Comments on: Couric Critiques Iraq War Run-Up Coverage

CBS News Anchor Calls White House Press Corps Performance "Embarrassing"

[mofromky]

Go Katie. No excuses. I watch her show more and more...even before I read her comments on this subject. I quite watching NBS and long time ago and and ABC less and less. Thank goodness for Bill Moyers, Charlie Rose, PBS, NPR, KY public radio/TV. Keep exhibiting this attitude Katie and word of mouth may spread that you ask the hard questions and not with rankor but civility. It''s not about the "reporters," it would be great if it were about informing the public. Right now I believe it''s primarily about selling the advertisers products.

[merlgrey]

just going with the flow right katie....

funny how during the early debates and primaries when you had the Q & A with all the candidates... you never invited the strongest outspoken anti war candidates from either party to the table: ron paul, mike gravel, dennis kucinich... people with the foresight to have warned about the consequences and the legality from the outset. just admit it, its not about true reporting, its about media ratings and popularity and cashing your paycheck.

[lochlan-2009]

The truth comes out, before the book is even on the shelves. Our America is not the country we all believed it was. Different corporations tell the government what they need to make money, the government changes the laws so they can, and the media (shepards) take care of the sheeple.

Our entire country appears to be a sham.

[jerr11]

Charles Gibson is like G W Bush.

Never admit a mistake. (We asked the right questions)

And always blame something else! (yeah it was 9/11 made me do it)

[getcentered]

"It is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

-Hermann Wilhelm Gvring

[gwagener]

I don''t blame the media or the politicians too much for falling into lock step. The people were acting irrationally out of fear and feeling weak and helpless. Bush ofered a way to feel safe and powerful by lashing out at a presumed weak enemy. The public would have protested and boycotted any network that dared to say the story does not make sense, if Saddam has WMD''s, it mkes no sense to give them to terrorists in the hope that they might attack the US.

[getcentered]

GreatDriveW

Me too......I think ABC and FOX are now in collusion.

[getcentered]

Yes.....there was and still is a propaganda war coming from the White House and other complacent Republicans dogs.......also known as Rovians.

Please......Republicans disgust me.

[tracker161]

Same tired old mea culpa following a well established script. See the documentary "War Made Easy" available on youtube and elsewhere that can be googled.

[stn_sage]

I don''t care for Katie Couric as a broadcast news journalist, but of Williams, Gibson, and herself---at least, SHE''S telling the truth! I respect her for that!

Gibson and Williams never made a major effort to ask the ''tough questions'' of Bush/Cheney or their staff!
They were content to ''go along'' and not ''rock the boat''! Why should they?! They get nice, fat paychecks, they didn''t want to get labelled ''troublemakers''!

No, Charlie and Brian! You let America down! Maybe now that Bush will soon be out of office, as more and more scandals become known, then it will become convenient for you to do your job! And you''ll get off your a$$es and report on the investigations etcetera.