| − | '''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric is the liberal anchor of ''[[CBS]] Evening News''. Many people believed that Katie Couric's sucess on the Today Show would follow her onto the ''Evening News,'' but the decline in viewership that started in the 1980s did not stop. Bob Schieffer, who preceded Katie, actually did see a modest rise in the evening news ratings. <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 ''[[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> |