If you're like me, you've been awating Katie Couric's impending Anchorship at CBS with more that a little trepidation. We've watched the news slide downhill into the soft, mushy world of infotainment for years now, and putting Katie C. in Ed Murrow's old seat would seal the deal, so to speak.
Or will it?
Couric herself says no. Seems she was losing patience with reporters who wanted to know how she would dress for her debut and what her hobbies are. She itched to change the subject, according to the Boston Globe, and was glad to explain how she'd been traveling the country to hear what us regular folks want from our news machines.
"They want more perspective, more stories put in historical context. They want us to go a little bit deeper," Couric said. "We also heard that the news is too depressing. Obviously, we can't sugarcoat [things] , but we can be more solution-oriented.
"Sometimes we assume that people know a lot more than they really do. So I'd like to not just do the news of today but take a broader look at the ramifications" of the news.
What could this mean? Has CBS bowed to the pressure of a thousand liberal bloggers? Or are we about to recieve in-depth, historically contextual reporting on Laura Bush's wardrobe?
It sounds like Katie wants to be remembered as Couric. We'll see what happens.
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