Katie Couric Mocks Dan Rather – Watch the Couric mocks Rather video below where the perky news anchor disses her predecessor.
While her CBS crew prepared for the Nov. 8 evening broadcast and makeup was applied to her, Couric mocked Rather. A video of Rather surfaced last month, showing the former “CBS Evening News” anchor obsessing over his appearance before a remote broadcast — particularly questioning the wearing of an overcoat.
“I’m going to be like Dan Rather on YouTube,” joked Couric, alluding to Rather by fiddling with her coat. “Geez, don’t you think he deserves a little payback?”
She then added, laughing: “This tart is ready to go!”
Rather, who left CBS News in March 2005, in June referred to his successor as “a nice person,” but said “the mistake was to try to bring the `Today’ show ethos to the `Evening News,’ and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience.”
Couric Mocks Rather Video
An off-camera exchange reveals Katie Couric dissing Dan Rather while prepping for the CBS Evening News.
She starts off by making fun of Dan Rather for being fussy about his clothing, then spends the next five minutes being fussy about whether or not her overcoat should be buttoned during a live outdoor shot.
The timing of the video coincides with a legal battle between Rather, who now does the show “Dan Rather Reports” for cable station HDNet.
Rather is suing CBS for $20 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages, claiming his bosses made him a “scapegoat” for the controversy that arose over a disputed story about President Bush’s military service.
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Tags: cbs, dan rather, humor, katie couric, News, off air
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 am
I think this whole thing is so stupid, I didn’t even bother to look at the video, a waste of time, in my book. I’ve better things to do with my time, like, writing this note!