I think I’ve mentioned this before. Several years ago near New Year time the Today group all gave their opinions of the most significant event of the past year. Katie said, “The death of [fashion designer] Gianni Versace.” My immediate thought was, “Katie, you’re making way too much money for your own good, and certainly for ours.”
I was watching Today this morning while getting dressed and THANK YOU for reminding me that I’m not the only one who thinks she’s a flaming idiot.
Did you her ride in on the Vespa? With her stupid glasses and even stupider scarf (don’t forget her stupid self). Or what about when she kept saying “Bon. . .JOUR- no” at a level that makes birds that screech at high pitched, annoying levels say, “Damn, that was high pitched and annoying!”
Yeah, my rant was childish, but Katie Couric eats stupid for breakfast.
Even better, did you see her ride?
I think I’ve got her stoopid.
Katie Couric IS stupid for breakfast.
And lunch. And dinner. Okay, all the time…
That’s what I’m trying to do. I’ve learned a lot of cool things with Audition; I’m just trying to find a station chain that’s hiring.
Robin
Perhaps they were at the time of that post. But these days, if she wants to haul ass, she’ll need to make an extra trip.
I have to agree: Katie is the embodiment of pretty much everything that is wrong with American TV journalism these days. She’s biased and she’s stupid, and that is a dangerous combination.
Yeah, she’s a real moron. :rolleyes:
She’s a bitch.
She’s annoying.
She’s shrill.
She overplays the cutesy card.
She, like anyone who spends a great deal of time on the air, occasionally puts her foot in her mouth.
She ain’t stupid, folks.
Cite?
Yes, she is. In a cosmos shattering sense of the word. If stupidity was asteroids, she’d be the Van Allen Belt.
That said, she’s parlayed perky and dumb luck into a lot of money, but that’s just marketing by the network. She has a large fan base, so getting rid of her isn’t an option.
But if they get her, then Campbell Brown is likely to get te top Today spot. And more of Campbell Brown is a good thing.
Burden of Proof?
Just to humor you, I’ll throw in The University of Virginia. Yeah, yeah, I can already hear the rebuttals. Regardless, it’s more substantial than anything anyone has offered in this thread.
So you’re saying “the news from Rome isn’t quite so good/she hasn’t gone down like she thought she would? Italy is unconvinced by NBC’s glory/they equate Katie C with G. Rivera, can’t think why…”
My hatred for this woman passed rational going 90 mph about a year ago. The sight of her makes me want to heave. My favorite characterization of her on these boards (I can’t remember which Doper coined it) is “America’s attack muppet”.
Just to clarify, I agree with all of the above.
Um…
The Van Allen Belt has no asteroids, you know? It’s the radiation belt around the earth.
If only KC would limit herself to reading aloud! It’s all the ad libbing and riding scooters that makes her so intensely painful.
I don’t like her anymore than you do, but this metaphor is bizarre at best. The Van Allen radiation belt doesn’t have anything to do with asteroids.
I think that considering the death of a dress designer as the most significant event of any year might not be stupid, but it is pretty shallow.
I think what Chefguy meant to say was, if stupidity were asteroids, she wouldn’t even be able to sit down.
:smack: Dang, way to fuck up a metaphor. Lessee. . .if stupid was snowflakes, she’d be a blizzard. Howzat?
If stupid was a ditch, she’d be the Marianas Trench.
Especially in a year where other deaths included Princess Diana (which overblown as it may have been was a major news story) and Deng Xiaopeng, not to mention which a sheep was successfully cloned, the Hong Kong chicken flu occurred, etc…