Mark, if Friedman's premise were TOTALLY correct, then Hillary would already be history, and the slobbering media would be celebrating her cookie recipies.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad

Couric was a mistake from the beginning. Not because she's a woman, but because she's a radical left winger. The MSM just refuses to get it. At least half the citizens in this country are not left wingers. This supposed "news" program is part of the liberal, elitist propaganda machine which can't help being biased. And they do it in a manner which disgusts millions of Americans. Arrogant, liberal jackasses.

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

I'm so confused. Why would chauvism hold a woman anchor back? Being a red-blooded male myself, I know I'm MUCH more likely to watch something with a hot girl than without. (While I was unemployeed that was the reason I tuned into midday live every day: Whitney Ray)

Who has ever heard of male pride overiding male horniness like... ever? (Certainly no guy.) I think that's just used as an excuse by women who don't want to face the fact that they might not be attractive enough to "overide a male's pride".

"Americans are afraid of a strong woman"

Friedman's comments are to be expected coming from today's modern media. Using feminist (Marxist) social theory to explain away every stupid mistake made in the liberal media board room. CBS can at least write this whole episode off as a lesson learned. You don't hire celebrities to give Americans hard news -- just like you don't hire a short-order cook to be head chef at La Grenouille. Katie Couric has spent her entire career slobbering over the Hollywood elite and hob-nobbing with upper-crusty Manhattan-ites (sorry for all that slang). It was a no-brainer that few would take her seriously as an news anchor. What the heck were they thinking!

This may sound shallow, but I think CBS has done Couric a huge disservice with their touch-ups of her photos, her "slimmed-down" photo, the soft-focus lens they use on her for the newscasts when she's on camera solo. I caught the tail end of 60 Minutes last weekend and I swear I did not recognize her until she used her name because she was completely unfiltered and un-"smoothed"--in other words, she showed her age. I was wondering who that woman anchor who actually looked like she might know what she was doing was until she started speaking, and then I did a doubletake.

Like I said, it may sound shallow, but I think the work done to make her look so "pretty" and "fresh" actually hurt her in the long run.

This paragraph is just too funny...

He is not married, although his name is frequently linked to one woman or another in the gossip columns. Some factoids: He can't drive a car because of an injury at age 21 that affected his depth perception, he's a diehard Yankees fan and he keeps a collection of 35,000 baseball cards.

Let's do a special comment

He's grown man who still collects baseball cards, amassing "35,000" -- and he's not married.

Wow. How did this catch get away gals?

Is this guy unmarried Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons, or what? For those unfamiliar with the comparison:

Comic Book Guy: Last night's "Itchy & Scratchy" was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured that I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world.

Comic Book Guy: The term is "courting," thank you. The restraining order says "no-no," but her eyes say "yes-yes."

He can't drive a car because of an injury at age 21 that affected his depth perception.

Depth perception?  Don't they mean reality perception?

Proud member of the all-powerful and vast militarist/industrialist/capitalist/zionist-bagelist complex

Who gives a hoot about any of this? I do not watch national network news. I seldom watched the morning news when she was on it. I adjudged her to be a flyweight then, so I assume she is the same now. Too much bandwidth is being wasted on this woman!

CBS and other networks are so blinded by their hatred of the political right, they are willing to sacrifice BILLIONS of dollars. A simple move to the center would do wonders. Amazing,simply amazing.

Isn't Michelle Malkin a Christian? I THINK that Laura Ingraham is a Christian too. There, I named two (if I am correct) in about one second. What are the odds of any of the big three hiring one of them??

Katie doesn't look like she is having a good time either. She looks like she is carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. She is in the wrong slot.