# Katie Couric is a fucking moron. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 6, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255 "2006-02-06T17:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/1 "2006-02-06T17:08:51Z")
Jesus Christ on a cracker. Every time she opens her mouth I want to drive a truck in to shut her up. How can one person be so fucking ignorant and disconnected from the world around her? I happen to be home from work today and the TV is on in the background. It appears this fucking idiot is broadcasting from Rome. Sending Katie Couric to report from Rome is like sending Roseann Barr to Buckingham Palace for tea; nobody is going to be better off for it. Every time I’ve bothered to stop to listen to this bimbo, she says something that is either entirely untrue and unresearched, or just so blatantly stupid that it makes me wince. My favorite instance was when she couldn’t pronounce ‘barrista’, and had no idea what that job entailed. Ohforshitssake! She just said (from a balcony overlooking the Piazza Navona) "I feel like singing “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”. :smack: Thanks. I feel better now. ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/2 "2006-02-06T17:19:45Z")
And, in other news: Bear shits in woods, wipes ass with rabbit. I agree with you wholeheartedly. KC is a quintessential example of a “talking head”. Her lips move, but nothing really comes out. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/3 "2006-02-06T17:23:22Z")
And CBS is courting her to replace Dan Rather on CBS Nightly News. The mind reels. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/4 "2006-02-06T17:29:20Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > And CBS is courting her to replace Dan Rather on CBS Nightly News. The mind reels. Why, oh why aren’t they keeping Bob Schafer? Especially since Cronkite had chosen Schafer to replace him originally before Rather came in. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/5 "2006-02-06T17:58:06Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Ohforshitssake! She just said (from a balcony overlooking the Piazza Navona) "I feel like singing “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina”. :smack: What’s so stupid about that? She was in the place where Latin was invented, why not sing a song about Latin America? Or something. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/6 "2006-02-06T18:21:52Z")
_sigh_ I can’t get a job in broadcasting to save my life, and NBC pays that toolbag millions to be cute and cheerful. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/7 "2006-02-06T18:32:32Z")
I know someone who works at NBC, and they say that offstage Katie is the biggest bitch there is. The perky bit is all an act. And in other news…what **usar\_jar** said ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/8 "2006-02-06T18:33:41Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > _sigh_ I can’t get a job in broadcasting to save my life, and NBC pays that toolbag millions to be cute and cheerful. > > Robin Are you cute and cheerful? I mean honestly, all these people do is read aloud, if you’re not cute and cheerful you’d bes thave something to distinguish yourself. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/9 "2006-02-06T18:34:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Every time I’ve bothered to stop to listen to this bimbo, she says something that is either entirely untrue and unresearched, or just so blatantly stupid that it makes me wince. My favorite instance was when she couldn’t pronounce ‘barrista’, and had no idea what that job entailed. What _does_ the job entail? I can never remember what’s supposed to be done by a barrister (or “barrista,” as you put it – Interesting accent, btw; where are you from) and what’s supposed to be done by a solicitor. Why can’t they just call all of them “Lawyers,” or “Attorneys.” ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/10 "2006-02-06T18:38:37Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What _does_ the job entail? I can never remember what’s supposed to be done by a barrister (or “barrista,” as you put it – Interesting accent, btw; where are you from) and what’s supposed to be done by a solicitor. Why can’t they just call all of them “Lawyers,” or “Attorneys.” Actually barrista are lawyers who specialize in torts arising from scalding-hot coffee. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/11 "2006-02-06T18:45:46Z")
Mmm, I’ll have a blueberry tort. And a tall small mochaflappupeno half-calf-a-cappa… Meh, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/12 "2006-02-06T19:04:23Z")
Nice [legs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258592), though. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/13 "2006-02-06T19:07:55Z")
**kaylasdad99** , what **Martin Hyde** and **tdn** are getting at is that a barrista (no accent) is the schmoe who makes your coffee drinks at Starbucks _et al_. While I think you were being facetious, I figured I’d risk a _whoosh_ and give an honest answer. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/14 "2006-02-06T19:14:59Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > And CBS is courting her to replace Dan Rather on CBS Nightly News. The mind reels. When I heard this, I had to check to make sure it wasn’t April Fools’ Day. When the reality sank in, I realized that it signaled the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it, extreme fighting and _Fear Factor_ aside. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/15 "2006-02-06T19:15:30Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > Are you cute and cheerful? > > I mean honestly, all these people do is read aloud, if you’re not cute and cheerful you’d bes thave something to distinguish yourself. I’m not cute and cheerful in the least. I can, however, write and produce radio news with the best of 'em. Truthfully, I don’t want to work in TV. TV is for losers. Katie Couric is Exhibit A. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/16 "2006-02-06T20:19:14Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sending Katie Couric to report from Rome is like sending Roseann Barr to Buckingham Palace for tea; nobody is going to be better off for it. Just wanted to stop by to thank you for that line. 😃 Other than that, I got nothin’; I go to NPR for news, never television. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/17 "2006-02-06T20:26:41Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > **kaylasdad99** , what **Martin Hyde** and **tdn** are getting at is that a barrista (no accent) is the schmoe who makes your coffee drinks at Starbucks _et al_. > > While I think you were being facetious, I figured I’d risk a _whoosh_ and give an honest answer. Actually, I was waiting for someone to point that out so I could make an observation about people who shouldn’t be allowed on TV in the first place using words that shouldn’t be allowed to exist. So thanks for the opportunity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/18 "2006-02-06T21:20:32Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > When I heard this, I had to check to make sure it wasn’t April Fools’ Day. When the reality sank in, I realized that it signaled the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it, extreme fighting and _Fear Factor_ aside. Oh, believe me, sweetie, I wouldn’t make something like that up. [Proof](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020600808.html). Didn’t she and Bob Costas try to color commentate on the Olympics in Salt Lake City some years back? Something about being attacked by giant icicles? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/19 "2006-02-06T21:22:07Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > _sigh_ I can’t get a job in broadcasting to save my life, and NBC pays that toolbag millions to be cute and cheerful. > > Robin **MsRobyn** , are you trying to get on-air? It might be easier for you to slip in through production. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255/20 "2006-02-06T21:36:24Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Oh, believe me, sweetie, I wouldn’t make something like that up. [Proof](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/06/AR2006020600808.html). > > Didn’t she and Bob Costas try to color commentate on the Olympics in Salt Lake City some years back? Something about being attacked by giant icicles? Can’t remember. I’m assuming she is going to settle into Torino this time around, sort of like a yeast infection, and babble inanely about more shit she knows nothing about. Kill me now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katie-couric-is-a-fucking-moron/343255.md?page=2)