Couric's Ratings Woes

American Voices

Couric's Ratings Woes

May 21, 2007 | ISSUE 43•21

Eight months after Katie Couric took over as anchor, The CBS Evening News is a distant third in the nightly news ratings, and last week recorded its lowest audience in 20 years. What do you think?

This is why you should never hire a woman, or anyone even remotely sane, to do Dan Rather's job.

Emil Brun
Day Laborer
How can she compete against cable news? They get to use the C-word.

Mila Kreszpy
Recordkeeper
I warned her. I said 'It's not like Today, Katie. You've got to know how to read,' but she wouldn't listen.

Matt Gander
Systems Analyst

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