Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mt. Everest, died last week. CBS's Katie Couric noted the passing in her January 11 "Notebook" at her Couric & Co. blog, but in doing so made a gauzy reference to New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D). Curiously, Couric failed to note that the latter once falsely claimed her parents named her after the New Zealand adventurer. In fact she was born years prior to Sir Edmund's famous climb.
Here's the transcript:
KATIE COURIC, "Evening News" anchor: With all the attention on Hillary Clinton this election year, it's easy to forget that there was another Hillary who once captured the world's attention, Sir Edmund Hillary, the first to conquer the world's tallest mountain, Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas.
COURIC: He died early Friday in New Zealand. He was 88.
COURIC: Like that other Hillary, Sir Edmund set out to make history. He wanted to scale a peak most people thought impossible. Scores had died trying to climb Everest. The dangers were extraordinary. Howling 100 mile-an-hour winds, perpetual cold and air so thin you need an oxygen tank. But Sir Edmund with his sherpa guide Tenzeng Norgay defied the odds and the experts and went where no one had gone before, literally to the top of the world, 29,035 feet above sea level on May 29, 1953.
COURIC: That achievement should be an inspiration to anyone seeking to climb any mountain in life, no matter how daunting. That's a page from my notebook, I'm Katie Couric, CBS News.
—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters
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"That's a page from my
January 14, 2008 - 14:54 ET by Chris Norman"That's a page from my notebook, I'm Katie Couric, CBS News."
Katie demonstrates, once again, why the pages from her notebook would be better used if they were hanging adjacent to a toilet...
Perkless one is EVERYWHERE
January 14, 2008 - 14:49 ET by upcountrywatercBS radio always plays <hurl> That's a page from my note book.
It's as warm and fuzzy as a SPIT BATH.
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
Oh joy to the world, 19 more atomic power plants!
Hillary was his last name Katie...
January 14, 2008 - 14:53 ET by WildBillHow many people link someone's last name to someone else's first name? Pathetic doesn't even come close to describing the entire Couric fiasco at CBS.
"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged." -Abraham Lincoln
well didn't Hillary say
January 14, 2008 - 16:49 ET by red_dragon311well didn't Hillary say that she was named after Sir Hillary
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
Katie...that blather is
January 14, 2008 - 14:54 ET by bigtimerKatie...that blather is pathetic tripe...inserting her politics as usual...wished the little woman would just go away...I just wished she would get zilch for attention, about like her ratings.
Btw...I bet Sir Edmund's family really appreciates this kind of memoriam.
That's ok...
January 14, 2008 - 14:57 ET by Prester John...'cause she's laughing all the way to the bank.
What's in a name?
January 14, 2008 - 15:19 ET by mattmMs. Sir Edmund Hillary Rodham Foster Luther-King Roosevelt Lincoln Clinton.
Hillary's namesake?
January 14, 2008 - 15:49 ET by PrairieSkyAh, Katie Couric, what a wise sage she is...(I can't believe she is still on the air!) This story about Hillary being named after Sir Edmund Hillary just keeps on giving, doesn't it?? What a bogus bunch of tripe given the fact that Sir Edmund didn't make his historic climb until good 'ol Hill was already 6 years old!! Kind of tough to name a baby after someone else who was made famous for an achievement that hadn't even happened yet when the child was born!! Well, if you are a Clinton, you don't let a minor problem like the truth get in the way...You just make it up as you go along.
Well, it'll be a hot
January 14, 2008 - 15:56 ET by rimskyWell, it'll be a hot freekin' day on top of Mt. Everest when HRC can in any way measure up to a Sir Edmund. And that's a page from MY notebook.
My post on this vid Saturday
January 14, 2008 - 16:00 ET by reasonsjesterMr. Shepherd makes a great catch that Hillary had fabricated a story about being named after Sir Edmund Hillary, I had forgotten about that. Anyhow, I posted a story about this this weekend. It is located here, along with my take on the matter. Cheers to Newsbusters for bringing this up. I was sincerely outraged.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
reason, I saw your forum
January 14, 2008 - 16:29 ET by Ken Shepherdreason, I saw your forum post after I posted the Couric item. I regularly scan the Couric blog posts, but not as often as I'd like.
Thanks for making note of it.
Thats cool
January 14, 2008 - 17:06 ET by reasonsjesterIts all good, Mr. Shepherd. Glad you brought this up. My concern with this story is that Couric's vid is a form of not-so-subliminal campaigning. If Katie is going to come straight out and support Hillary, she should do it. Then her viewers can appropriately discredit her when she is discussing political issues regarding Hillary with a supposedly "objective" air. Best regards, KNAB (reasonsjester)
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
I wonder if Katie's
January 14, 2008 - 16:31 ET by KillgraveI wonder if Katie's "notebook" has heart doodles and cute stickers of bunny rabbits?
LMAO
January 14, 2008 - 17:01 ET by reasonsjesterLOL!
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus Aurelius
Too bad Hillary wasn't named Jesus then
January 14, 2008 - 17:15 ET by Lame CherryMaybe Hillary should change her name to Jesus as one would be sure Perky would find all kinds of divine comparing to do with Dame Hamrod.
I wonder if Couric actually ever runs any of this by anyone with a brain.........comparing Sir Edmund Hillary on a life threatening feat with Hillary Clinton just because she has part of a same name?
Bill should be the one praised as he survived more lamps bounced off his head from Hillary and that is life threatening.
The only think Hillary ever did in life which was dangerous was being in bed with her various sex partners and risking getting Aids.
We now return you to the snow job of CBS, Perky Couric.
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Sir Edmund Rodham Hillary?
January 14, 2008 - 17:38 ET by Del DolemonteWant a laugh? Go to the Snopes urban legend site, and look up their take on her claim that she was named after him.
While they eventually decide that she was in fact fibbing, they give her every possible benefit of the doubt as well. Their gymnastics would win a Gold Medal in the BS Olympics.
http://www.snopes.co...
Hey!
January 14, 2008 - 18:09 ET by dervishWe're only slightly past the anniversary of another historic exit from this life. I can see another of Katie's pages coming:
"It's been just over a year since the passing of Saddam Hussein, the Middle Eastern leader who was deposed by the US Army in the Iraq War. Ironically, one of the candidates for leadership of that same US is named ..."
Nah -- I guess not.