Viral COURIC GRILLS EDWARDS OVER CAMPAIGNING WITH CANCER



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    1. shaneghollywood Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 9:44 PM

    Edwards capitalizing on cancer? . . .more like Katie Couric desparately
    trying to capitalize on any sensationalism she can get her claws into. Katie: is this the best story they could find for you? The writing is on the wall

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    2. yoyo46 Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 9:59 PM

    How dare she? That is the longest question I have ever heard! She sounded like she was running for election! I can't watch her on TV and

    I think the internet is worse. This woman has no class. Can't buy it ,

    no matter how much they pay you. You owe this family an apology for the heartless interview and all I cal say is, CBS, that sound you hear is your ratings droping like a lead balloon! God bless the Edwards family.

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    3. theKongofCool Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 10:36 PM

    IOW, katie is hoping for hillary.

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    4. CoolShades5641 Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 10:49 PM

    Is this a John Edwards interview or Hillary Clinton hit piece?

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    5. freedom9999999 Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 11:25 PM

    I was tremendously disappointed and upset at her questions...over and over again...wow. I use to like her at the Today show and was even pulling for her to succeed at the evening show, but after this, I wouldn't mind if she was unemployed!

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    6. smcolo Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 11:34 PM

    Hey Katie sweetheart, isn¿t there a missing child or a celebrity in rehab that you should be covering?

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    7. Beryl.Hartman Posted on Mar 25 '07 at 11:37 PM

    This is disgustingly bad journalism, she is victimizing the interviewees. What a lack of humanism and open mindedness. The best way to die is to give in to disease and to close down the rest of one's life. The Edwards should carry on doing what they love and what makes them feel like themselves, and be continuous with their previous lives. This woman is doing the "outfoxed" thing, it is a disgrace and reflects badly on American journalism. Many people with illness can run countries, big business, create art. Shocking shocking shocking.

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    8. kooldragonslayer Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 12:15 AM

    Uh... isn't an interviewer supposed to ask questions, what in the world was that???? A two minute monologue hit piece.

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    9. iname1999 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 12:33 AM

    A 2minte & 23second semi-rhetorical question?

    Clearly for the benefit of the drudge douchebags.

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    10. 20070326 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 1:04 AM

    Is Katie Couric a news anchor or a ranting blogger?

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    11. partyof1 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 1:47 AM

    "Some people wonder" if Katie would have anything intelligent to say if she didn't have a script.

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    12. PatLee Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 2:56 AM

    She didn't even give them a chance to answer!

    That's just wrong.

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    13. buzme20 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 4:24 AM

    Katie made millions while working while her husband was suffering and dying from colon cancer, while away from her children and husband.

    GO FIGURE

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    14. mesndblues Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 4:36 AM

    And Edwards thought Fox news was bad!! Enough so that he refuses to talk with them. I suppose he will stop talking with cbs now..perhaps the simplest solution would be for cbs to fire kacky kurckick and for fox news to hire her,....then fire her in some horrible manner, shortly afterwards. i see a mid-day montel williams/jane pauleyesque talk show in kackies future..this week on kacky...human deformities that look like the virgin mary...

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    15. AverageJoe Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:11 AM

    SCOOTERNYC,

    Of course we are all entitled to our opinions and I'm not trying to pick a beef with you, but isn't it possible that this is the Edwards' version of living life to the fullest? Why such a negative take on this decision, when some people who want to make a large positive difference in the world may just enjoy it as a way of life. I mean don't we want a president and first lady for whom the position is as important as life and death, in these times.

    Where they supposed to hide it, and then have to come clean about it?

    I am saying this not as an Edwards supporter, but as someone who can admire anyone's courage to follow a calling, no matter what.

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    16. barrettw Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:21 AM

    Um, folks, this a paste-job of Couric's questions, with the Edwardses' answers excised -- not a Couric monologue (scary phrase, that). Tasteless and inappropriate questions? Sure, a lot of them, but any reporter in her shoes would've asked more or less the same things. Welcome to TV journalism, i.e., the smelly dregs of the culture.

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    17. drewman75 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:21 AM

    uh, it was a montage of all her questions clipped together, not one long question. i think she asked exactly what was on a lot of peoples minds. if it were my wife, i would have, at the very least, said we were going to take some time to digest it all, talk it over and see how it goes and then make a decision. most people certainly wouldn't have been all over the news the next day and on the campaign trail whoring for media attention. it is dispicable. truth is, huy was getting crushed in the preliminary polls by obama and hillary, and he is trying to disgustingly use this to gain numbers. dispicable.

