The Cheerleader Speaks

Katie Couric: She's perky, she's cutesy . . . she's dopey.

Speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday evening, CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric pulled back the curtain on her personal views of both the war in Iraq and former “Evening News” anchor Dan Rather.

“Everyone in this room would agree that people in this country were misled in terms of the rationale of this war,” said Couric, adding that it is “pretty much accepted” that the war in Iraq was a mistake.

Further, Couric said the Bush administration botched the war effort, calling it “accepted truths” that it erred by“disbanding the Iraq military, and leaving 100,000 Sunni men feeling marginalized and angry...[and] whether there were enough boots on the ground, the feeling that we’d be welcomed as liberators and didn’t need to focus as much on security.” She added “I’d feel totally comfortable saying any of that at some point, if required, on television.” (H/T - Examiner.com)

So much for Katie's credibility, huh?

Look, I don't have a problem with her opposition to the war. Hell, she can join the other fifty percent of the country that is opposed to it. I don't have a problem with her hatred of the Bush Administration. Lord knows he's disappointed me numerous times, too. My problem is that she still thinks of herself as a "serious impartial journalist," when the fact of the matter is that she is nothing of the kind.

In my opinion, Couric cannot separate her personal feelings from the requirements of her profession. Her job is to report the news, and do so without bias. By openly admitting she is against the war and dislikes the current administration, she is no better Bill Maher of the tools at MoveOn.