TheMightyGringoChannel 0 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Well, looks like Katie's frustration is beginning to get the best of her. Just another drop in the bucket for CBS' pitiful news division I guess. FROM DRUDGE REPORT: CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Katie Couric is being accused of slapping an editor -- after he injected a word she detested into a script! "The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small infractions on the set," charges NEW YORK magazine reporter Joe Hagan, in a story set for publication on Monday. "During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— 'sputum' —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over again' on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasn’t kidding." A top CBS executive tells the DRUDGE REPORT that no formal complaint has been filed against Couric over the incident. "I sort of slapped him around,” Couric admits to the magazine. “I got mad at him and said, 'You can’t do this to me. You have to tell me when you’re going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that.' But she says she has a good relationship with Cipriano. 'We did ban the word sputum from all future broadcasts. It became kind of a joke." A CBS insider says Couric slapped the staffer in a playful manner. "Look, it wasn't serious, whatsoever." The magazine fronts the nearly 6,000-word expose with the headline: "I have days when I'm like, 'Oh my God, What did I do?' KATIE COURIC'S IMPOSSIBLE YEAR" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Junk Junk Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 If you really want to read the whole thing: http://nymag.com/news/features/34452/ My thoughts to follow later - must sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaskanews 108 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 i never liked katie couric, she seemed like a bitch when she was on today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 If that had been Dan Rather on another male anchor (and the staffer in question was female), they'd have been fired and locked up for assualt faster than you could say the latest results of CBS' news ratings. Smell a double standard, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediadorkx07 0 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I wasn't a fan of Katie when she moved to EN, but now I find myself actually pulling for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsie 11 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 If that had been Dan Rather on another male anchor (and the staffer in question was female), they'd have been fired and locked up for assualt faster than you could say the latest results of CBS' news ratings. Smell a double standard, anyone? I do smell something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCAUTVNBC10 408 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 If that had been Dan Rather on another male anchor (and the staffer in question was female), they'd have been fired and locked up for assualt faster than you could say the latest results of CBS' news ratings. Smell a double standard, anyone? I do smell something... It could be the flaming pile of shit that is their newscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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