| | '''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric was an unsuccessful [[liberal]] anchor of the ''CBS Evening News'', and as a result of her slanted reporting and poor viewership, her departure from the show was announced in April 2011. During her time as sole anchor, the ''CBS Evening News'' ratings plummeted, placing the network dead last among their competitors. Liberals hoped that Katie Couric's simple-minded hostility to [[conservatives]] would play well on the ''Evening News,'' but perhaps the fleeing viewers did not like being talked down to by such a lightweight. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, had improved the ratings with his more intelligent approach to evening news.<ref>www.mediabistro.com</ref> <ref>[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070603/D8PHEUNO1.html Ratings Raise TV News Sexism Questions], David Bauder, June 3, 2007.</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2007/09/04/katie-couric-one-year-later-different-network-same-old-liberal-skew Katie Couric, One Year Later: Different Network, Same Old Liberal Skew], Rich Noyes, [[NewsBusters]], September 4, 2007. </ref> | | '''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric was an unsuccessful [[liberal]] anchor of the ''CBS Evening News'', and as a result of her slanted reporting and poor viewership, her departure from the show was announced in April 2011. During her time as sole anchor, the ''CBS Evening News'' ratings plummeted, placing the network dead last among their competitors. Liberals hoped that Katie Couric's simple-minded hostility to [[conservatives]] would play well on the ''Evening News,'' but perhaps the fleeing viewers did not like being talked down to by such a lightweight. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, had improved the ratings with his more intelligent approach to evening news.<ref>www.mediabistro.com</ref> <ref>[http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070603/D8PHEUNO1.html Ratings Raise TV News Sexism Questions], David Bauder, June 3, 2007.</ref> <ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/rich-noyes/2007/09/04/katie-couric-one-year-later-different-network-same-old-liberal-skew Katie Couric, One Year Later: Different Network, Same Old Liberal Skew], Rich Noyes, [[NewsBusters]], September 4, 2007. </ref> |