(2006-09-06) — Americans last night rushed to the aid of debutante CBS News anchor Katie Couric to help her develop a distinctive ’sign off’ for her evening newscast. According to a source at CBS, the network already has 10 “hot candidates” for what journalists consider the most important element of any TV news program.
The multimillionaire media veteran ended her premier show last night by asking the viewer to suggest a sign-off that would rival Walter Cronkite’s immortal phrase “…and that’s the way it is” or Dan Rather’s simple but profound word: “Courage.”
The plea for help from the viewer comes after months of research by the CBS News staff failed to turn up a suitable way to end the show that would “convey the significance of this massive journalistic enterprise,” the unnamed source said.
According to a leaked internal memo, here are the top 10 viewer-suggested Katie Couric sign-offs ranked according to frequency of suggestion:
10. “Well, there’s 22 minutes of your life you can never get back.”
9. “News pH balanced. We report. You admire.”
8. “I hope to see you tomorrow night, because all I see tonight is the TelePromTer.”
7. “I’m Katie Couric, and that’s the way it is at the DNC.”
6. “That’s the news and I mean it. Does anybody want a peanut?”
5. “I’m Katie Couric and this is one sweet gig!”
4. “If you stand up for a few minutes now, you won’t get so many sofa sores.”
3. “Now you know what to think. But you don’t really have to.”
2. “Why read the news online when I get paid millions to do it for you?”
1. “What makes a muskrat guard its musk?”
135 responses so far ↓
1 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 4:29 am
"Let me take you for a spin at this time every night."
or
"This is Katie Couric shedding little light from a lightweight."
2 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:12 am
Or:
"I think that all good, right thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being told that all good, right thinking people in this country are fed up with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, and I'm sick and tired of being told that I am….."
3 Shelly // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:33 am
How about, "now excuse me while I visit the little girls' room?"
http://www.nypost.com/commentary/she_looked_like_...
That or, "when you open your eyes, you'll believe everything I told you."
4 Fred Sinclair // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:20 am
#7 gets my vote. Classic.
Fred Sinclair, Heirborn Ranger
5 Mr Sign Up Sheet // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:22 am
Good night and Good “Perky”
6 SeaDog // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:23 am
How about this one: “The next time, I might even try to tell the truth.”
7 basil's blog » Blogrolling 2006-09-06 // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:24 am
[...] ScrappleFace lists Katie's short list of sign-offs. [...]
8 MargeinMI // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:25 am
“I make bad news fun!”
9 MargeinMI // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:26 am
Or how about, “See ya tomorrow, Suckas!”
10 Fred Sinclair // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:30 am
Rush says he has 90 seconds tonight so I’ll set aside my “no TV” for the 22 minutes it will take. Rush says that if it will save even one liberal, it will have been worth it. I doubt Katie will be that one…..but, what if….?
Fred Sinclair, Heirborn Ranger
11 tomg // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:44 am
“Word”
12 gafisher // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:49 am
Being CBS she really HAS to build on her predecessors. How about a call-and-response between Katie and Dan “D-Rat” Rather:
Katie: “And that’s the way…”
D-Rat: “Uh-huh-Uh-huh”
Katie: “…I like it!”
D-Rat: “Uh-huh-Uh-huh!”
13 camojack // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:51 am
“I’m Katie Couric…and you’re not.”
14 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:58 am
How about: We spin, you decipher.
15 camojack // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:13 am
Eleventeen?!
16 SeaDog // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:15 am
Hey, how about a disclaimer. Something along the lines of; “Everything I’ve just told you was either twisted, presented with a liberal spin, or just a bare-faced lie. Tune in again, and I’ll just give you more of the same. We lie, you believe!”
17 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:16 am
Morning. bee back later, get the buzz
18 MF in FL // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:17 am
How about-
"What the hell do you mean I'm #4!"
19 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:23 am
“If you liked this version of events, wait until you see what’s in the hopper for tomorrow.”
or
“Does this outfit make me look fat?”
or
“This is Katie Couric…always trying.”
20 Libby Gone // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:25 am
Funny Scott,sir. Gets me ta thinking.
how about “mich anbeten “
21 dgalster // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:32 am
“This is Katie Couric, Wishing you a beautiful evening.”
22 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:33 am
Good Night Mrs Calabash, wherever you are. No wait, Jimmy Durante already used that one.
How about, “Say good night, Gracie.”
