Palin Versus "Perky" Katie, and Palin Wins

Sometimes revenge is best served cold:

Sarah Palin beat Katie Couric in the ratings game Tuesday when the two women hosted competing morning shows. Palin, never one to hold punches, gloried in her dominance over “the ‘perky one.’”

“[F]rankly, I’m ecstatic we beat the ‘perky one,’” Palin emailed Zap2it, along with some glowing compliments for the “Today” show staff and cast.

Her problem was not with ABC, Palin made clear, just Couric, who was filling in as the host of “Good Morning America.”

“I wouldn’t have gone up against ABC’s vacationing Robin Roberts, because she’s such a good egg,” said Palin. “By the way, both Robin and Matt Lauer have traveled the long journey to Alaska and dealt with unglamorous, rugged conditions to see more of our world; they’ve shown respect for a more unconventional Americana lifestyle, and we appreciate that.”

The mainstream media reviews were pretty universally bad, but advertisers pay for ratings, not reviews. I'm guessing she'll be back.

Super Bowl Pre-Show: Obama Interview

I'll bet you were worried that during the lengthy Super Bowl Pre-Show that you wouldn't get to hear from President Obama. Well, worry no more:

With ABC landing the past three Obama interviews among the broadcast networks, CBS is now striking back.

Katie Couric, who's been in the news already today, will interview President Obama live during Sunday's Super Bowl pre-game show, according to the network.

At least she's earning that $300,000 per week salary.

Couric Bankrupt System

That's my new name for CBS. They'll be needing a bailout pretty soon with headlines like this:

CBS EVENING NEWS FALLS TO ALL-TIME LOW; 5,180,000 VIEWERS FOR COURIC

Those are the worst numbers Nielson has ever recorded for that show. Even old people who die with the TV on aren't accidentally tuning in to her show anymore.

Wanna know why? Try this:

CBS News Anchor Katie Couric told Princeton's graduating seniors last week that they should avoid "nastiness" and then mocked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Miss California Carrie Prejean, while praising Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, First Lady Michelle Obama and Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The latter two are Princeton graduates.

'Nuff said?

Dumb Political Question of the Day

From the Perky Katie Couric to Slow Joe Biden:

COURIC: Are you disappointed with the tone of the campaign? The lipstick on the pig stuff and some of the ads – you guys haven't been completely guilt free making fun of John McCain using a computer.

BIDEN: I thought that was terrible by the way.

COURIC: Why did you do it then?

BIDEN: I didn't know we did it and if I had anything to do with it, we would have never done it. And I don't think Barack, you know. I just think that was …

COURIC: Did Barack Obama approve that ad?

Let's all say it together - the last line from every Obama ad:

"I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message."

Doesn't Couric watch TV?

Today's Crime Headline

How the mighty have fallen:

Warrant issued for CBS News anchor Katie Couric

I believe she's wanted for the death of the CBS Evening News franchise.

CBS Looking for A Way to Fix the News Division

The age of the CBS News correspondent may be coming to a close:

CBS, the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting, has been in discussions with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN, two executives briefed on the matter said Monday.

Over the last decade, CNN has held intermittent talks with both ABC News and CBS News about various joint ventures. But during the last several months, talks with CBS have been revived and lately intensified, according to the executives who asked for anonymity because of the confidential nature of the negotiations.

Broadly speaking, the executives described conversations about reducing CBS’s news-gathering capacity while keeping its frontline personalities, like Katie Couric, the CBS Evening News anchor, and paying a fee to CNN to buy the cable network’s news feeds.

Another possibility, these people said, would be for CBS to keep its correspondents in certain regions but pair them with CNN crews.

I don't think the network wants to admit the Katie Couric experiment has been a failure. Perhaps they need to replace her rather than buy their news reporting from CNN.