Katie Couric Admits to Being Bias on a Story
So far, the buzz about Katie Couric’s new book has been about her cattiness towards many of her former co-workers.
In her book, titled ‘Going There’ Couric roasts a number of her former co-workers and shows that she was a simple diva, like many that work in TV news.
But, she was wrote about how she let her personal political views influence her editing decisions after her interview with the late Supreme Court justice in 2016.
Couric admits that in doing an interview with the late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, that she edited out comments that RGB made about people who kneel during the national anthem.
Ginsburg said that those who kneel during the national anthem are showing 'contempt for a government that has made it possible for their parents and grandparents to live a decent life.'
Couric writes in her memoir that she thought the justice, who was 83 at the time, was 'elderly and probably didn't fully understand the question.'
Maybe that in itself would also be news, but Couric admits to leaving the soundbite on the editing room floor.
The fact that Couric admits that she could not stay unbiased while covering a story, is much worse than her being catty to co-workers.
As a Journalist, Katie Couric violated the most important rule. If you can’t remain neutral on a story that you are covering, you should not be covering the story.
Periord.
H/T Daily Mail