Boy, the South Park guys sure had it right when they used her name to denote a measurement of crap.

Screw you, lady!

-grumpy Jon

 when Obama puts a cap on her salary? what will Labron James say when his is capped?What will YOU say or me? (ooops mine has already been capped...no raise for 3 yrs. just so Ican keep my health bennies)

"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville

All of you mere peons do not understand that Couric by the fact that she is a TV News ANCHOR is in a class far above you. Yes,  NEWS ANCHORS, CONGRESSMEN, and the POTUS are royalty and not to be questioned. The sooner we all learn this the less tension and conflict we will have./sarc

The bad guys employ education, experience, time, intuition and intelligence to form and implement strategies... and ulcers... to expand the wealth of their shareholders (which includes themselves) and provide products and innovations that benefit their customers.  For this, they get seven figures.

K-K-K-Katie reads a teleprompter and tries to look pretty... for a couple of hours a day... for twice the money.

Ain't capitalism grand?

Beauxdog

"Listening to you, I get the music. Gazing at you, I get the heat. Following you, I climb the mountains. I get excitement at your feet." Tommy - The Who (or is it the MSM?)

EIGHT FIGURES?!

This 'news' teleprompter reader gets EIGHT FIGURES?!  Are you kidding me?  

This superficial piece of trash gets eight figures for misinforming the public while my wife and I struggle to survive in Owebamas America?  I am beyond disgusted.

Hey Katie, put your money where your pie hole is, and demand a salary decrease for ALL news people.  This includes an and all cable talk show people as well.  If things are THAT bad, then you people should learn an actual SKILL that contributes something useful and tangible to the American Public.

Surely it wouldn't be a hard sell to convince folks during this economic climate that large salaries for poor performance doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What would stop the democrats from trying to impliment this in other industries besides the banking and car business? With, or without taxpayer bailout money? After all, it's the taxpayer who (or is it whom? I never learned this rule during my public education...) is the consumer, right? It's the taxpayer who uses cellphones- why should the Verizon guy make so much money? Can you hear them now? How about now? Computer manufacturers? Software? Hear that Lawrence J. Ellison of Oracle? How about doing your civic duty and kicking back about 90% of your $84M salary in the way of hig h e r   t  a   x    e     s?         Uh oh...

P.S. NFLPA, maybe you got some splainin' to do...

"National" ≠ "Federal government"

The federal government is not authorized to stick its nose into every national issue. 

• The other day, in a relatively harmless example, Orrin Hatch wanted to pass legislation about college football. He described it as a national problem, and by that, he just assumed that gave the federal government authority to intrude. 
• Here, the inequity of executive pay is a national issue, on which there is dispute. That fact that it's a national issue doesn't mean that Congress has any authority to decide the issue. Stick their nose out of it.

Frankly, I agree that executive pay is out of balance. But if the company is profitable and they don't do anything about it, that's their own business. That's a function of the market, and that's what boards of trustees and stockholders are supposed to fix.  

You will hear congressmen argue (I read one yesterday) that the "general welfare" clause authorizes Congress to do whatever it wants. My friends, the general welfare clause is purely hortatory, meaning it simply expresses a general wish -- it wasn't intended to confer any actual power. The whole Constitution is built on the principle of enumerated powers, meaning Congress only has the specific powers we spell out. To throw all that out and say that a phrase in the preamble trumps all that enumeration and that congress has no restrictions on its power is simply a comment made in ignorance.

More and more, I'm convinced that liberal Democrats and ignorant Republicans (i.e., moderates, not conservatives) either don't know how the constitution works, or don't feel bound by it. They don't understand The American Way.

to the perky one.  Remember her Today Show medical procedure?  She can honestly say she took it up the *** to get where she is now.  The others did too, they just don't have video proof....or do they??

Gun Control - The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.

For the ratings drop that has accompanied Katie's evening news, should she take a pay cut?

Is the White House emailing her while she's on the air to keep her newscasts 'correct'? 

Katie, you ignorant slut! 

Oh yea, people who live in a glass house should not throw rocks. 

The dumbing down of America continues each night, continue to watch the antics of Katie (bimbo) Couric, Rachael Maddow, Chrissy (Mr. Bo Tingles) Matthews, Anderson Cooper and our favorite Obie the bathtub boy.  For people with more discriminating taste, your favorite stations will continue to present quality right wing bashing via HBO and MTV.  Please consult your local listings.

Just a thought, but has anyone ever offered Chrissy some cheese to go with his nightly whine? 

Quick! The gene pool needs more chlorine.

with her as anchor, perhaps Katie should have some of her excessive salary clawed back. 

Where's your humility? Give back 90% of your income and I'll believe that you speak with humility, not hubris!!!!!

is still $1,500,000 a year. That ain't chump change. 

The bigger they come...the harder they fall.

Just look at Rather.

I'm betting that these rich big wigs in the MSM have been told that their wealth is secure because they provide a public service or something or another.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.