Dan Rather: Katie Couric Probably Won't Invite Me To Her Daytime Show (VIDEO): "It's interesting that Walter Cronkite never received any vitriol for his opinions lang after he left CBS News. Dan Rather, on the other side, has not received any kind favors. Maybe it's his choice of how he uses his words that rankle many and the truth he sometimes speaks, hits too close to the mark. Katie Couric's time at CBS was brutal from week 2. The honeymoon period was short lived and the ratings never materialized and in fact went further down for the number 3 news network. Dan's colorful assessment to his heir to the chair may have been tinged with a bit of resentment as to how he left but in the final analysis, Couric was a failure and CBS didn't know what to do with $15 million a year to justify the salary. She blamed everyone including recently in a commencement speech for her not having any testicles for the failure. CBS laid themselves out to her and she was the managing editor of the evening news. At some point, the burden of ownership to your work rest solely at your feet. If the viewers find you off putting, your perky persona only goes so far when it comes to the hard news."
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