23 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:37 am
She could say goodnight John (Chet) but someone may fear prostitution
24 Deerslayer // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:39 am
How about…”And that’s the news..the way I see it!”
25 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:42 am
Good night Bob Scheiffer, wherever you are. (Hope that knife wound to the back heals up real soon.)
26 CalGirl // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:42 am
Good for a chuckle this morning!
27 Libby Gone // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:46 am
how about “Good night, I’m Katie Couric and my eyes are up here”
28 RedPepper // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:48 am
“You like me! You really, really like me!”
29 sdprice // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:50 am
“And that’s Couric’s B S. Good Night”
30 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:50 am
“We deceive, you believe….?”
Whaaaa? Did somebody already use that one? I’m so tired…..zzzzzzzzzz….
31 Shrinque // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:54 am
“And that’s the frequency, Kenneth.”
32 hwy93 // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:02 am
Or something to the point. “From party head quarters, That’s tonights propoganda.”
33 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:04 am
Hah-Cha-Cha and Boop-Oop-a-Doop!
34 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:05 am
“Vaya con cotton candy, muchachos!” (sp?)
“Now wasn’t that fun?”
35 Libby Gone // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:07 am
“Viva la Phrance’……”
36 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:08 am
How about:
“Is there anybody OUT there….?
37 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:09 am
You guys are good!! How ’bout in the voice Lily Tomlin used when she played the little girl in the big rocking chair on SNL….”And that’s the truthpptttthhhh.”
38 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:10 am
Special thanks to Howard Deen, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi for the show prep. We couldn’t do this with out you.
39 Laurence Simon // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:12 am
“I’m Katie Couric, and I just made more money and errors in 22 minutes than A-Rod.”
40 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:12 am
Excelsior!
41 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:14 am
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothin’ at all. (ala Thumper) Then smile at the camera for 22 minutes.
42 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:15 am
Ah, here’s one:
“Well, I object to all this sex on the television! I mean, I keep falling off!”
43 puzzletop // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:24 am
How about this one:
Have a perk, perk, perk Perkeeee day!!
That’s allll folks.
(Big Smile)
44 puzzletop // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:25 am
She shor has a purdy mouth.
45 ZardozZ News & Satire // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:25 am
Top 10 Couric Sign-Off Suggestions ala ScrappleFac
Poor Katie needs some suggestions for a “sign off” — ScrappleFace to the rescue! ScrappleFace has complied a list of suggested sign offs for Katie for her hew gig at CBS News. Check out “read more” and see if you can’t top them…
read more | …
46 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:28 am
Well, there’s a pant load of information for ya. Good luck finding the truth in that pile.
47 Rock Slatestone // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:32 am
“I’m Katie Couric, I may be boring but at least I’m getting paid for it.”
48 Sports » Blog Archive » Blogrolling 2006-09-06 // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:34 am
[...] ScrappleFace lists Katie's short list of sign-offs. [...]
49 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:37 am
Even though Bush’s speech, yesterday, was meant to outline The National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, CAIR complained that, “Bush Speech Legitimizes ‘Extremists.’”
What really ticked me off about the speech was that Bush never once mentioned that Dale Earnhardt Junior moved up three places to 6th place in last Sunday’s race.
50 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:39 am
“Everyone has a price…And I got mine!”
or
“Thanks for playing!”
51 bRight & Early » First Cup 09.06.06 // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:54 am
[...] ScrappleFace (Scott Ott) CBS Reveals Top 10 Couric Sign-Off Suggestions — “According to a leaked internal memo, here are the top 10 viewer-suggested Katie Couric sign-offs ranked according to frequency of suggestion:” [...]
52 boberinagain // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:57 am
Funny Scott!
How about “I’m ok…and you’re not”?
53 red satellites // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:59 am
“I’m Katie Couric…all the news fit for a colonoscopy”.
54 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:05 am
Here’s one in today’s Gaggle.
55 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:07 am
Did Couric get a higher rating than SNL News?
Was Dan Blather saying “courage” or “Couric” all those years?
What makes a muskrat guard its musk! Buwhahahaha!
Nyaaaaaaah…oh, Dorothy! Good one, Scott, playing off the Cowardly Lion’s desire for COURAGE!
56 Deerslayer // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:15 am
My decision not to watch CBS was re-enforced when they air brushed Katie for their promotional materials. One can’t believe anything from CBS when they can’t even present promotional material without faking it!
57 kajun // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:31 am
“And that’s the way it should have been; Kenneth”.
