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Vicars: Tony Blair is really, really mad at the press. (This is an admittedly meta moment, particularly press coverage of Blair's interview about the press.)
Tarts: Dan Rather doesn't call Katie Couric one, never fear. He does however, accuse her CBS news program of being tarted up, which Les Moonves thought was the same thing.*
Neither: With a name like Folkenflik? Neither a tart nor a vicar I'm afraid, but our media reporter is here to jabber with us about the whole media circus, or as he likes to call it... the whole media culpa. If you have some culpas to heap on us or anyone else, do it here. But be nice. Blair sorta hurt our feelings.

*For the record, Rather claims he wasn't actually calling Katie a tart. I don't think he was either, and I should know, I used to clerk in a lingerie shop.

Barrie Hardymon

12:22 PM ET | 06-13-2007 | permalink

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I am a 22 year old woman who has always had an affinity for my world and the news that reports it. At the age of nine years I spent my Friday nights watching 20/20, and Sat morn watching CNN Sat Morn.
I have not missed an episose of Meet the Press since I was 11 years. Katie DOES NOT bring the depth and gravitas that is the standard to the coveted evening news spot. I would have been happier to see Meredith Viera! Simply, the audience who watches the TODAY show and adores Katie Couric, is not necessarily the same audience who enjoys evening and late night news.

Sent by Uzo Awa | 11:56 AM ET | 06-14-2007

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