CBS: Why Katie and not Christiane Amanpour?

[Nikki Stone 1]

If they really wanted a hard hitting newsperson and were looking for a female, why not hire the real thing and not a little piece of fluff?

It insults me as a woman that Perky Katie will be representing women in news when real news pros like Amanpour are left behind. Amanpour is the equivalent of Peter Jennings (when he was a young foreign correspondant, hired as one of three anchors on World News Tonight back in the 70s.).

[thinkingwoman]

1. It insults me too.

It's total BS.

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I agree with you

althought Christiane is probably too busy being a real journalist. I really can't picture her being content to sit at an anchor desk.

[saltpoint]

3. Anybody who says something nice about Christiane Amanpour

is A-Ok in my book.

Bless ya, Nikki Stone 1.

Christiane's tops.

My guess is that Amanpour is engaged as a field reporter and doesn't want to spend that much time in a studio in New York interviewing Hollywood actors and people with new recipes for macaroni salad.

[FrenchieCat]

10. Christiane is married to a partisan Democrat.....

Couldn't have that....now could we?

PS. And Mr. Rubin is just sooooo fine & Smart....!

[saltpoint]

14. Hi, FrenchieCat. Yep, she is. Probably the corporate Rethugs at GE

wouldn't go for a TODAY host married to a LIBRUL !

But god is that woman talented or what? I just think she's tops.

[Lena inRI]

27. Dead right, Frenchie, as usual. . .

and I'll add that Christiane is too ethnic-looking whereas Perkyfluff is generically unidentifiable. . .kinda like one-size-fits-all. . .

could ya just hear all those dumbass viewers saying Christiane is one of those Aye-rabs!

Christiane's day will come though. . .she's fabulous...and well worth the wait!


:loveya:

[Lavender Brown]

4. They wanted a talking head, not a journalist

:shrug: You almost never see Christiane Amanpour in a studio, she's usually on location reporting. I wish the anchors were that dynamic.

[Perky]

12. Couric is bubble gum but Amanpour is chewing tobacco

itis not her forte and she would not test well.

Neither is particularly appealling.

Merideth Veira would have been abetter choice.

[fortyfeetunder]

5. Explained in three words:

Style, not substance.

[onehandle]

6. Why not Pamela Anderson?

She has as much journalistic integrity as Couric.

She could jump rope as she reads the Teleprompter.

[Dinger]

16. Or, . . Why Not Dinger?

:evilgrin:

[SaveElmer]

7. It's entertainment now...

Has nothing to do with news...

[Jane Austin]

8. Why Katie Couric and not Leslie Stahl?

She's a credible reporter and has earned her chops at CBS.

[Nikki Stone1]

29. She''s a great option! CBS has lost its mind

Stahl has that anchor kind of polish

[YouthInAsia]

9. amanpour tells it like it is in iraq. PLUS she's married to a super libera

[topsfieldgal]

17. Katie Couric

I don't think Katie Couric will do a good job with the evening news. I think Diane Sawyer and Connie Chung were good. Serious and intelligent. I mean, if she starts with that cutsy little smile, who will take anything she says seriously.

[davidwparker]

11. for the same reason it's not Amy Goodman

[spindrifter]

13. That would be a trip!

[tanyev]

15. Christiane doesn't wear short skirts and swing her leg while

she does her interviews.

[Atman]

18. Too many syllables

The on-screen title graphics would be a bitch. Can't use Christiane until everyone has a wide-screen teevee.

[Inland]

19. Because they didn't really want a hard hitting newsperson.

eom.

[petersjo02]

20. Sent a message to CBS news about this

Told them we'd watched and enjoyed Schieffer over the last year, but that we wouldn't be watching once Katie takes over. Will watch Lehrer instead. E-mail them, folks. Let them know we're not happy. Heard that the folks at CBS news aren't happy either.

[XOKCowboy]

21. Her reply to Tweety about the Delay cut and run....

EEEWWWWWWW That's too much information so early!!!!!!:):):):)

This is the "PERSON" CBS thinks will give them some sense of credibility on it's evening news? :puke:

I'm glad Murrow is dead and doesn't have to see what's become of "journalism".

[peacetalksforall]

22. She was born in Iran, speaks too many languages, and her

husband isn't Bush Heavy.

[BlooInBloo]

23. Where in the world did you get the notion....

... that they wanted a hard-hitting newsperson?

lolol - that's a good one.

They wanted a perky-ish blonde who doesn't mind showing her legs and can get words on a teleprompter correct 2 outta 3 times.

[Canuckistanian]

24. Not sure she'd be the best choice for a news anchor....

She's a rabid investigative reporter, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

She would make an exclellent Foreign Affairs chief in a major bureau, pehaps.

But I don't view anchors as powerful as they used to be. A word from Cronkite, phrased the right way, could elevate or destroy a career or political venture.

But at least it wasn't obvious, not blatantly in your face like today.

Plus, she's not cute an cuddly wike my widdle Katiekins....

[Canuckistanian]

25. Mike Malloy is bringing up this very point

He actually worked with Christiane, he says.

[Nikki Stone1]

26. No WAY! Does he read DU or is do great minds just think alike? :)

:D

[Canuckistanian]

31. I'm thinking maybe he... read your post!

He frequents DU and Kathy posts here occasionally.

Maybe he saw your post and it hit him, too.


And welcome to DU! :hi:

:toast: :toast: :toast:

[Nikki Stone1]

32. That would just make my night! That and Mahalia Jackson singing "O Happy

Day". I have it on and it just makes me feel good. :)

[northofdenali]

28. Give you one guess:

[KoKo]

30. Soccer Mom's and Nascar Dads just don't identify with Amanpour.

They want to turn it on and see Katie that they grew up with and that they saw every morning. It's the Demographics. Katie oozies sweetness and light and has great hair and teeth. She doesn't look like someone who would bunk in a transport carrier to go into "terra places." She looks like someone who could be in their car pool.

What better person to deliver the nightly news. After all..it isn't "news" anymore. It's INFOTAINMENT! And, needs sponsors who can reach their targeted audience. Amanpour doesn't look like she shops much...unless it's for fatigues.

It's all about "bidness" to use Bushies pronunciation. :shrug:

[Cleita]

33. And not only that but Christianne contributes to Sixty Minutes.

However, they don't want a journalist and real reporter because they are now presenting the news as infotainment, and it's light on the information with an emphasis on the entertainment.

Perky McSmiley fits the job to a "T".

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

34. Cute and perky sells more Fritos than a serious journalist.

[Nikki Stone 1]

35. More like Depends and Prilosec.

Maybe they're trying to attract a younger crowd with Katie?

[Jara sang]

36. Because she is Iranian

That was a no brainer.

[OutsidetheBox]

37. Not dumb enough

Anchors reflect society..Katie is an airhead sellout that reports sensationalized news. Amanpour is the thinking person's reporter, a non-sellout, hard hitter, truth teller. Katie doesn't care about truth, just ego. Katie will report what the masses want to hear. It's the further dumbing down of America. In a different, smarter world Amanpour would be the obvious choice. She has more brains and bigger balls than any male reporter or anchor out there.