Los Angeles Times
Robin Abcarian challenges you to find a published account of
Katie Couric's switch from host of "Today" to the "CBS Evening News" that doesn't use the word "perky" to describe her. A spokesman for Couric thinks the word is used so often because of simple journalistic laziness. "It's an incomplete depiction of a versatile multidimensional success story," says
Matthew Hiltzik.
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"Perky" doesn't work when people are dying, says journalism prof (MH)
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Guardians of journalistic culture aren't pleased with Couric move (PI)
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Couric will have a "daily, regular presence" on cbsnews.com (USA Today)
