# The Lord sends us times like this to remind us how loathsome Katie Couric is **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642 "2005-09-01T21:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/21 "2005-09-02T00:52:47Z")
We just returned last week from a trip to NYC, where Katie Couric was outside the Today Show set posing for photos with fans after the show. I let my kids pose with her because they were excited to meet a celebrity, but I refrained on accounta I HATE KATIE COURIC! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/22 "2005-09-02T00:57:46Z")
> [@Shutterbug](#): > > Yeah, and he can take Tower Dweller’s Magic 8 ball to answer Katie’s questions. “Are you going to punch me right in the middle of my vapid, smirking face?” Shake-shake-shake. IT IS DECIDEDLY SO ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/23 "2005-09-02T00:59:23Z")
A while back, they had on that author whose husband cheated on her with a man, turned out to be gay, and now she was getting a divorce but talking about it all over the TV for lord knows what reason. Anywho, Katie _actually_ asked her this question: > [@](#): > > Well, I mean, how did you not _know_ he was gay? I mean, like, didn’t your **gaydar** go off? The bitch said GAYDAR! She claims to be a journalist and uses a phrase like GAYDAR! It boggles the mind! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2005, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/24 "2005-09-02T01:02:55Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > She can’t be worse than that hideous bitch Nancy Grace’s feigned outrage over the lack of an instantaneous federal response to the hurricane. Moaning, slapping her forehead and such, all the while asking Andersen Cooper (on scence in NOLA) a litany of stupid leading questions in an indignant voice. Thank you for noticing. Goodness gracious I was wondering why the hell didn’t they preempt her with some real jour… wait, the real journalist was the one out in the field. AAAaaaargh!!! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/25 "2005-09-02T02:06:01Z")
She is yet another example of the dumbing down of 'merika. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/26 "2005-09-02T02:40:26Z")
Thank you. Thank you all. First good laugh I’ve had in days. Thank you. Katie says hello. Attack chipmunk. In her ass. Gaydar. Dead mother. –All in one thread. Thank you, thank you, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/27 "2005-09-02T03:40:23Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > IIRC, Orlando Bloom. 😉 Damn it, why isn’t my [FANTASY SEQUENCE] coding working? All I can get are those ripply wavelike things but Orlando doesn’t come into focus. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/28 "2005-09-02T05:07:29Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > :eek: I see that :eek: and raise it a :eek: :eek: God bless Kate Couric’s little heart. (see, **Sampiro** , I learned something from you! 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/29 "2005-09-02T06:59:23Z")
Nothing like a bracing dash of vitriol! Pip, pip, **Sampiro** , good show, that! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/30 "2005-09-02T09:19:56Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Ah, yes, Katie Couric: “America’s Attack\*\* Chipmonk\*\*.” Oh no you didunt. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/31 "2005-09-02T09:29:37Z")
Shit. The above won’t cost me my spot in the [Brigade](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6423412&postcount=111) will it? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/32 "2005-09-02T10:11:05Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Ah, yes, Katie Couric: “America’s Attack Chipmonk.” Chipmonk? I thought that was a deep-fat friar. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/33 "2005-09-02T12:10:16Z")
I have never understood why **Katie Couric** has a job. I have always found her to be dull and uninteresting. The fact that she is a host on one of the most popular TV shows tells me that the demographic she pulls in must have the IQ of a turnip. BTW, what did **Harry Connick** say to her asshat question? I love Harry. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/34 "2005-09-02T13:41:48Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Chipmonk? I thought that was a deep-fat friar. 😛 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/35 "2005-09-02T14:23:32Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > BTW, what did **Harry Connick** say to her asshat question? I love Harry. He just answered with the fates of his family. (All accounted for, though most had had to evacuate and lost their homes; he’s getting a LOT of houseguests.) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/36 "2005-09-02T14:33:58Z")
Man, what a house that is…with his beautiful wife there and all that music. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/37 "2005-09-02T14:34:11Z")
But her husband, you know, died, man. How can you be so cruel? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/38 "2005-09-02T14:53:53Z")
In case Katie is wondering, I have no family anywhere near the devestation, and my father died when I was 13. So, ya know, he was not effected by Katrina. Just wanted to clear that up. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/39 "2005-09-02T15:10:59Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > The fact that she is a host on one of the most popular TV shows tells me that the demographic she pulls in must have the IQ of a turnip. I heard the most disturbing thing on the August 28 [SETI Podcast](http://podcast.seti.org/) . . . Seems that publishers are cutting back on science coverage because they have a hard time getting advertisers. Seems they feel that readers who are interested in science are too smart to make decisions based on advertising. So, I guess that means that dumb demographics are desirable. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642/40 "2005-09-02T15:14:08Z")
In case anyone from NBC is wondering, I used to watch the Today Show fairly often. Then they started letting Couric “interview” and now I lunge for the remote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lord-sends-us-times-like-this-to-remind-us-how-loathsome-katie-couric-is/319642.md?page=3)