Couric's "Free Speech" segment - no liberals to balance the docShopper

[JohnWxy]

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200609120003

Katie and Rush and the face of corporate news
—Eric Boehlert

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And what exactly was the goal of "Free Speech"? "We want to encourage more civil discourse," Couric announced.

"Civil discourse" and Rush Limbaugh are terms rarely used in the same sentence. After all, it was Limbaugh who called Sen. John Kerry a "gigolo," mocked Democratic Party chief Howard Dean as "a very sick man," labeled liberal philanthropist George Soros a "self-hating Jew," and announced that Democrats "hate this country." The right-wing talker has also mocked anti-war crusader Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, by teasing, "'Oh, she lost her son!' Yes, yes, yes, but (sigh) we all lose things.'"
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Nonetheless, according to Limbaugh, Couric personally approached him about contributing to the newscast and assured him he would have freedom to say whatever he wanted, and -- most importantly, according to Limbaugh -- there would be nobody following him on the Evening News to rebut his comments.
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And just for the record, during her first week in the anchor chair, Couric did not invite an openly partisan liberal to appear on the "Free Speech" segment.

Welcome to the new era of the CBS Evening News.

[LynneSin]

1. Their claim is the fact that Morgan Spurlock was on the day before

Which as far as I know, Morgan Spurlock hasn't come off as the voice of Liberalism

[darkmaestro019]

2. I knew exactly what that creature was

Couric, I mean, when she beamed at the camera and said proudly--PROUDLY-- "I'm not a person who changes ever."


I'm remembering this from one commercial and I was yelling my head off immediately after, so I am probably semi-misquoting her but that's damn close, and you can quote ME on that.

[Benhurst]

7. Not even her undergarments?

[JohnWxy]

8. LOL!!

[darkmaestro019]

9. eeeeewwwww...

not even her face, apparently. And that is not meant as a compliment. Tuck a bit here if you like, it's all about how you feel about you--but people who start to look like mannequins scare me. What is so empty in you that you are THAT obsessed with your upholstery?

[meegbear]

3. Limbaugh always pulls that shit ...

If memory serves me right, in "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot", Al Franken recalls Rush being asked to be a panelist on Politically Incorrect on election night, and Rush making demands that he be the only one in the camera shot when he speaks and that no one can make a rebuttal.

They didn't have him on.

He's a pussy.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Doesn't matter. No one is watching anyway. n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Too bad we don't have a Monica smiley

It would so go here. :evilgrin:

[tsuki]

6. What do you expect from the 15 million dollar bionic airbrush?

Couric is not openly partisan; she's just protecting her paycheck. She's part of the reason that American journalist are held in such contempt worldwide.

[long_green]

10. wonderfully succinct

nm