Meet the Real Katie Couric
Table of Contents:
- Meet the Real Katie Couric
- Introduction
- Hardworking Hilary vs. Sexist America
- Feeling Her Feminism
- Envying Europe's Nanny States
- Distressed by Clinton Under Fire
- Deploring Ronald Reagan
- Republicans: "Rigid," "Exclusionary," "Divisive," and "Draconian"
- Christian Conservatives Created Murderous Climate
- GOP Win=Voters' Temper Tantrum
- Scolding NRA For Supporting Gun Rights
- Fawning Over Jimmy the Great
- Iraq, a Debacle Worse than Vietnam
- Let Big Government Fix Our Woes
- Denigrating "Divisive" Talk Radio
Envying Europe's Nanny States
"Ninety percent of France’s three- to five-year-olds attend
government subsidized centers like this one....The system works because
the French make it work. Child care is a national priority and is
neither debated nor questioned....Sounds like Americans could learn a
lot from the way the French do things in terms of day care."
— Today, May 5, 1995.
Keith Miller: "Break out the band, bring on the drinks. The
French are calling it a miracle. A government-mandated 35-hour work
week is changing the French way of life. Two years ago, in an effort to
create more jobs, the government imposed a shorter work week on large
companies, forcing them to hire more workers....These American women,
all working in France, have time for lunch and a life."
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox: "More Americans should be more aware that an economy as successful as the French one managed to be successful without giving up everything else in life."
Katie Couric, following the end of Miller’s taped piece:
"So great that young mother being able to come home at three every day
and spend that time with her child. Isn’t that nice? The French,
they’ve got it right, don’t they?"
— NBC’s Today, August 1, 2001. (With WMV video clip/MP3 audio)
"You know the U.S. is the only industrialized nation, I didn’t know
this until today, that doesn’t spend federal money promoting tourism.
Do you think it should?"
— Question to Maryland Governor Parris Glendening on the October 1, 2001 Today. Glendening, a liberal Democrat, said no.
Katie Couric: "So many Americans feel overworked, and I have a
statistic — 30 percent do not take their full vacation. I mean, is
there something wrong with this picture? Are we too obsessed with work,
because the Europeans sure have a very different attitude don’t they?"
Former GE Chairman Jack Welch: "And their economy is some trouble."
— Today, April 4, 2005.
Katie Couric: "This country is pretty far behind in providing really superior child care for working parents, right?"
Diane Debrovner, Parents magazine:
"For a country that says that we believe in family values, there’s a
lot that we can do....Every mother in Europe is guaranteed 14 weeks
paid maternity leave. Women in this country get 12 weeks of unpaid
leave only if they work for a company that has more than 50 employees."
— NBC’s Today, October 4, 2005.
Bill Clinton Deserved Even More Fawning Coverage
"Why do you think that he doesn’t get credit for the good news
that’s going on? And if Reagan was the ‘Teflon President,’ it seems
like Bill Clinton is the ‘Velcro President’ — every bad piece of news
just sticks to him."
— Questioning new Democratic National Committee adviser Tony Coelho on NBC’s Today, August 18, 1994.
