Katie Couric ~ is she a Hussein sympathizer?

[Blindfaith]

Here is the transcript from this mornings show in which Katie Couric anchors.  What do you think she meant?

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Is perky "Today" show host Katie Couric actually rooting for Saddam Hussein to survive the U.S. military's repeated attempts to take him out? It sure sounded that way during a report she delivered on the fate of the Baghdad Butcher yesterday. While chatting about Saddam with NBC's Pentagon correspondent, Jim Miklaszewski, the multimillion-dollar morning host asked whether U.S. officials had been able to "confirm reports he was taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then <I>hopefully</I> to Syria." Hopefully? Surely Couric didn't mean to suggest that she actually hoped the brutal dictator would escape justice by fleeing to another terrorist-sponsoring state. Or did she? The full exchange went like this: COURIC: Mik, we only have a few seconds left. But quickly, anymore information about Saddam Hussein's fate? MIKLASZEWSKI: Not at all. Wild speculation. But U.S. officials insist they still don't know what happened when - after they bombed that site in western Baghdad earlier this week. COURIC: So, they haven't been able to confirm reports he was taken to Tikrit, and then Mosul, and then hopefully to Syria. MIKLASZEWSKI: That - that's very unlikely considering the kind of U.S. forces that are arrayed up there. COURIC: OK, Mik. Thanks.

 

[Caffeine Socialism]

It MUST be the liberal media getting to her again. Or maybe she's been brainwashed by the ACLU.

Give me a break.

 

[Pistos Ergon]

She IS the liberal media (well, a part of it).

 

[Didymus]

i have done live radio and it s very easy to slip and say the wrong word. i will give her the benifit of the doubt on this. i know she is no friend of Christians though.

 

[cenimo]

Not sure at all what to think. On 60 Minutes II last night they interviewed an expert on Iraq and the Middle East and he said the people don't want him dead, yet. They want to see him alive and know what happens to him.

Also mentioned, and metioned on the news were "paybacks". The police are afraid to wear their uniforms for fear they'd be shot. Perhaps the thinking is that Hussein would never get anywhere alive, simply because whoever finds him first...

 

[loribee59]

Today at 03:47 PM cenimo said this in Post #5

Not sure at all what to think. On 60 Minutes II last night they interviewed an expert on iraq and the Middle East and he said the people don't want him dead, yet. They want to see him alive and know what happens to him.

Also mentioned, and metioned on the news were "paybacks". The police are afraid to wear their uniforms for fear they'd be shot. Perhaps the thinking is that Hussein would never get anywhere alive, simply because whoever finds him first...

I saw that last night, and thought it was very 'enlightening'; particularly this expert on Iraq/Saddam. I think it's anyone's wishful thinking that Saddam would be alive, only for purposes to carry out justice. But as this expert said, Saddam would rather be dead, than to be caught alive and tried.

hey, did you see the last segment on 60 Minutes II about Iraqi's choice of entertainment?! I thought it was sooo HILARIOUS to see "fluffy" propaganda! What? The Iraqis want their singers to "jazz it up" and put "snappy" graphics in the background??? Even funnier to see were those newscasters singing! Singing praises about Saddam DAILY!

I'm kicking myself for NOT taping it....

~loribee59

 

[paulewog]

liberal media... ACLU.... eek, don't get me started :o hehe

 

[Wolseley]

I make it a point never to watch CBS, so I haven't heard anything she's said.

She has, however, always struck me as being extremely plastic. Her little playmate Bryant Gumbel (now mercifully pastured), always struck me as being an arrogant creep, and he tended to "bend" topics to create news. Bleh.

 

[Miss Shelby]

I don't watch CBS either. Like my news a little more from the right, if you know what I'm saying. However, unless Katie Couric has said other things that suggest she's a Hussein sympathizer, I certainly don't think these proves anything.

Michelle

 

[JOYfulbeliever]

Hehe - Katie Couric is on NBC, not CBS! Not that it matters, but I couldn't resist throwing that in!

I sincerely hope it wasn't intentional what she said, or that she didn't say it with the intent of what came across, but who knows. She is a journalist, who is SUPPOSED to keep her own opinions out of the reports, but I am sure that is hard to do at times. I don't agree with her, if that is how she feels, but I'd rather not jump to conclusions because of one word.

 

[Wolseley]

LOL! I don't watch NBC either, although I like Brokaw.

I stick primarily to ABC and FOX, for the most part.

Oh, and AMC.

I love AMC.

 

[eldermike]

Ted Baxter (Knight) ruined me forever, I just laugh uncontrollably at most talking heads. I would bet (I don't actually bet) that most of these positions could be filled with folks that would pay the networks more than they are paying the performers today.

I watch only fox news, but I still laugh at the heads. This morning one of the heads said "we are not out of danger in Iraq". I almost spilled my coffee, IT"S A WAR!!!! - You think???? Ted would have said the very same thing.

I don't think She meant it. I don't think she was concerned about Sadam or even listening to the answer, however, I bet (did it again) she was concerned about the lighting and camera angle.

 

[waterwizard]

BTW, are there any retired military officers who HAVEN'T been interviewed yet?

 

[JOYfulbeliever]

Today at 12:35 PM Wolseley said this in Post #11
Oh, and AMC.

I love AMC.

AMC - All My Children, or American Movie Classics?&nbsp; Hehe!!!&nbsp;

 

[Michael0701]

I think I had a crush on her at one time, so this may be biased..... I think it was just banter and she meant it as him being gone would be a quick end to the war.

 

[Wolseley]

AMC - All My Children, or American Movie Classics? Hehe!!!

Networks, not programs.

 

[Gerry]

Couric? Pro hussein? Not likely. You would have to have sufficient intelligence to pick a side. She is merely reading a script. Have you ever heard her chatting extemporaneously??? Good Grief!!!