A week ago, I posted a snarky item about a Katie Couric vlog entry at CBSNews.com. In an April 4 page from her "Notebook," the "Evening News" anchor worried that kids entering college were unable to use a library for something as basic as locating a book needed for class. In doing so, she erroneously suggested colleges use the Dewey decimal system, when in fact most use Library of Congress Classification to arrange the bookshelves.
Now it turns out that not only did Couric not exactly do her homework, but that the producer who did it for her lifted some of the script from a Wall Street Journal column. That producer has since been fired.
CBS's Brian Montopoli explained how the vlogs are written and produced in a post today at CBS's "Public Eye" blog:
Couric has significant involvement in the Notebooks, though she does not write all of them. Every week, she meets with producers to go over ideas and discuss possible themes. Sometimes, she then writes the pieces herself; in other cases, a producer writes them, after which Couric edits and tapes them. In the case of the April 4 piece, Couric was involved in choosing the topic, though she did not write the piece herself.
Montopoli also wrote about this controversy yesterday in a separate post here.
Washington Post's Howard Kurtz has more in his April 11 article available here.
You can find out what other bloggers are saying about it by checking here.




















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Anyone else not surprised tha
April 11, 2007 - 13:24 ET by Darth DutchAnyone else not surprised that CBS would screw research up? I'm glad they fired the person who lifted the material, but it doesn't do anything to help their image as bumblers.
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Fifteen million dollars a yea
April 12, 2007 - 08:33 ET by AlgerHissFifteen million dollars a year, and CBS gets no more than what any high-school dropout could do?
You people at CBS are complete rubes.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
Thank you Ken,I saw this earl
April 11, 2007 - 14:17 ET by bigtimerThank you Ken,
I saw this early this morning and was going to put a link on myself about this if I didn't see one here.
CBS never learns...I cannot believe the silence about this...take it back, yes I can, if this was Fox network, this would be news...all over the place.
I do not know how much longer Couric can last, but I would guess it can't possibly be as long as her contract is can it?
Anyway, you talk about hypocrisy in the msm...this is a perfect example of it.
Gosh what do these producer
April 11, 2007 - 17:04 ET by radiofitz34Gosh what do these producers do? Sit around belching and farting all day? Oh wait I do that...but not at the radio station! I'd give Couric maybe 5 months tops. She'll be fired cause she's not very cute with that skawl on her face all the time. Plus CBS is going to get deserate. They may drag Uncle Walter back on the air. Oh my!
Oh NO!Not Uncle Walter!Wonder
April 11, 2007 - 17:07 ET by bigtimerOh NO!
Not Uncle Walter!
Wonder if Gregory will be considered?
Movin' On
April 11, 2007 - 17:00 ET by ecnirPSo, CBS News is moving away from making up news to just stealing it from others. Too bad the unnamed producer will simply be able to move on to another MSM assignment and continue his or her "work."
[I still love that Men on TV line from In Living Color ..."'cause that's all you see...BS"]
OK, I stand corrected
April 11, 2007 - 17:08 ET by Cool ArrowI firmly believed Jayson Blair was Dan Rather's logical replacement.
Katie will do just fine.
Wait just a minute, if CBS co
April 11, 2007 - 19:22 ET byWait just a minute, if CBS continues to steal news from WSJ it may moderate their rabid agenda. This may be a good thing.
If on TV you CBS news then on radio you should HEARBS news.
Today
April 11, 2007 - 20:01 ET by iveseenitallWhat a great day. McCain defends the war and condemns the Demos in no uncertain terms. He asked a great question --why were the Democrats smiling and laughing as they passed a surrender document? And Katie Couric is shown for the unprofessional, intellectual lightweight that she is, something that many of us have been saying for months. Moreover, the Duke kids were officially proclaimed "innocent". Good news day.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
And even Jay Leno smacks the
April 11, 2007 - 20:17 ET byAnd even Jay Leno smacks the Dems. As for Katie "zero gravitas" Couric, nuff said