As reported by FishBowl DC at mediabistro.com, CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric was honored at a luncheon held by Sewall-Belmont House and Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday and remarked: "However you feel about her politics, I feel that Senator Clinton received some of the most unfair, hostile coverage I’ve ever seen."
[UPDATE, 11 PM EDT, by Brent Baker: Katie Couric devoted her Wednesday “Katie Couric's Notebook” to making the same charge, echoing the views of Clinton-backers she featured on her June 3 newscast as recounted in an NB post: “Couric Provides Forum for Female Clinton Backers to Vent.” In the online video commentary posted Wednesday night, Couric argued (transcribed by the MRC's Brad Wilmouth):
One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life, particularly in the media. Many women have made the point that if Senator Obama had to confront the racist equivalent of an "iron my shirt" poster at campaign rallies, or a Hillary nutcracker sold at airports, or mainstream pundits saying they instinctively cross their legs at the mention of her name, the outrage would not be a footnote. It would be front-page news.]
Couric of course has a long history of defending Hillary Clinton against such "hostility."When Couric talked to Ohio voters in March who were concerned about Clinton’s crying prior to the New Hampshire primary, Couric jumped in with: "But some of the male candidates, like Mitt Romney, have gotten misty eyed as well." In a February "60 Minutes" interview, Couric tossed the New York Senator softballs like: "What were you like in high school? Were you the girl in the front row taking meticulous notes and always raising your hand?"
Most recently, in a June 5 interview with Barack Obama, Couric pushed for Clinton as the VP: "In our latest poll, 59% of Democratic primary voters, including 46% of your voters, think you should select Senator Clinton to be your running mate. So in the spirit of Kennedy picking Johnson and Reagan choosing Bush, why not pick Senator Clinton?" In addition, at the end of a story about Clinton supporters on June 3, Couric declared: "By the way, a new CBS News poll shows many voters nationwide believe Clinton faced an uphill battle because of her gender. We asked, ‘Who faces more obstacles in presidential politics?’ -- 46 percent said a woman candidate, 32 said a black candidate."
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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..and Katie's
June 11, 2008 - 17:08 ET by bigtimer..and Katie's leftist opinion matters why?
Katie Katie Katie....best thing you ever got about the Hillster was her unbelievable arrogance stating she was anointed and wasn't worried about losing the race with her counter-parts...on the CBS nightly news show with your interview with her...sheesh...
LMAO!
They are both leftists Katie...get a grip..it has nothing to do with race or sex you dumb bunny.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
Obviously little lady Katie
June 11, 2008 - 17:12 ET by mattmObviously little lady Katie is only using the Left side of her brain... I wonder if she ever even considered the treatment Bush and every other republican get as a matter of course.
She gives ditzy broads a bad name.
I thought she just meant
June 11, 2008 - 17:15 ET by motherbeltI thought she just meant "hostile," but she clearly meant "sexist" because she talked about the men, and Romney etc. She thinks she was disliked because of being a woman.
Katie, you're probably right about the hostility, but wrong about the cause. The hostility wasn't because she is a woman; it was because the woman who she is, is Hillary Clinton.
What about the Geezers???
June 11, 2008 - 17:57 ET by SickofLibs"Who faces more obstacles in presidential politics?’ -- 46 percent said a woman candidate, 32 said a black candidate."
What about Geezer candidate obstacles - I believe that comes in somewhere around a whopping 83%.
ps: The "Sewall-Belmont House and Museum" was honoring Couric for...what?
Open your eyes Chipmunk!
June 11, 2008 - 17:59 ET by jefflebowskiThe left has given Bush nothing but hell over the past 8 years. Unless one is a part of the unwashed left, there is little doubt as to why MSM ratings continue a downward spiral.
You'd recognize that if you opened your Chipmunk looking eyes, Ms. Couric.
p.s. She has always looked like a chipmunk to me
Jeff Lebowksi
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Jeff, I've always thought
June 11, 2008 - 23:46 ET by CJK51Jeff, I've always thought she resembled a Sleestack, from the classic "Land of the Lost" show.
If the hillery got treated harsh
June 11, 2008 - 20:09 ET by FastEdI wonder how Fenwick felt when NJ's lousenberg said she was too old?
What Katie and the rest of the mediocrocy fail to mention, is the fact that the "harshness" was coming from the media itself - how many non-journalists were saying all these harsh words?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Exactly, Katie is blaming
June 12, 2008 - 08:39 ET by dscottExactly, Katie is blaming the American people for being sexist when it was the MSM who opposed Clinton. This was the same strategy the Obama campaign used via their MSM surrogates, they accused the American public and Republicans in particular of being racist before Obama began repeatedly winning "Dem" primaries. Liberals do this frequently, they accuse people in order to manipulate them into doing or not doing something.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Shocking? Not Really
June 11, 2008 - 20:48 ET by rammingspeedHillary got some of her own medicine. Bill and she were the MSM's flavor of the era from '92 until '07, and were dropped when a more desirable (to the media) candidate came along. It was always based on politics (not gender or race) on who would move the country closer to a socialist state. If someone comes along who is more leftist than Obama and deemed a more viable candidate, then Obama will be just as dead as Hillary is.