dgsyd1

Is anyone else finding it more than a little amusing, that a big deal is being made that the host of one of the evening news shows is a woman? Especially when they've been commonplace on the main news shows back home for decades.

And FWIW I absolutely loath Katie Couric, and think she's part of the reason who network news is the US is such a joke.

Got The bloody name wrong in the title. Bollocks!!!!!

GaryK

I thought tonight's interview with Bush was cringeworthy. They clearly tried going for a trendy approach with the camera angles but I just thought it was weird and confusing.

I also didn't like the way Katie Couric seemed to emphasise (a few nights ago) that the news shouldn't be so much for inside-the-beltway people. As I am indeed inside the beltway I can't see why we should be discriminated against

Jerseygirl

I find Katie Couric difficult to watch also....I hate that gummy smile.

I think Barbara Walters was the first woman to front the evening news...many decades ago.

Manc

The News isn't the news here...........

it's just a bunch of topical stories bunched together on any given night.


whether it's a lad or lass presenting, it's pretty dire.

TouristTrap

Any kittens rescued by firemen in your part of the world recently?

Jerseygirl

Haha....that's exactly what we get.

TruBrit

omg i can't believe there is a thread about her, pls what is the big deal apart from her pay check that is

TruBrit

lol i laugh coz here every morning the 'news' consists of the shootings, houses burning down and an animal story

the big news here yesterday was 'that blair is going to finally name the day and step down' and that's true coz it was reported in the SUN...lol

Angry White Pyjamas

You missed off the fact that all stories have to be spun depending on the political/religious/commercial leanings of the owners of the station

Manc

Well it's not just that either...........I saw on the daily show that there was this story aired around the country as a "news piece" about a new plant being opened which makes corn ethanol, and how it's going to be a viable fuel source in the future........

The woman reporter.............worked for the corn oil lobbyists in Washington.
Although it was a news piece and presented as such, it was nothing more than a political campaign for corn ethanol.

You can't trust dick here.

Hiro11

Whereas the BBC, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph and Daily Mail are all completely bias free...

I do, however, completely agree that corn ethanol is a sham. Because it takes massive amounts of fossil fuel to produce corn ethanol, the subsidies actually help the oil industry just as much as than the corn industry. Also, sugar cane is far more efficient in the production of ethanol but has not received any subsidies.

Manc

absolutely not. I think the BBC is excellent source of fact based news however.


Agreed

and they don't have as good a lobbying group in DC.

dgsyd1

I'll take any of them (well, maybe not The Daily Mail) as a credible news source over just about any of the major US news sources (network news, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC).

Sarah

good gawd you've got the worlds biggest avatar! Have they upped the pixel size!??!

Jerseygirl

Yep its 90 x 90 now