country, and she was unable to... More »

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Africa • Katie Couric • geography • McCain 2008 • campaign staff • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

 Election's Media 
 Winners, Losers 

The best and worst in a season about image

Nov 3, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - This election has been all about image—not just for the candidates, but for media personalities who have jumped into the fray. Scott Collins chooses its biggest success stories and failures in the Los Angeles Times:
  • Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's new commentator, is brainy, funny, and capable.
  • John King,
... More »

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Katie Couric • Tina Fey • American media • David Letterman • Chuck Norris • Election 2008 • television news • Rachel Maddow • Charlie Gibson

OPINION

Female Journalists Own This Election

From Couric to Brown to Maddow, women have kicked butt in '08

Oct 30, 08 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner election cycle for women, thanks to the Clinton and Palin candidacies and the heavy play given to "traditional 'women’s issues'" like health care. Maybe that’s why glass shards are falling from the ceiling around TV newsrooms, writes Rebecca Traister in Salon. “... More »

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Katie Couric • feminism • women • sexism • Election 2008 • Rachel Maddow • Campbell Brown

 Palin: 'Couric Clobbered Me' 

A 'little annoyed' about not being allowed to 'talk without a filter'

Oct 5, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has complained that she got "clobbered" in her interview with Katie Couric, reports the Huffington Post. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered," she grumbled to Fox News. "If you choose to answer a question, you get... More »

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Katie Couric • American media • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • television interview

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says Michigan can still be won. After learning today about John McCain's move to stop campaigning in the state, she "fired off a quick e-mail and said, 'Oh come on, do we have to?'" she told Fox News. She added that McCain's pullout was "not a... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • Michigan • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Supreme Court Question Stumps Palin

Palin fails to name a non-Roe ruling
she disagrees with

Oct 2, 08 2:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin drew a blank when Katie Couric asked her if she could name any Supreme Court decisions besides Roe vs Wade that she disagreed with, the Washington Post reports. The vice presidential candidate said she believed states should handle the big issues—but then failed to name a single... More »

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Katie Couric • US Supreme Court • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

(AP) - After 2 years of stories about bad ratings and an uncertain future, Katie Couric is in the news for a positive reason, the AP reports—her work. Her CBS Evening News interviews with Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, and John McCain have brought the broadcast unprecedented buzz even though, as the... More »

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John McCain • Joe Biden • Katie Couric • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • CBS Evening News • television interview

 Palin Elusive 
 on Abortion 
 in Couric Interview 

'Feminist' dodges policy issues, sticks to conservative personal beliefs

Oct 1, 08 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Katie Couric pressed Sarah Palin on controversial issues in an interview last night and got more personal than policy answers, Baltimore Sun TV critic David Zurawik writes. When asked if it should be illegal for a teenage victim of rape or incest to get an abortion, the candidate said... More »

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abortion • Katie Couric • feminism • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview

OPINION

McCain Accuses Couric
of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

Maybe shielding Palin from the media was a bad idea

Sep 30, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • media criticism • journalism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 Don't Pity 
 This Woman 

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon, because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Katie Couric • feminism • Condoleezza Rice • Elizabeth Dole • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 Ways Palin Can Sound 
 Less Like a Robot 

Practice, know the details and don't repeat yourself, media pros advise VP candidate

Sep 26, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that we've seen Sarah Palin interviewed on TV three times, it's clear she could use a little media coaching, Christopher Beam writes for Slate. To figure out how Palin can break out of her "constant low hum of mediocrity," Beam gets tips from media pros. Some highlights:... More »

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John McCain • Katie Couric • Sean Hannity • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Charles Gibson

OPINION

Palin Whiffs Again in Couric Interview

Cheerfully confident governor was rambling, incoherent on bailout

Sep 26, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin had better hope the nation was too distracted with the economic crisis to pay attention to her interview with Katie Couric the last two nights, James Rainey writes in the Los Angeles Times. Palin seemed bewildered, offering rambling sidewinder answers when asked about the bailout plan, tossing... More »

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Katie Couric • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

Palin Defends Alaska-Russia Comment

Her state's proximity gives her foreign policy experience, she says

Sep 25, 08 8:16 PM CDT
(AP) - Sarah Palin defended a widely ridiculed remark that the close proximity of Russia to her home state of Alaska gives her foreign policy experience. "Well, it certainly does because our next-door neighbors are foreign countries," she told Katie Couric in an interview that aired on CBS tonight. "... More »

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Katie Couric • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

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