58 Jackson // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:39 am
Until Tomorrow …… Good Bias
59 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:52 am
Shelly, uff da! Who is this Andrea Peyser person? That was just brutal! Thought I was reading Susan Estrich (sp) writing about the President! I didn’t watch so I’ll have to take y’all’s word for it….;-)
60 Shelly // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:09 am
UNL, I didn’t watch it either and just found the article above at Drudge.
61 Shelly // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:23 am
Good to see you Kajun! Just went back and filled in the gaps. And you’re right, today’s MSM reports what they wish was true. Odd journalistic standards.
62 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:25 am
bober, sorry to hear about your change in occupational status. Was the company down-sizing or going bankrupt? I get the feeling you’re in my age bracket so I know this has to be very difficult for you.
But Godfrey, made a good point, sometimes this can open more and better doors for a person. Hope that doesn’t sound too trite.
Don’t look back and we’ll keep praying for you during this difficult time. You could get into politics … a lot of money there! Great retirement if you survive a couple of terms … what a racket.
63 GnuCarSmell // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:36 am
“I’m perky as heck, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
64 Got Detroit? // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:46 am
[...] Top 10 Sign Off Suggestions [Scrapple Face] [...]
65 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 12:04 pm
How’s this:
“I hope you’ve had a blessed day. God Bless You.”
66 Maggie // Sep 6, 2006 at 1:05 pm
Just Ranting….re # 29….LMHO
You made me laugh outloud,you really did.
Shelly,,,#45….good one…lol
My contirbutions:
1.Don’t be hatin,,,,
2.Truth to power….
3.”Good night”( while tugging at left ear)
4.Nanu Nanu
5.Happy Trails to you until we meet again.
6.Support your local Mosque.
8.Don’t forget to put the cat out.
9. Ricky ticky tic….my pig is sick.
10.Have you hugged a sting ray today?
67 hobo13 // Sep 6, 2006 at 1:31 pm
“Help. Where am I? Mama!”
68 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 1:45 pm
Maybe this would work:
“Tak!”
69 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 2:14 pm
“…and that’s the news or may God strike me dead.”
“…news you can trust, honest Injun”
“…would we lie?”
“…trust us, we’re just journalists trying to make an honest living”
“…news that Democrats can embrace”
“…bringing you tomorrow’s news today”
“…news even Pravda would be proud of”
70 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 2:15 pm
I think we should fall back on good ol’ Dr. Seuss. Katie could perkily close with:
1. “Fun is good!”
2. “I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!”
3. “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened!”
Better yet, maybe she should just not say anthing…
71 Deerslayer // Sep 6, 2006 at 2:20 pm
See…I can do in 22 minuits what it takes Rush & Sean 3 hours each to accomplish!
72 Maggie // Sep 6, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Beerme……re #92…..wahahahahahahhahhahaha
(you mountain boys are all alike :>)
Darth…..re #88
Actually,Everdink needs to stop huffing paint thinner before posting.
73 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Godfrey, I heartily agree…..she could just sit there for 22 minutes looking “Perky”! I have to laugh….she wants so badly to be taken seriously!! Why did she have all the “work” done?! Such a cliche’ ! I chortle!!
ps will someone please teach me how to make the little accent marks?!
74 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Upnorth, re accent marks: It se’e’ms like’ you did just fine’!
75 The Anchoress » First reviews of Couric // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:06 pm
[...] Gateway has a snarky round-up. And Bulldog Pundit has suggestions for Katie’s sign-off line. She left herself wide open for some of this. Scrappleface has a funny collection. [...]
76 R.A.M. // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:20 pm
SEE-BS said they hired Couric to get, “-a younger audience”
If that is the case, it makes you wonder why they hired a 49 year old lib woman? I mean, wasn’t Pam Anderson or Britany Spears available? Pam would have been cheaper!
My bet is MOST CBS lib viewers are already young.
Maybe they could have gotten the Dixie Chicks? Then they would have saved the money they spent on the “music”. The Chicks have a lot of time on their hands now anyway.
The only sign off I want to hear is, “This is my last BROADcast. I,—like CBS, am no longer relevant nor believeable!”
77 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:28 pm
RE: #72~~
If you mean:
è or é
Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Character Map
Copy/Paste
78 Libby Gone // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:37 pm
jeeze.
I can’t believe no one came up with this yet.
“I’m Katie Couric, That’s the news and it’s all Bush’s fault!”
