| | '''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>http://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>http://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> |
| − | Couric was hired by [[Yahoo]] News as its [[globalism|global]] news anchor in 2013 and fired in 2017 for [[fake news]] reporting.<ref>[http://truthfeed.com/lol-katie-couric-fired-for-spreading-fake-news/96943/ Katie Couric Fired for Spreading FAKE NEWS]</ref> | + | Couric was hired by [[Yahoo]] News as its [[globalism|global]] news anchor in 2013 and fired in 2017 for [[fake news]] reporting.<ref>[http://truthfeed.com/lol-katie-couric-fired-for-spreading-fake-news/96943/ Katie Couric Fired for Spreading FAKE NEWS]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435919/katie-courics-under-gun-lie-yahoo-should-fire-her Dear Yahoo, Fire Katie Couric]</ref> |
| − | Katie Couric became a hero to liberals when she repeatedly demanded to know what Sarah Palin reads:<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/06/katie-couric-on-sarah-palin-interview-she-just-wanted-me-to-be-gone/#ixzz2lUkr8y00</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/435919/katie-courics-under-gun-lie-yahoo-should-fire-her Dear Yahoo, Fire Katie Couric]</ref> | + | Katie Couric became a hero to liberals when she repeatedly demanded to know what Sarah Palin reads:<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/06/katie-couric-on-sarah-palin-interview-she-just-wanted-me-to-be-gone/</ref> |
| | {{cquote|The interview, which some have argued lost Palin and former presidential candidate John McCain the election, involved Couric repeatedly asking the 'Going Rogue' author what she read.}} | | {{cquote|The interview, which some have argued lost Palin and former presidential candidate John McCain the election, involved Couric repeatedly asking the 'Going Rogue' author what she read.}} |