# Restoring public faith in the U.S. mainstream media again

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**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487 "2021-03-23T12:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487/121 "2021-07-25T01:51:18Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> I’m pretty sure there were always commercials, not just before and after, but at least one break in the middle of the 30-minute news

Towards the last decade of Walter’s career, at least two.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487/122 "2021-10-14T03:54:59Z")

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Will say, crap like this doesn’t help:

> **[Katie Couric Says She "Protected" Ruth Bader Ginsburg During an Interview...](https://news.yahoo.com/katie-couric-says-she-protected-214658373.html)**
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> Katie Couric's new book, 'Going There,' includes a passage about her interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg where they spoke about Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem.

In short: during the Colin Kaepernick controversy, in an interview Katie conducted with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RGB came out on the side of the anti-kneelers, against Kaepernick. Couric… an admitted RGB fan… edited out those remarks, telling herself (Couric) that RGB didn’t really understand the question.

This is bullshit. I know that selective editing happens, but this was a purposeful lie of omission _and_ commission on Couric’s part, and she shouldn’t be given a job on a national broadcast or top-tier cable network again. She can do the news roundup on the CW, or F/X. Maybe the 9-11am slot in Shreveport, LA on the CBS affiliate. Surely they have a mom’s and grandma’s morning show.

Regardless, Couric’s excuse is bullshit:

1. If RGB is confused about questions, she is a Supreme Court justice _and this confusion is news_.

2. If RGB holds a surprising view on a topic, she is a Supreme Court justice _and this view is news_.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restoring-public-faith-in-the-u-s-mainstream-media-again/938487/123 "2021-10-14T05:00:12Z")

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I would point out that Couric was following the requests of the supreme court public affairs office (not clear from the article whether they were according to RGB’s instruction). So given that is was mostly a softball friendly interview it might make sense to accede to the request of the interviewee to revise her answers, particularly if you want to get more interviews.

Revealing it now as a bit of juicy gossip when there is no danger of cutting access, seems a bit self serving to me.

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