Girl, We Need to Talk

I've only once watched Katie Couric on CBS's Evening News. From the ratings, not many are watching her. But, I know how she could bust up the all-boys-club for good. Her ratings would go up. The mere controversy of her newscasts would bring in more viewers, feedback - she could rule the airwaves. Honestly, this would work.
The only problem is, she would have to make a very difficult decision - would she be willing to report the news accurately and without bias? Would she be willing to tell all the news, instead of only the parts she and her producers want the audience to know? Could she do it, without gritting her teeth or rolling her eyes through the entire broadcast?
People throughout history have sold their souls for money and fame. Couric, as the first woman of network news, owes the women of this country. She's making a mess of things and it's reflecting badly on all of us. It's time for her to sell her soul, or at least put in on the shelf during the newscast and take a stand for all women.
It's really quite simple. All Katie Couric would have to do is report actual news - news that's overlooked by the rest of the broadcasts, because it doesn't fit their world view.

"What news?" You may be thinking...

I found a site a few weeks ago, and I am addicted. It's called NewsBusters. I thought I was hearing all the news, turns out I was getting select news stories or sometimes only some of the story!
Did you know a British court said a disclaimer must go with any school viewing of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, because there are at least nine factual inaccuracies? I didn't hear that on the nightly news. Did you know Rush Limbaugh sold a libelous letter, written by Harry Reid, on eBay for a historic amount to go to charity - and Limbaugh is matching the funds himself? Not only that, he asked the representatives who signed the Reid letter to do that same, and they didn't even acknowledge it? How about the Hillary Clinton campaign and questionable Chinese immigrant funds? These aren't rumours, gossip or innuendo. These are actual news stories that aren't being reported on the network news!

If Katie Couric reported half of things I've read in the last few weeks, I'd watch. Others would watch as well. Especially, those who aren't use to these stories getting out. Those who like to spoon-feed us what they want us to hear. They'd probably try to drum her from the airwaves to stop her. They would cause a controversy that would make everyone tune in to see what she was saying that they so opposed, and you know what that would do?

That, girl friend, would guarantee her success!