79 Musing » Katie Couric’s sign off // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:39 pm
[...] Scrappleface has come up with several suggestions for Ms. Couric, who requested that viewers provide her with a closing phrase to rival Walter Cronkite’s, “… and that’s the way it is.” [...]
80 jimmytheleg // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Oh I Have One!
So Katie Couric needs our help in choosing a sign-oof for her show.Well I know that the Great Ott has already weighed in with his own, and his readers are adding to it, but…I have my own.”This is Katie Couric once again proving that UVA was a fini
81 The Great Santini // Sep 6, 2006 at 3:52 pm
• Theme music at close of broadcast: “I’m Tired”, from “Blazing Saddles”.
• Katie’s sign-off, over closing theme: “‘Til tomowwow, wemember—aww you need is wove! Lili von Shtupp, of the Pwogwessive News Network, auf wiedersehen, mein schatzes!”
82 everthink // Sep 6, 2006 at 4:19 pm
How about:
What are you laughing about? Bush did do it; reckoning to follow soon.
The “eclectic” reader compares himself to Washington, and suggests he thinks it will take two hundred years to judge him! … Really, stand by for an update Mr. President!
Everthink?
83 everthink // Sep 6, 2006 at 4:30 pm
Hey Wilbur,
I recently finished reading “My Losing Season†by Pat Conroy. I recommend it.
ET
84 Libby Gone // Sep 6, 2006 at 4:45 pm
How about:
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
“My life $uck$ becuz I blame others and neverthink”
Boo hoo hoo
Jeeze where’s a good lib when…..
nevermind.
85 Rob // Sep 6, 2006 at 4:57 pm
How about:
1) [deleted]
2) “Fake but accurate; that’s what I’m talking about!”
3) “Tonights news was brought to you by the letter, K!”
4) “Being rich isn’t just for Republicans anymore — Neener, neener”!
5) “I get paid whether anyone’s watching or not — Pfffffffffttttt!”
6) “Hey, Matt! You could have gotten a great gig like this if you didn’t get that goofy looking haircut!”
7) “Truth?! You people can’t handle the truth! So tune in here tomorrow night instead!”
86 camojack // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:06 pm
“…will someone please teach me how to make the little accent marks?!”
I use “Alt” key codes: áéÃóú
87 Dummy // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:07 pm
Couric has already come up with the perfect sign-off for her ‘era.’ She revealed it all on the first night in asking her audience to create a sign-off statement for her. After all, it’s pretty obvious that the nightly news has already become nothing more than another entertaining program on the network, simply there to sell ads and make money. Just think of her as the new host of the latest ‘reality’ TV series, catering to an increasingly ADHD-afflicted audience. Nielsen ratings are simply the hidden means by which she can be voted off the island.
Why does she need a meaningful ’sign-off’ when the meaning of the news itself will be tailored and edited only to garner the best ratings? Why should she come up with a statement reflecting her desire to unbiasedly report the news when all she really wants is for you to watch her?
They might as well hire a chihuahua, dub in all the vocals and close each day with “Yo quiero Taco Bell.” It really wouldn’t be that different from what they already have planned.
88 everthink // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Libby Gone
Re: 83
Now, there’s a well thought out point! I have never thought of it in just that way. I bet the folks are proud of how well you have progressed.
Keep trying dipstick; you’re right at home here!
Your pal,
ET
89 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:13 pm
…bringing you news with an open-mind
…Peace! (while flashing the peace sign)
…news we think you should know
…bringing you news we agree with
…Al Jazeera has nothing on us!
…united in truth with Michael Moore
…speaking truth (whatever that may be from day to day) to power
…speaking news to power
…news that won’t end up on the bottom of a hamster’s cage
…I make a ton more money than you dolts
…news so unbelievable you’d swear we made it up
90 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:16 pm
neverthink, the least you could do is take your meds before coming here.
BTW, how’s that treatment for anti-Bush Derangement Syndrome coming along?
91 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Interesting…..the mainstream networks didn’t bother to broadcast today’s speech by the President of the United States-a speech I found quite informative.
I guess they’d rather have the opportunity to slice it and dice it and spice it up with their commentaries for the evening news.
92 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:28 pm
É…..yup! Now I can do ½ too! Yipee! Or should I say
yipÈÉ ?!
Thanks
93 Just Ranting // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:39 pm
I knew Jane Pauley. Jane Pauley was a friend of mine. You, Katie Couric, are no Jane Pauley.
