Georgian President Checks In With Glenn Beck, Katie Couric

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2008 First the showdown with Russia, now the U.S. media tour: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili paid a virtual visit to American news shows on Wednesday, telling CBS News anchor Katie Couric that the Russians were violating the newly instated cease-fire agreement with Georgia, then being buttered up by CNN's Glenn Beck, who reminded his audience that there are streets in Georgia "named after our president." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Journal: Couric Likely to Leave CBS

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2008 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that CBS News is likely to part ways with its evening news anchor, Katie Couric, who earns about $15 million a year. Consistently in last place among the networks, CBS has been under pressure to right the ship, and was even reported to have considered outsourcing some news operations to CNN. CBS says no such plan is in the works. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Up for Debate

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2008 With 20 debates between the Democratic candidates already in the books, and another scheduled before the Pennsylvania primary, it's a little hard to believe that CBS News hasn't yet had the opportunity to ask a few gotcha questions of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Katie Couric may just get the chance. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Reporting From Baghdad

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Sep 7, 2007 Katie Couric's "entertainment-as-news" excursion to Baghdad, Ritter argues, is symptomatic of an America that consistently refuses to properly identify and address the real problems in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Limbaugh Brings His Claptrap to CBS

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Rush Limbaugh said something stupid again, only this time on CBS? nightly ?Free Speech? segment, where the radio show host railed against those evil people who are ?more interested in punishing this country over a few incidents of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay than they are in defeating those who want to kill us.? (Video & Transcript) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Holy Truth-Telling, Batman!

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2006 Quote of the week: Bush, in an Oval Office interview with Katie Couric, "The hardest part of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror" (video and transcript) Why should that be so tough? Sure, Iraq didn't have WMD, wasn't harboring terrorists, and had nothing to do with 9/11, but OK, maybe it should be kind of tough. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )