Cindy's Gone, Can't Bush Just Meet with Another Protester
August 19th, 2005 3:27 PM
Cindy Sheehan may no longer be in Crawford, Texas, but Katie Couric thinks any number of MoveOn.org protesters will do just as well. In an interview on today's edition of the Today show with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, she asked the former Republican congressman why President Bush can't just meet with the protesters camped outside his ranch: "Do you think that the President should have met with…
Nets, AP Tout Sheehan’s Achievements, Yearn for Revived Anti-War Eff
August 19th, 2005 11:36 AM
Before and after Cindy Sheehan’s announcement Thursday that she was leaving Crawford to attend to her ill mother, the networks celebrated her supposed achievements and hoped they’d re-invigorate the anti-war movement. “Did just one grieving mother spark the beginnings of an anti-war movement? We'll give you the 'Inside Story,'" CBS anchor John Roberts promised before Wyatt Andrews trumpeted: "Her…
Katie Couric: I Need a Loan to Gas Up My Minivan
August 15th, 2005 10:24 AM
As Mark Finkelstein accurately noted earlier this morning, NBC’s Today gave big play to the supposed havoc that rising fuel prices are having on American society. But the hype reached ridiculous levels when Katie Couric insisted during Monday’s show opening that “I had to take out a loan to fill up my minivan. It’s crazy.”Couric makes at least $15 million a year co-hosting Today.Here’s how Couric…
