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Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 3:39pm on Monday, January 26th, 2009

On January 26, 2009, Media Life magazine reported that Katie Couric will be the first to sit down with Sully:

"CBS News’ Katie Couric will conduct the first TV interview with Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot who safely brought his U.S. Airways plane down in the Hudson River earlier this month. The interview will air on the Feb. 8 episode of “60 Minutes.” Sullenberger was originally supposed to be interviewed first on NBC’s “Today,” but that reportedly was postponed after the pilots union suggested he wait until the situation was further investigated. NBC is miffed about the situation, saying in a statement, “What Captain Sullenberger did in the cockpit on Flight 1549 was heroic and admirable. Unfortunately, people close to him have not acted nearly as admirably.”"

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:26pm on Monday, December 29th, 2008

On December 23, 2008, the Associated Press reported that all is not lost for Katie Couric:

After two years of relentlessly bad ratings news, Katie Couric finally has something she can smile about.

The "CBS Evening News" anchor remains in third place behind NBC and ABC. But the average of 7.4 million people who watched her newscast last week was better than any than any week since February 2007, five months after she moved over from NBC's "Today" show.

That makes four straight weeks where her audience was bigger than at the same point last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.

It suggests that two years after the initial bad reaction viewers had to her move from "Today," some people are giving her a second chance.

The improvement could be a result of the positive feedback Couric received for her interview of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during the presidential campaign. Palin fumbled on a question about what publications she read regularly, and the interview was a launching point for one of Tina Fey's "Saturday Night Live" spoofs.

"Basically, she remade her reputation as a result of the Palin interview," said Andrew Tyndall, a consultant who studies the content of nightly newscasts.

Since January, the "CBS Evening News" has averaged 6.1 million viewers, Neilsen said. People who have tuned in recently can see that the program is much improved, said Paul Friedman, senior vice president of CBS News.

A. Dante    US citizen

Posted at 9:37am on Monday, February 25th, 2008

In response to comments left at cbs, "Clinton Adopts Edwards' Populist Tone" Feb. 25, 2008:

Although the agenda is similar with both democrats, Hillary Rodham Clinton will continue to fair much better against the republican machine, and she has the proven experience and fortitude to establish the positive change we need in government.

With Barack Hussein Obama, there is a question of his lack of experience and patriotism against the war hero McCain with much experience.

"Change" for the sake of change is not necessarily a good thing; GW Bush created much change during the course of his rein and most will agree that Americans are worse off than we were 7 years ago.