Meredith Viera to succeed Katie Couric??? Nooooooooooo

[Jack_Dawson]

What about Campbell Brown? Meredith is like 60 years old.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12185893/

[AndyA]

1. She couldn't be any worse than her predecessor. n/m

[babylonsister]

2. Pathetic reason, Jack. Campbell is like 37.

So what? :eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

4. Not many people would watch Meredith - is THAT a good nuff reason?

[babylonsister]

19. I'd watch her a lot faster that ms. perky, not that I watch that crap. nt

[Pirate Smile]

24. Me too. I'll check it out. I'll probably watch Katie too just to see how

she does.

[Jack_Dawson]

5. Campbell has a high Q factor

That means - her likeability is much higher.

[babylonsister]

17. So age isn't the issue? That's a good

thing! ;-)

[blm]

3. Campbell is a certified propagandist for the BFEE - has been since 1999.

.

[Jack_Dawson]

7. You're right - Campbell has it out for us

:eyes:

[blm]

25. She's even MARRYING Dan Senor, JD. WH mouthpiece for the Iraq war.

Roll your eyes all you want - she's still a GE-WH propaganda catapulter.

[Jack_Dawson]

33. Paranoid Much?

Then I guess you hate James Carville too?

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[blm]

38. You don't watch the same Campbell Brown that I have for the last 7 years.

All you need to do is watch her protection of Bush on every major story that has come down, and during the campaigns in 2000 and 2004.

[Jack_Dawson]

40. Link? Links?

I'm willing to entertain your delusions but you're going to have to prove to me she has an unmitigated, Faux News-like bias. I just haven't seen it and I've been watching NBCNN and the Today Show for many years.

[blm]

42. Watch Chris Matthews shows where she offers her opinions. MediaMatters

.also has a LOT on Ms. Brown and her skewed "reporting" tendencies.

For example: http://mediamatters.org/items/200505260004

Thu, May 26, 2005 4:22pm EST

NBC News advanced unsubstantiated claims of liberal bias in public broadcasting
In a May 25 NBC Nightly News report, correspondent Campbell Brown reported claims of liberal bias in public broadcasting by Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and Cliff Kincaid, an editor at the conservative watchdog group Accuracy in Media (AIM), but the report provided no evidence to support these allegations and offered no assessment about whether they are credible.

Brown's report quoted Tomlinson saying that he is seeking "balance" in public television and reported that his "chief target" is the PBS program NOW, which he complained has featured mostly "left-wing" guests. But Brown provided no evidence to support or refute Tomlinson's claim. In fact, Tomlinson's claim is based on a content review of NOW he reportedly commissioned in 2004 at a cost of $10,000 to taxpayers. But Tomlinson has never released this review to the public or to the CPB board, and Media Matters for America has been unable to find any report on the identity of the firm that conducted it.

Brown's report also featured AIM's Kincaid stating that "the bias is noticeable" in public broadcasting. But Brown provided no specific evidence for this assertion -- either from Kincaid or elsewhere. She merely parroted conservative complaints that "from public radio stories that look critically at Israel's policies in the Mideast to television stories on the negative effects of oil drilling in environmentally protected areas ... what you see and hear is far too liberal." Nor did Brown note that AIM is a conservative group with questionable credibility. Since right-wing economist Reed Irvine founded AIM in 1969, the group -- and especially Kincaid -- has repeatedly advanced unfounded allegations and conspiracy theories:

During the 1999 war in Kosovo, Irvine and Kincaid accused the Clinton administration of "demonizing" then-Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic -- currently on trial at the Hague on charges of genocide and war crimes. Irvine later defended Yugoslavia as "a sovereign state that was trying to suppress a secessionist rebellion" and accused President Clinton of starting the war to divert attention from various scandals surrounding him .
AIM is a longtime promoter of the conspiracy theory still popular among some conservatives that Clinton White House counsel Vincent Foster was murdered, despite numerous reports, including an investigation by independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr, concluding that Foster committed suicide.

>>>>>>>>

[Jack_Dawson]

49. I can't watch Tweety anymore

THAT guy is a Clinton basher and that one brunette chick he has on from CNBC makes me ill.

[blm]

54. Go to Media Matters.

.

[Gabi Hayes]

excellent, cause we all know what happened to Tomlinson

how convenient that Brown was the reporter

wonder if she's done a followup on her source

ha

[Left Is Write]

64. Correction - she married him already.

[Atman]

6. Meredith is 52

And a damned fine 52, if you ask me.

[Jack_Dawson]

13. Campbell's a lot finer!

If you ask me. Or Ann Curry. Or my gf.

[Left Is Write]

65. But what does that have to do with it?

[Fridays Child]

22. Just to be accurate...

She's 54. According to this bio, her birthday is December 30, 1951.

[Atman]

39. Ah, my newspaper LIES!

LOL! Thanks...it say's 52 in the article I read today. Either way...

Campbell has that wicked-ugly Republican head on her shoulders!

[Fridays Child]

48. Well, now, wait a minute...

Wikipedia puts her birthday at December 30, 1953, so your source may be accurate. I don't know which one is correct. :shrug:

[LostinVA]

61. And I think she's kinda hot... and she's also a good liberal

And very anti-war....

[SOS]

71. And she stands firmly against the Bush Iraq disaster

The wingnutz are already whining.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. So should we take women behind the barn and shoot em when they're over 20?

Meredith is a good interviewer. I am not sure she will be great on the show...I miss the days when REAL journalists hosted these programs..but she is certainly no worse than Katy Couric, who I can NOT SEE sitting in the chair of Walter Cronkite, Edgar Murrow, Dan Rather et al

[TahitiNut]

15. I always thought we did other things behind the barn. Is there room?

:dunce: :silly: Sheesh! Find a good secluded spot and everyone wants to use it!! :evilgrin:

I'm working on memory here (the second thing to go) so, if things have changed, I'm sorry.

[blm]

29. OMG....I have MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!

consider yourself *smooched* from head to toe.

[TahitiNut]

44. (grin) That's exactly what my bruises needed.

I've apparently gotten into some alleyway threads where muggers hang out. (Ouch!) :nopity:

Smoocherinos! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals:

[Jack_Dawson]

16. No they can bake cookies

Look - nothing against older women. I love my Mom. I love my Grandma. But as Today Show anchor? They could've done better.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

45. Larry King should be held to your standards

[Jack_Dawson]

52. Yank Larry Too!

I'm an equal opportunity ageist. Except Larry is just bad.

[Left Is Write]

66. Bake cookies? Good lord, I hope you're not serious.

Matt Lauer is 48. Should he plan to stay home and bake cookies in four years? What about Al Roker? He's going to be 52 this summer. Ann Curry is 49. Her cookie-baking time is fast approaching.

[Jack_Dawson]

70. Ann Curry is 49?

She looks 31.

:beer:

[blm]

58. And WHERE have you been? Hiding out with TahitiNut?????

SMOOCHES for you, too - LONG ones. ;))))

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

60. Hiding out where women over 20 go

:hi: Now I have to go hide out at work :D

[BillZBubb]

9. Campbell Brown is a right wing whore.

Is that what you want? She's no spring chicken either.

[Jack_Dawson]

20. Oh yes, I forgot!

:eyes:

Comments like that only serve to further marginalize our party. But hey keep it up whatever.

[hholli11]

10. Campbell Brown is a Repig*

she used to be a local reporter here in Baltimore. You know how you can tell when someone like Tweety crossed into the dark side? That woman is a Bush supporter, to be sure.

At least Viera was a real investigative reporter when there was still remnants of the Fairness Doctrine.

[Jack_Dawson]

43. Proof?

I'm sure there are as many people calling her a product of the "liberal media" as there are calling her a "Repig". But really both sides just sound lame unless you can provide some kind of proof.

[peacetalksforall]

11. Are you an ageist? n/t

[Fridays Child]

12. She's 54. And whachoo got against 60 year old women, anyway? Huh?

:P

[lpbk2713]

14. The horror. The horror.

What a shame to be 60 years old. She should do the decent thing and lock herself up in her bedroom and wait for the grim reaper. :sarcasm:

I'm 62 and have no complaints.

[Wapsie B]

18. She's definitely earned a spot

if indeed this is a step up for her. And speaking as a guy when I'm 60 and I'm with a woman as hot as Meredith I'd be in heaven.

[Pirate Smile]

21. Meredith Viera actually has a rare blend of a serious journalistic

past and quirky, funny personality that fits all the weird stuff they do on the morning shows.

She probably fits the role better then anyone else.

