Katie Couric’s Close-Up
It’s been a rough couple of years for the anchor of the last place network newscast, but Katie Couric managed to silence many of her critics this week with an interview series that not only got a lot of attention, but scored points for her tough but fair style.
What might be dismissed as gotcha journalism by some sounded like follow-up questions to others. Couric managed to expose Palin as a neophyte without drawing a peep of criticism from the McCain campaign. That’s really saying something, since Steve Schmidt and friends have managed to find fault with just about everyone, tough, fair or otherwise.
It turns out that Couric’s broadcast actually lost viewers compared with the previous year, but as the New York Times reports, between the YouTube clips, the highlights on other networks and Saturday Night Live’s semi-parody, Couric got plenty of attention this week and she probably deserved it. [via truthdig] MORE
