CBS Sinks to New Low

I remember when Walter Cronkite hosted the CBS Evening News. I recall the change in the early 1980s when Dan Rather took the helm. I did not watch him. For some reason, I never found him “watchable”. Then dead air. And then came the interview with President Bush. I am not certain I watched an Evening News broadcast since.

I saw the pieces on 60 Minutes and the defense on the Evening News of Memogate. I said at that time (here on another blog) that it is silly to consider this program news. The more folks quote them and their polls, the more legitimacy it provides.

I stopped watching CBS altogether. Honestly, that was not a big sacrifice as other than the NFL, I did not watch Tiffany network.

With that as background, check this out. CBS is at it again. Ready to launch Katic Couric as its meal ticket new news anchor, CBS photoshopped a photograph of Couric in an effort to make her look slimmer. Ms. Couric is hardly unpleasing to the eye to begin with. Why lie about her appearance? It’s not like the news reader anchor needs to have any credibility.

Nice going CBS. You undermined your anchor before she ever got on the air. Congratulations!

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