Impressions Upon Watching the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
Watched the initial broadcast of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric as the anchor last evening. She did well. I think CBS has a winner.
Here are my impressions:
The interview with Thomas Friedman got me thinking. President Bush and the Republican Party are attempting to spin their handling of the war in Iraq by moving the argument to the higher level of combating terrorism. In their public announcements they are associating the war on terrorism with the defeat of Nazi Germany during WW II.
Friedman pointed out that the association does not speak well for the Republicans, since they failed to provide sufficient forces to ensure a victorious D-Day. That got me thinking. The Democratic Party should counter by agreeing that the nation is now locked in a fight every bit as desperate as that of WWII. But, as before, we need a Democrat in the White House and more Democrats in the Congress in order to win the war, since the Republican-controlled government has so grossly mismanaged the war on terrorism thus far.
They had a new segment called Free Speech in which some man ranted on about the media. He was so emotional he could hardly be understood. He came across as a professional actor. The piece was too slick. Katie explained that CBS intended to have various people, including celebrities, present their views on life. She mentioned Russ Limbaugh.
The Limbaugh and all other professional media people are paid to express their thoughts. So what’s new? More damming is that generally, I have no interest in what most media pros have to say. Additionally, I have no interest in learning what celebrities such as Hollywood film actors think on any subject. For me, being a famous film actor is not a credential for being having an intellect, as shown by Tom Cruise and, more recently, by Mel Gibson.
I think CBS should search the web for blogs written by ordinary, unknown, bloggers who have posted interesting and insightful pieces. Having found them, they should video tape them reading the posting that caught CBS eye. The point of the segment is to bring to national attention interesting thoughts from unknown citizens. I offer this as an example of just such a type of blog.
The show ended with a wonderful piece on using art to provide emotional support to under privileged orphans.
Here are my impressions:
The interview with Thomas Friedman got me thinking. President Bush and the Republican Party are attempting to spin their handling of the war in Iraq by moving the argument to the higher level of combating terrorism. In their public announcements they are associating the war on terrorism with the defeat of Nazi Germany during WW II.
Friedman pointed out that the association does not speak well for the Republicans, since they failed to provide sufficient forces to ensure a victorious D-Day. That got me thinking. The Democratic Party should counter by agreeing that the nation is now locked in a fight every bit as desperate as that of WWII. But, as before, we need a Democrat in the White House and more Democrats in the Congress in order to win the war, since the Republican-controlled government has so grossly mismanaged the war on terrorism thus far.
They had a new segment called Free Speech in which some man ranted on about the media. He was so emotional he could hardly be understood. He came across as a professional actor. The piece was too slick. Katie explained that CBS intended to have various people, including celebrities, present their views on life. She mentioned Russ Limbaugh.
The Limbaugh and all other professional media people are paid to express their thoughts. So what’s new? More damming is that generally, I have no interest in what most media pros have to say. Additionally, I have no interest in learning what celebrities such as Hollywood film actors think on any subject. For me, being a famous film actor is not a credential for being having an intellect, as shown by Tom Cruise and, more recently, by Mel Gibson.
I think CBS should search the web for blogs written by ordinary, unknown, bloggers who have posted interesting and insightful pieces. Having found them, they should video tape them reading the posting that caught CBS eye. The point of the segment is to bring to national attention interesting thoughts from unknown citizens. I offer this as an example of just such a type of blog.
The show ended with a wonderful piece on using art to provide emotional support to under privileged orphans.
posted by Bob Baker at 4:40 AM
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