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2006-09-13 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Couric Fires CBS Medical Reporter--Replaces her with Own Doctor

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-13 15:04|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hey, new doc's done something almost all of us would like to do. Jam something up Katie's ass...

Posted by tu3031 2006-09-13 15:10|| 2006-09-13 15:10|| Front Page Top

#2 "Dr. LaPook is the son-in-law of Norman Lear, creator of CBS hits "All in the Family and "Maude, and has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates."

Of course he has....

Posted by Mark E. 2006-09-13 15:34|| 2006-09-13 15:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Dr. LaPook is the son-in-law of Norman Lear, creator of CBS hits "All in the Family and "Maude, and has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates.

Gee. What a surprise.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-09-13 15:37|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-09-13 15:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Hey, new doc's done something almost all of us would like to do. Jam something up Katie's ass...

tu3031, I was going to insert a comment along the lines of "that musta been one helluva colonoscopy" when I posted the story, but decorum restrained me. Thanks for taking point.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-13 15:48|| 2006-09-13 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Most disturbing in the colonoscopy video was at the end...I know that was a brain stem I saw

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-13 16:16|| 2006-09-13 16:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry Frank, that was the whole thing.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-13 16:34|| 2006-09-13 16:34|| Front Page Top

#7 I have an acquaintance who is still very good friends with Couric going back to their days in college (they were sorority sisters, apparently). My acquaintance is about as far left as you can get without being labeled a "left wing nut", though it seems these days that the distance between them is getting harder and harder to ascertain.

Posted by eltoroverde 2006-09-13 16:51|| 2006-09-13 16:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Irish Pennants blog asks: "Was she fired because she's prettier than Katie?"

Posted by xbalanke 2006-09-13 17:56|| 2006-09-13 17:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Dr. Jonathan LaPook

Is the RantBurg name Hudna still in effect?

Posted by 6 2006-09-13 17:56|| 2006-09-13 17:56|| Front Page Top

#10 xblanke: "Was she fired because she's prettier than Katie?"

Elizabeth Kadelin link

Posted by BigEd 2006-09-13 18:30|| 2006-09-13 18:30|| Front Page Top

#11 pretty obviously she had to go for that uneven right eyebrow....disgusting

/sarc

Posted by Frank G 2006-09-13 18:35|| 2006-09-13 18:35|| Front Page Top

#12 I wouldn't have her on my show either.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-09-13 18:59|| 2006-09-13 18:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Probably smarter, too.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-09-13 21:26|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-09-13 21:26|| Front Page Top

#14 Mickey Kaus:

As Katie Couric's newscast sinks back into third place, here's a thought: Maybe CBS isn't disappointed. Maybe the hiring of Couric had nothing to do with boosting the ratings for the CBS Evening News...Maybe Couric was hired by CBS solely to screw NBC's highly-profitable Today Show!... CBS's Les Moonves could somehow get his network back into the lucrative morning-show game--by depriving the dominant competitor of its star--wouldn't that mean a lot more to CBS' bottom line than whether it gets an extra point or two in the shrinking evening news market? ... Wait and see how the Couric-less Today does before you decide whether she was worth $15 million to CBS.

Posted by Pappy 2006-09-13 21:31|| 2006-09-13 21:31|| Front Page Top

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