| − | '''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric is the 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 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 is the 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> |