94 Beerme // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:44 pm
How about,
“Thanks for the mammaries…”(and the botox and the face lift and the liposuction and…)
95 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:50 pm
JL3: they didn’t play this speech live either.
Darn media.
96 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Totally off topic, but timely none-the-less…here’s a website of photographs taken at ground zero on Sept 13, 2001.
http://www.zombietime.com/wtc_9-13-2001/
Makes me sooooooooo grateful we have that “dummy” leading our country!!
97 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 6:00 pm
upnorth: absolutely chilling. Thx for sharing.
Some things are never “off topic.”
98 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Equally off-topic, equally chilling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mz0_x7313I
The off-camera reactions get me everytime.
99 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 6:34 pm
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summary of the High Value Terrorist Detainee Program
100 GnuCarSmell // Sep 6, 2006 at 6:41 pm
“Do ya feel perky? Well, do ya, punk?”
101 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 6, 2006 at 6:50 pm
I know virtually nothing about Governor Mitt Romney, but this is kinda cool.
102 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 7:10 pm
“How’s my driving?”
or
“Putting the ‘eye’ on me, so you won’t turn the dial from C-BS”
103 Shelly // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:30 pm
We’re having too much fun with this. How about: “Don’t believe what you know, see and hear. We’re here each night to negate what some may call ‘reality.’”
Not to mention (and this is a minor point) why is it the job of viewers to come up with her closing? For $15 million shouldn’t this have been included?
104 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Those photos and the video of the wanton destruction of the twin towers and the implicit deaths of civilians raised both the hair on my arms and my blood pressure.
Every American should demand that unedited videos and photos be shown to the public as this anniversary looms. Let the viewers determine how this atrocity was visited on us by vicious enemies. We don’t need to have talking-head commentators or voice-overs tell us what to think about this outrage to our nation.
It’s not the government keeping this visual information from the public; it is the media who have determined that they are the gatekeepers of what we see and/or know.
Here we are discussing a piece of fluff as if Katie Couric is the most earth-shaking topic in the scheme of national or world events. The network news monopoly is crumbling because of its utter irrelevance.
105 GnuCarSmell // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:07 pm
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a perk.”
106 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:21 pm
OLA: it is precisely because the networks’ irrelevance that I personally don’t care whether they show the footage or not.
As we’ve seen, we can get it ourselves, thankyouverymuch.
107 GnuCarSmell // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:29 pm
OLA - Don’t expect the MSM to confront us with the harsh reality of 9/11 — it’s all so “painful”, you see.
I understand ABC is airing a two-part special in a few days called “What Led To 9/11?” that has the Dem’s going insane because it shows how the Clinton gang dithered. I would bet money the Dem’s are sicking their lawyers on ABC to try to stop the broadcast.
108 prettyold // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Katie could use the Emily Latella voice and just look into the camera at the end of the show and say ,
“Never mind!”
109 Godfrey // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Oh, so we’re butcherin’ with the time-honored standards, now, eh GnuCar?
Then how’s about:
“It’s better to be looked over than overlooked.”
“I’d never belong to a network that would have me as a member.”
“Go ahead. Make my day…perky!”
Or my favorite:
“T-t-t-t-t-t-t-that’s all, folks!”
Oh wait…I think Chris Matthews already uses that last one.
110 onlineanalyst // Sep 6, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Like most of us here at Scrappleface, I don’t get my news or views from television. Years ago, I dropped my two subscriptions to newspapers to only one, and that one only on the weekend (for the coupons). Most print media are too far behind the news curve anyway. On the Internet, we can chase links and connect with news sources from other countries to have a broader picture.
What I worry about is the people whose only source of news is television. They can so easily be duped by a tool with an agenda. The picture tells the “story” and that only superficially. Talking heads don’t go beyond the soundbite. There is no time to digest the story, much less the implications of it. Even weekly news magazines don’t pursue meaningful events with depth and balance.
111 upnorthlurkin // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:01 pm
OLA - your comments speak volumes (as usual) and are the reason the “blogosphere” is so reviled by the LSM! The mere fact they are no longer the major source of news is making them desperate and I see “them” doing some really stupid things….like trying to make a serious “journalist” out of a piece of fluff!! It’s actually kind of fun to watch!!
112 RedPepper // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:26 pm
I’m perky as hell … and you’re gonna take it whether you like it or not!
113 GnuCarSmell // Sep 6, 2006 at 10:34 pm
upnorth - Here’s a link with the ALT+ codes for accented letters and LotsMoreâ„¢
http://tlt.psu.edu/suggestions/international/accents/codealt.html
114 mig // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Better to have loved badly than never have loved at all.
