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'''Katherine Anne Couric''' was born on January 7, 1957, in [[Arlington]], [[Virginia]]. Couric is the was an unsuccessful [[liberal]] anchor of the ''[[CBS]] Evening News''. Since assuming , and as a result of her slanted reporting and poor viewership, her departure from the position show was announced in 2006April 2011. During her time as sole anchor, the ''CBS Evening News'' ratings have hit record lowsplummeted, 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>
==Personal==Couric was hired by [[Yahoo]] News as its [[globalism|global]] news anchor in 2013 and left her position in 2017.
*1975 Entered the == Interview of [[University of VirginiaSarah Palin]].in 2008 ==*1979 Graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with Katie Couric became a bachelor’s degree in English. *1989 Married [[Jay Monahan]].*1991 Her first daughter, Elinor was born.*1996 A second daughter, Caroline was born.*1998 Her husband of nine years died of [[colon cancer]] at the age of 42. *2000 Helped launch the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA)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 lives in [[New York]] with her two daughtersrepeatedly asking the 'Going Rogue' author what she read.}}
Liberals then ridiculed Palin for not identifying any newspapers that she reads, as though any liberal newspapers are worth reading. ==Personal== Couric graduated from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1979 with a degree in English. =="Journalism " Career==
*1979 Desk assistant at [[ABC News]] in Washington, D.C.
*1990 National correspondent for Today.
*1991-2006 Permanent cohost for Today.
*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.
==Liberal Bias==
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nathan-burchfiel/2008/01/23/couric-praises-media-predicting-recession Couric Praises Media for Predicting Recession], [[Nathan Burchfiel]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', January 23, 2008
*[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/12/11/couric-channeled-hillary-challenges-romney-denounce-giulianis-character Couric Channeled Hillary But Challenges Romney to Denounce Giuliani's 'Character'], [[Brent Baker]], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', December 11, 2007
 
===Interview distortion with gun rights group===
Couric manipulated a recorded conversation (for a 2016 documentary) with a gun rights organization to make them appear they were stumped when asked a difficult question, when in fact, according to their own recording of the interview, they clearly answered the question.<ref>Hawkins, Awr (June 7, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/06/07/defamation-suit-katie-couric-edited-gun-control-doc-dismissed/ Katie Couric Beats Defamation Lawsuit over ‘Edited’ Gun Control Documentary]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 7, 2017.</ref>
==Sources==
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==External Linkslinks==
*http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/06/eveningnews/bios/main1781520.shtml CBS News Bio
*http://newsbusters.org/taxonomy/term/190 Katie Couric - [[NewsBusters]]
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