[Fridays Child]

23. She's also damn smart.

:)

[Jack_Dawson]

28. She's also a Game Show Host

And co-host of a morning blabfest. OMG Zucker what are you THINKING about.

[Pirate Smile]

32. It was a smart move by Zucker.

[Jack_Dawson]

35. The ratings will TANK - I guarantee you

:beer:

[Pirate Smile]

56. Time will tell. I don't have your psychic abilities but I doubt they will

tank.

:)

[LostinVA]

62. She has a strong journalistic background, including a stint

on "60 Minutes" doing investigative reporting. She left that show because of sexism... gosh... kinda like some stuff on this thread....

And, she is a good liberal, and is WAY hotter than that Repub Campbell Brown.

[Jack_Dawson]

63. Way hotter than Campbell?

Uhhh...no. But Campbell's not really "hot"...she's just approachable girl-next-door chick.

[madaboutharry]

26. Oh, well I suppose since she isn't 35

Meredith Viera should just get sent off to the old age home.

[RebelOne]

27. Excuse me, but what is the problem with being 60 years old?

[Jack_Dawson]

31. Nothing wrong w/ 60...

But I'd sure as hell rather watch Campbell Brown in the morning than M.V. My $02.

[TexasLady]

30. I remember her back many many years ago

in the seventies, and maybe eighties too,didnt she do a news program? Personally I like her personality, and if someone can remember what show she used to be on back then, Id appreciate knowing, cant remember.

And as a 42 yr old woman, shes gorgeous if shes in her 50s!

[SiouxJ]

34. She was on 60 minutes as a correspondent for like 3 years

and was also on the CBS evening news at one time. If you ask me, she would be better suited for the job Katie just got.

[Jack_Dawson]

37. West 57th Street

I remember it. She was kind of annoying back then too.

[Pirate Smile]

41. You like Campbell and don't like Viera - we get it.

This is all subjective stuff.

[npincus]

36. Someone posted yesterday she is one of US

anti-war, participated in peace m arches, and outspoken criticizing Bush's LIES that got us into this unholy war.

So, she's good enough for me- even if she's 100 years old (which, BTW I find a sexist remark... men newscasters don't get criticized if they are a bit long in the tooth).

[terrya]

46. Gosh, who will they get to replace Meredith on "The View"?

We just can't let Star Jones take over the show completely!

[Left Is Write]

67. As long as Joy is there, Star won't be allowed to take over.

;)

[nonews]

47. MS

For what it's worth, her husband has MS, a terrible decease

[nomaco-10]

50. Yes, Katie has been an invaluable.....

wealth of knowledge for us all. She was at the top of her game on the Today show. Who will I be able to count on for the latest in Hollywood gossip, the most recent fad diet, not to mention those yummy recipes and concerts every friday?
Meredith can only hope to aspire to the greatness of Katie. Who could ever match her for the shear cuteness factor, her vivacious manner, her infectious perkiness? Meredith really has her work cut out for her.
I wonder if CBS will make her wash off those seventeen layers of mascara she wears everyday?

[Jack_Dawson]

51. So Katie chose the format?

C'mon now. :eyes:

[bloom]

53. How stupid can DUers get? Is that the point? That's what it looks like.

[neoblues]

55. They both, and for that matter all the 'morning' shows...

make me change channels (away). Of course, apparently others do seem to like these shows and it does seem to matter to them who's hosting. Neither Ms. Couric's comings or goings nor the arrival of the 'M'eredith is sufficient to attract my viewership.

What bothers me more is the notion of a Couric News Anchor (and any other anchor jobs at other networks that are changed in response)... While I'm also not much of a fan of the major network News programs either, I will indeed be less than ever inclined to listen in with little miss plastic smiley. Alas, whoever's there won't change the message being delivered (or not delivered).

[datadiva]

57. Vierra better than Brown

Or shall I say Mrs. Senor. Brown just married Dan Senor, a Fox News analyst. Give me Vierra any day. Plus, she's one of us. Couldn't ask for a better senario. Maybe there's hope on the horizon for NBC news.

[Jack_Dawson]

59. and Carville Married Matalin - so what?

:shrug:

[UTUSN]

68. Actually, VIEIRA would have been better for CBS to pick n/t

[FrenchieCat]

69. I like Meredith....Too bad she didn't get picked for the anchor job

on CBS. That would have been a better match, I think. She had the credential, but not the star power, I imagine!