115 R.A.M. // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Santini: Re #80, —Funny!
I made me think of a signoff for Katie, that would also be kind of “retro”.
How about renaming the See-BS news, the “See-BS Point-Counter Point News Hour”!
Just leave the first half hour as-is with Couric, followed by a half hour with Dan Ackeroid simply saying, “Katie, —you ignorant Sl*t!”
Wait, that wouldn’t work, as Dan is a big lib too!
Maybe they could get Mark Levin?
That really would improve ratings. I know I would watch!
Hey neverthink: I hear your lover from Iran is coming to America.
Not sure you will have a spot clear on his butt to kiss though. Too many libs already there and using the, “Thank God we live in a democracy where even those we don’t agree with can dissent!”
Translation: “Welcome fearless leader, we will follow you, until America is completely destroyed! Praise Allah!”
116 Ms RightWing, Ink // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:30 pm
Forget the sign off-hows about a perky sign on for the perky Katie Did
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin’ my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Mister Bluebird’s on my shoulder
It’s the truth, it’s actual
Ev’rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, wonderful day, yes sir!
117 Darthmeister // Sep 6, 2006 at 11:40 pm
…News delivered so professionally you’d think it was true
…News fairly balanced
…We’re redefining news every day
…You won’t believe its news
…You’ll soon see it our way
…News so fresh you’d think we made it up today!
…Trust me
…the most trusted media whore in America
118 Darthmeister // Sep 7, 2006 at 12:16 am
What should a person think when their anti-Bible views are echoed by an Islamofascist virtually verbatim?
Are they drinking from the same poisoned well? It’s not like they are agreeing two plus two equals four. This is chilling.
119 Ghoti // Sep 7, 2006 at 12:48 am
“…and that’s the news, fairly balanced on the left.”
Huh?
120 jovialassassin // Sep 7, 2006 at 1:00 am
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This has gotten so bloody ridiculous. How can anybody watch this, listen to the latest Bush speeches, and still side with the ACLU? Anybody who claims that he will kill us for our beliefs or lack thereof deserves some serious pre-emptiveness.
121 The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns // Sep 7, 2006 at 3:01 am
Links That Don’t Stink
Funnies/Of Interest Waste of Alien ExperienceAnother Hippy LimerickCBS Reveals Top 10 Couric Sign-Off SuggestionsNews/Opinion Islam TodayFaith and Reason and Forced ConversionsBad boys, bad girls: Keeping naughty Okies in line is a big job….
122 Effeminem // Sep 7, 2006 at 4:17 am
.. And chocolate allowances have been increased again!
123 boberinagain // Sep 7, 2006 at 6:32 am
Hank, thanks for the kind words and thoughts, much appreciated. Yep, 51 is a tough time to start again but what the heck? Gotta try something different now and again.
Some funny suggestions folks, good morning!
124 IslandGirlTeela // Sep 7, 2006 at 7:03 am
How about Katie singing the Don Henley, Dirty Laundry song as a sign off?
I think its fitting.
Heres a piece…
“Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers
In ev’rybody’s pies
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry
We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t
Told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down….”
Heres the link if your interested http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/h/henley-dirty.htm
125 Atilla_the_Hun // Sep 7, 2006 at 8:11 am
“There’s only 23 & one half hour to make it all up for tommorrow’s show.”
126 Darthmeister // Sep 7, 2006 at 8:27 am
…Appeasement
…diverse news that even Muslim fundamentalist will embrace
…living up to the ideal of the Fourth Estate becoming the fourth branch of government
…we don’t just report the news, we make the news
…we’ll help you see the world our way
…boldly going where no honest person has gone before
127 Just Ranting // Sep 7, 2006 at 9:48 am
Why not just read to us from “Good Night Moon”…we’re half asleep by the end of the program anyway.
128 GrimmerReaper // Sep 7, 2006 at 10:15 am
How ’bout simply, “What a pile!” or even “psych!”
Good one, Scott.
129 GnuCarSmell // Sep 7, 2006 at 4:42 pm
“No smirky — just perky.”
130 jmiller08 // Sep 7, 2006 at 6:50 pm
“…and that’s the way it isâ€
Walter Cronkite borrowed that from Celine Dion.
131 RedWireNut // Sep 7, 2006 at 7:18 pm
“…..and that’s the BS from C”
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