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Digg Katie Couric Digging the Conventions (Lonewacko)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:02:25 GMT

Perky Katie Couric is going to be attending the Republican National Convention next week, and she's looking for questions she can ask. Now, I'm not expecting much of anything, but I did leave four suggestions...

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Katie Couric In Her Comfort Zone At Democratic Convention (The Huffington Post)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:31:02 GMT

DENVER, Aug. 27 Moments after giving Charles Barkley a big hug on the Pepsi Center floor, Katie Couric bumps into Joe Biden's son, Beau, in the basketball locker room that is serving as CBS's cramped work space. Couric asks Beau, the Delaware attorney general, whether she can see his dad, who is suddenly much in demand as the vice presidential nominee. "Tell him to give me a quick...

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Video: Katie Couric Doing Yoga With Liberal Bloggers (The Hot Joints)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:20:45 GMT

How can an event hosted by Progress Now and Daily Kos be ‘nonpartisan’? Do you think the left could have possibly lived up to liberal stereotypes any better than by doing Yoga at the convention? Related PostsVideo: Harold Ford Heckled For Praising Fox News At Far-Left Blogger ConventionVideo: New McCain Ad — ‘Tiny’Hubris Alert: Obama’s Greek [...]

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Couric feels "weirdly more comfortable" out of the studio (Everyday Ethics)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:22:52 GMT

Washington Post "You pick up on the energy of your surroundings," says Katie Couric while cover the Democratic convention. "It's much more like my old job. I can really loosen up." At the DNC, writes Howard Kurtz , "she is, suddenly, the 'Today' show Katie, fun-loving and wisecracking, not the more sober figure who has drawn mixed reviews in her nearly two years behind the anchor...

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Meredith Vieira Officially More Powerful Than Katie Couric (Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:25 GMT

Photo: Getty Images MEDIA • Is Bloomberg trying to make Apple's stock drop? The news service accidentally ran Steve Jobs's obituary yesterday. [ Gawker ] • Katie Couric made Forbes 's annual list of most powerful women in the world, but, at number 63, she's ranked one spot behind her Today show replacement, Meredith Vieira. The CBS anchorwoman did, however, beat out Good Morning America...

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Democratic Convention Weirdness - 10 WTF Images (GALLERY) (TREND HUNTER Magazine)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:36:58 GMT

(TrendHunter.com) The Democrats would love to control the image of the convention. Lucky for us, cameras are everywhere. Otherwise we might miss Katie Couric making goo-goo eyes at Charles Barkley, the former Round Mound…

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Video: Democratic convention, day 4 recap (Cnet)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:02:06 GMT

CBS News' Katie Couric and her fellow pundits discuss presidential nominee Barack Obama's acceptance speech, which closed the DNC and left many attendees in tears.

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Audio: Howard Wolfson Unleashes On MSNBC, Will Work Against Matthews Campaign (The Hot Joints)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:15:47 GMT

Good for Howard. It’s nice to see someone stand up to the thugs at MSNBC. (hat tip johnny$) Related PostsAudio: New Bin Laden Message Threatening EuropeVideo: Katie Couric Doing Yoga With Liberal BloggersVideo: New McCain Ad — ‘Tiny’Hubris Alert: Obama’s Greek Temple StageVideo: Hillary Clinton’s DNC Speech

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Meredith Vieira, Highest-Ranking Woman TVNewser On Forbes List (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:32:39 GMT

For the fifth year, Forbes has issued its ' The World's 100 Most Powerful Women ' list. And, as she was last year , Meredith Vieira ranks highest among women in television news, coming in at #61 (she was #55 in 2007). Right behind is her Today predecessor, Katie Couric (#62), followed by Barbara Walters (#63). Diane Sawyer is #65, with Christiane Amanpour at #91. Last year's rankings...

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Newsfeed Update: 08.28.08 (MediaBistro.com)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. Couric's in Her Comfort Zone at the DNC ( WaPo ) The freewheeling nature of covering the Democratic convention plays to Katie Couric's strengths in a way that a tightly scripted 22-minute newscast does not. She is, suddenly, the "Today" show Katie, fun-loving and wisecracking, not the more sober figure who...

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Couric's Prime Time (Washington Post)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT

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Dukakis: “I owe the American people an apology.” (http://2parse.com/?feed=rss2)

joe@2parse — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:49:17 GMT

Watch CBS Videos Online Katie Couric interviewed Michael Dukakis today - the man who lost the 1988 presidential race to George H. W. Bush. The quote that makes the interview worth watching is from the very end: Look, I owe the American people an apology. If I had beaten the old man you’d of never heard of the kid and you wouldn’t be in this mess. So it’s all my fault and I feel that...

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Blame the Duke (The Plank)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:12:00 GMT

Michael Dukakis finally does the right thing and apologizes for being such a crappy presidential candidate, telling Katie Couric : Look, I owe the American people an apology. If I had beaten the old man you’d of never heard of the kid and you wouldn’t be in this mess. So it’s all my fault and I feel that very, very strongly. I've been waiting for this for 20 years, ever since my volunteering...

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Katie Couric: Cancer 'Destroyed My Family' (People)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:35:00 GMT

The CBS anchor helps lead a landmark fundraiser in the fight against the disease

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Katie Couric Speaks with Biden’s Son (Time)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:15:18 GMT

During CBS News’ convention coverage, Couric spoke with Joseph Biden III about his father and his own political aspirations. Read the interview here.

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Couric Hails Hillary's Impact; Williams: 'If Not Her, Who and When?' (NewsBusters)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:03:31 GMT

Paying tribute to Hillary Clinton hours before her address to the Democratic National Convention, on Tuesday night CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric delivered a nearly five-minute-long review of Senator Clinton's campaign and why it came up short, though Couric ended on a laudatory note: “She did leave her mark in the history books.” Following a soundbite from former Clinton...

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What's The Story? (D-Day)

noreply@blogger.com (dday) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:39:00 GMT

Katie Couric puts on her serious face and talks to bloggers, who then post about her talking to bloggers, and the universe explodes on itself. Meanwhile apparently this is the Hillary Clinton convention and the Democratic Party is at war, although none of us know it. And oh by the way: Pakistan's government has collapsed (which is probably as it should be after Musharraf was dumped),...

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The American Dream or Married To The Mob? (Crooks and Liars)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:20:29 GMT

Remember this interview with Katie Couric? We were all so focused on McCain’s inability to count property that a fairly large whopper of a lie went for the most part unnoticed: Couric: Are you sorry about the way you answered the question about how many homes you own? McCain: Well, I’ll continue to say I’m blessed, [...]

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Katie Couric webcasts the DNC - she’s here all week! (’Til Thursday) (Best Gadgets World)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:34:14 GMT

If there's one woman I like despite having seen her colon (okay, so I didn't actually look) it's Katie Couric. This week she'll be presenting a series of live webcasts presenting the highlights of the Democratic National Convention, followed by a roundtable discussion. You can tune in to watch the 'casts from 7-8 PM PDT untilTuesday, Wednesday and Thursday by clicking here. Via CNET...

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Live from Denver: The Media Circus (Northwest Progressive Institute)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:15:00 GMT

I was just interviewed by a woman from the New York Times and earlier Katie Couric was running around here with an entourage. Dan Rather spoke upstairs (see story below) but I did not leave this prime couch location, for it's great people watching and eavesdropping, as well as a place to plug in the laptop, drink Blind Roast Coffee (actually roasted by a blind man) and watch representatives...

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