Monday, September 4, 2006

WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KATIE? Tomorrow night marks the debut of the The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric, as the front of every NYC Transit bus is hell-bent on reminding me. I haven't regularly watched network evening news in ages, and I think the last time I TiVo'ed the evening news was for Brokaw and Rather's respective farewells. Several questions for discussion--in a world of the Internet and 24-hour cable news, is a network evening news broadcast still relevant? Will you watch Couric? Is Couric relevant? Does Couric as a solo anchor have any larger meaning (e.g., the ultimate triumph of feminism, or, in contrast, the triumph of fluff over substance)?

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