Wake up Call: CBS Evening News Officially Jumps the Shark

After months of will she/won't she speculation, it's been confirmed that chirpy tanorexic harpy The Today Show's Katie Couric will fill the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News.

If you thought the corporate media was just a fluff circus before, wait till the hard-hitting journalism of Couric beams into your living room. Granted, she'll will be the first female to anchor a national news broadcast solo. Well, congratu-fucking-lations, but come on. We hope they build a new anchor desk, otherwise she won't be able to show off those shapely legs and short skirts. And who will she berate banter with if there's no Matt Lauer?

This is all too reminiscent of the brilliantly prescient movie Network, where news and entertainment are meshed together with disastrous results.

Full disclosure, OperatorNYC used to rise daily to watch The Today Show on NBC. But only because the sight of Couric's gleaming teeth and orange skin, combined with her shrill voice, would force him to shake off his nagging hangover and get out of bed. To have to stomach Couric in the evening hours, though, is beyond the pale.


[via ivillage]