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NewsFight! | Vieira vs. Couric
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Wednesday, April 5, 2006
The "Who'd Win in a Fight?" game is a timeless time-waster. We like wasting time, but with a point. And so: NewsFight! We'll pick two candidates from a batch of daily newsmakers and pit them against one another and ask you, Feed readers, to answer: Who'd Win in a Fight? (Is that raising the level of discourse or what?) And so:
They won't be going head-to-head in their new roles, but that's all the more reason to get Ms. Vieira and Ms. Couric into the NewsFight! ring. Ding, ding.
Tale of the Tape
Meredith "Does This Mean No More Star?" Vieira
Height: ???
Age: 52
Employer: ABC, soon to be NBC
Strengths: Unfailing patience, tolerance
Finishing Move: The Better Gig Beatdown
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Katie "I Have an 'Effect' Named After Me" Couric
Height: Pixie-human
Age: 49
Employer: NBC, soon to be CBS
Strengths: Apparently, legs, willingness to don Halloween costumes
Finishing Moves: DeathBy Gams, GamGambit, Figure-Four Leglock
Previous News Fights
- Naomi Campbell vs. Cynthia McKinney
- Sean Penn vs. Ann Coulter
- Kerry vs. Cheney
- Ingraham vs. Olbermann
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NewsFight! | Vieira vs. Couric
The "Who'd Win in a Fight?" game is a timeless time-waster. We like wasting time, but with a point. And so: NewsFight! We'll pick two candidates from a batch of daily newsmakers and pit them against one another and ask you, Feed readers, to answer: Who'd Win in a Fight? (Is that raising the level of discourse or what?) And so:
They won't be going head-to-head in their new roles, but that's all the more reason to get Ms. Vieira and Ms. Couric into the NewsFight! ring. Ding, ding.
Tale of the Tape
Meredith "Does This Mean No More Star?" Vieira
Height: ???
Age: 52
Employer: ABC, soon to be NBC
Strengths: Unfailing patience, tolerance
Finishing Move: The Better Gig Beatdown
------------
Katie "I Have an 'Effect' Named After Me" Couric
Height: Pixie-human
Age: 49
Employer: NBC, soon to be CBS
Strengths: Apparently, legs, willingness to don Halloween costumes
Finishing Moves: DeathBy Gams, GamGambit, Figure-Four Leglock
Previous News Fights
- Naomi Campbell vs. Cynthia McKinney
- Sean Penn vs. Ann Coulter
- Kerry vs. Cheney
- Ingraham vs. Olbermann
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My name is Lisa. I actually wrote that.
Yes...that....
that thing about Jesse....
crossing his legs...
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My name is Jesse. I cross my legs!
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Katie is too Barbie/inexperienced for hard hitting news/has not covered wars/earthquakes/major disasters, etc. Will not last! Meredith too old! By old, I mean experienced. More like Diana Sawyers. MV would fit into major news/not magazine new! Sorry Ann. You deserved the job! Happy Meredith left "The View! "What a vulgar send-off for Meredith, but MV did get a send off. Katie got months, plus a 3-hours good-bye. Charlie G. got months of good-byes. Star got a BOOT! The person most responsible-the person Star thought was her best friend, Barbara Walters. At least, Joy showed her hand each day. Walters is a snake in the grass! Star should know the ways of the W-man! Forked-tongue. Star is a lawyer! Star made the mistake of thinking she was one of them. She is not a dancer, a comic, a reporter, a singer. To fit into that lifestyle, she altered her very being, while not hearing the snickers behind her back. When I first viewed "The View," I thought surely Star would do more to educate viewers about LAWS of the USA. NO! Star even made a comment once that her family thought she was compromising her principles to fit that w-world. Telling all of her business on the TV. including getting engaged at a ball game. Gross! So good luck MV, KC, & BW. About "The View?" Days are numbered!
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Depends on who ABC's "Good Morning America" gets to replace Charles Gibson. I am not a fan of Bill Weir, didn't like him in LA. If he gets the job, I'll jump ship to "Today"
11/14/06 7:14 AM
Meredith Vieira actually reminds me of a young Barbara Walters, when Walters herself was on "Today" for many years in the late '60s and early '70s -- remember Barbara with her long red hair and those big wide "groovy" headbands she used to wear? ;-) Meredith has Barbara's poise and presence...to a point. So far, I've also noticed her having this kind of pained look on her face when she talks into the camera, and her head kinda tilts sideways! But she has a sensitivity that I think will really shine when the Holidays come, or a very poignant story comes along that will really give her a chance to make her mark.
But honestly: I was floored Anne Curry never got the job! It just seemed a natural progression, and I thought her bubbly, warm personality would've been perfect. It's funny...I never saw so much press coverage and attention about replacements, between "Today" and "The View," since Diana Ross left The Supremes!
GP.