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i couldnt find an end date for her departure, so I changed the initial paragraph, but it still reflects why she is getting the boot; feel free to revert, however!
[[Image:Katie Couric.jpg|thumb|150px|Katie Couric]]
[[Image:Katie Couric.jpg|thumb|150px|Katie Couric]]
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'''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric was an unsuccessful [[liberal]] anchor of ''[[CBS]] Evening News'' before departing after ratings plummeted. 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>
==Personal==
==Personal==
*1990 National correspondent for Today.
*1990 National correspondent for Today.
*1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
*1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
*1992 Contributing anchor for Dateline NBC.
*1992 Contributing anchor for ''Dateline NBC''.
*2006 Anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, 60 Minutes correspondent and anchors CBS News primetime specials.
*2006 Anchor and managing editor of the ''CBS Evening News with Katie Couric'', ''60 Minutes'' correspondent and anchors CBS News primetime specials.
==Liberal Bias==
==Liberal Bias==