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    18. smshaw Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:26 AM

    The worst professional mistake Couric made was this: she was making a speech instead of asking a simple question. Instead, she was spending so much time doing: "some say this, others say that." And that went on forever.
    Any good reporter should elicit a substantive answer from a simple question and not grandstanding. Problem with folks like Couric is they forget viewers are interested in their guests not in them.

    Whether what she did was a "cheap shot" was a different issue. Professionaly she is a lousy interviewer, in this case.

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    19. jhammer92 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:43 AM

    I don't like Katie Couric, either, but I want to set the record straight on one thing. I watched the program last night, and this audio only contains the questions that she asked, not the responses. In between each, John Edwards or his wife answered. So, it's not quite as bad as it sounds - although the questions were pretty brutal.

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    20. echotwo Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:49 AM

    CBS...WAKE UP! It's time for Katie to leave...I left you a looooong time ago!

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    21. rochester1977 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 5:54 AM

    I agree with her! He is using this to gain momentum in his campaign.. HELLO? why doesnt anyone see this? He was not in the news at all last week and no one cared he was running... and now what are we doing? Talking about someone who no one was going to vote for a week ago. I feel bad for his wife. She is married to scum

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    22. geejay42 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:01 AM

    What a cold fish she is!! I don't care what your political affiliation is, the Edwards family deserves respect and support during this tough time for them. If you don't like his politics, don't vote for him but pray for him and his family. Katie needs to hang up her mic and get the heck off tv!

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    23. HMichaelH Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:06 AM

    When Couric was hired, I thought, "CBS must have a death wish!" Going from Rather to Couric made it clear CBS didn't get the concept that people were not going to watch news that is so unbalanced and politically biased. (Maybe CBS could research why FOX is doing so well in viewership?) Now CBS has her working on destroying "60 Minutes." Oh Well, we really don' t need three networks, anyway

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    24. PatrickBNA Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:15 AM

    Liberal elite feeding on themselves.

    Katie is right on though.

    The only thing more pathetic than the Republican party is the Democrat party.

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    25. tstrot44 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:23 AM

    It is strange that she had cancer when they lost the election (just for more press I imagine) then it went away......WOW Now he is in a nowhere position in a zero campaign and oh my God she has cancer again. Just sounds strange.... Is this shades of magic Johnson's mysterious HIV episode?

    Edwards is a fake.....Go back to your mansion and live on your ill-gotten gains you phony.

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    26. Teresahuntsberry Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:29 AM

    Is this a question or a soliloquy? If it's a question, what part does one answer? Is this all about the Edwards or all about Katie Couric? When doing her morning show, Couric shone. Now, if I tune on CBS evening news all I see is some chick with bad hair and vampire makeup who can't seem to do news. What's that all about? Doesn't SHE have a family who needs her? Please, send Katie Couric home to her family.

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    27. Blogger1947 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:30 AM

    It is a sad commentary on the American mind when so many people--as many of you have done here--cannot separate your sympathy for the Edwards' from the fact that last week's press conference was a coldly calculated political maneuver.



    Edwards hedged his bet, and it is already paying off. Just look at the number of people on this little forum who are ready to defend HIM, simply because of HER illness.



    I applaud any TV news person who is willing to ask these tough questions, rather than lob softballs at Edwards, as he obviously hoped would happen.



    Do you misty-eyed people think that the world would stop for even half a second in sympathy with the illness of a First Lady? Regardless of who occupies the White House, you can make book that those who would bring down the USA--Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il, or "alphabet," over in Iran--would not hesitate to take advantage of the President's weakness and lack of focus.



    Worse, I think many of you would act differently, depending who the person involved might be. Were this Laura Bush, you would have a death watch on HuffPo, and leftists dancing in the street.

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    28. Parker80 Posted on Mar 26 '07 at 6:30 AM

    I saw the report last night, and I am no fan of Couric, but she actually stayed with the questions as long as she needed to. It's the first time I thought she did a good interview, ever. In context, her grilling was warranted. For all the tragedy Edwards has faced with his wife and son, he seems incredibly detached and impervious in public. Maybe not so in private, but maybe in private he is so overly driven he can't see the forest for the trees.



    His an