Katie Couric caught on camera mocking Dan Rather
Lordy, is there a more annoying person on the air than Katie Couric? Here’s she’s seen mocking Dan Rather as she pretends to preen and primp before the camera. The video, which first surfaced on comedian Harry Shearer’s website shows Katie preparing for broadcast.
“I’m going to be like Dan Rather on YouTube,” joked Couric, alluding to Rather by fiddling with her coat. “Geez, don’t you think he deserves a little payback? This tart is ready to go!”
No one is exactly sure how Shearer got his hands on the video.
Jen Farley, a spokeswoman for CBS would not comment on whether someone from CBS had supplied the video.
It could have come from any number of places, including CBS affiliates, which receive pre-broadcast footage.
“It was from an open satellite from a location in Nashville,” said Farley.
The timing of the video coincides with a legal battle between Rather, who now does the show “Dan Rather Reports” for cable station HDNet.
Rather is suing CBS for $20 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages, claiming his bosses made him a “scapegoat” for the controversy that arose over a disputed story about President Bush’s military service.
CBS on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed against the network and its parent company, Viacom Inc., arguing that he waited too long to take legal action.
Rather didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Friday.
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