Comments on: Why We Need Katie Couric to Succeed http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed Having an opinion never goes out of style. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: PunditMom http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed/comment-page-1#comment-4056 PunditMom Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed#comment-4056 Mamma, you know I will always love you. Maybe I should have mad the point a little differently I know people have different views on news anchors, but since Karie Couric is in that CBS slot that has traditionally been one of great power in news, I would hate to see her replaced because of differing standards applied to men vs. women, as I feel the media is doing with Hillary.<br/><br/>xo Mamma, you know I will always love you. Maybe I should have mad the point a little differently I know people have different views on news anchors, but since Karie Couric is in that CBS slot that has traditionally been one of great power in news, I would hate to see her replaced because of differing standards applied to men vs. women, as I feel the media is doing with Hillary.

xo

]]> By: Mamma http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed/comment-page-1#comment-4055 Mamma Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed#comment-4055 Good post PM. I tread lightly here because I'm going to disagree just a bit. <br/><br/>Katie seems like a lovely person, but I have a hard time viewing her as a serious journalist (despite the fact that I'm sure she is) because of the TODAY show. I wouldn't watch Matt Lauer read the news either. <br/><br/>Now Soledad O'Brien or Campbell Brown (despite both having stints on TODAY I believe) just come across as more serious. <br/><br/>I don't know if I agree that America isn't ready for a female anchor. Maybe I'm being naive. But I think it's the choice of who the first woman was they put in the chair. And that's my issue with Hillary. <br/><br/>Somedays I feel like it's not that she's a woman but rather that it is her. She was a polarizing figure before becoming a candidate. Now I'm not too stupid to think that women will be judged differently. We will. But we know that. I just think we have to look at who it is that we put up as our first examples. <br/><br/>IMHO<br/><br/>Hope you still love me. Good post PM. I tread lightly here because I’m going to disagree just a bit.

Katie seems like a lovely person, but I have a hard time viewing her as a serious journalist (despite the fact that I’m sure she is) because of the TODAY show. I wouldn’t watch Matt Lauer read the news either.

Now Soledad O’Brien or Campbell Brown (despite both having stints on TODAY I believe) just come across as more serious.

I don’t know if I agree that America isn’t ready for a female anchor. Maybe I’m being naive. But I think it’s the choice of who the first woman was they put in the chair. And that’s my issue with Hillary.

Somedays I feel like it’s not that she’s a woman but rather that it is her. She was a polarizing figure before becoming a candidate. Now I’m not too stupid to think that women will be judged differently. We will. But we know that. I just think we have to look at who it is that we put up as our first examples.

IMHO

Hope you still love me.

]]> By: jen http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed/comment-page-1#comment-4053 jen Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://www.punditmom.com/2008/04/why-we-need-katie-couric-to-succeed#comment-4053 you know, it's funny because Couric gets slammed all the time, and then you and others get to be close to her and you see her in a new light, and it reminds me again and again how careful we really must be, that perception is not reality, and that if we were truly able to get up close and personal the world would be a much kinder place.<br/><br/>great post, J. you know, it’s funny because Couric gets slammed all the time, and then you and others get to be close to her and you see her in a new light, and it reminds me again and again how careful we really must be, that perception is not reality, and that if we were truly able to get up close and personal the world would be a much kinder place.

great post, J.

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