Raw footage of CBS News anchor Katie Couric recording voice-overs for news segments about Gov. Sarah Palin on the day she was named as John McCain’s running mate:
What’s newsworthy here isn’t merely that Couric mocked the GOP’s historic Vice Presidential nominee–most of us have said things we’re not proud of in private–it’s that she did so so brazenly in front of her supposedly objective news team.
Conservatives4Palin raises another good point about Couric and Co.’s efforts to marginalize the former Alaska governor from day one: “[W]hat in [Palin’s] impressive biography did CBS News and Couric choose to focus on? Moose burgers and beauty pageants.”
And so began the JournoListing of Sarah Palin. But the chickens have come home to roost and it’s Couric who, by belittling Sarah Palin, looks petty and pathetic in the end.
Highlights from the video excerpt:
1:10 – “Her oldest son, 19-year-old Track–Where the hell do they get these… [Couric muted]?”
1:47 – “Her parents, Sally and Chuck Heath, were out hunting caribou when they got the news–You can’t make this up [laughs]!”
2:00 – “I’m glad you took out the feminine side, ’cause she could be feminine and play basketball, right Jerry?
4:00 – Making fun of the pronunciation of the name of the town Wasilla.