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Couric is a television celebrity, not a journalist. As such, she is emblematic of the decline of the evening news format (pretty boy Brian Williams is no better, nor is Charlie Gibson who strongly implied in a recent San Francisco Chronicle interview that he's ok with reporters acting as stenographers).
I disagree with Anonymous about Diane Sawyer. She, like most network news personalities, is far too comfortable with her fame and wealth to seriously report anything discomforting to the status quo.
Christiane Amanpour, on the other hand, has the street cred of a heavyweight journalist who would actually be interesting to watch on a nightly basis. Unfortunately, because she's willing to criticize the powers-that-be, she'll never get the opportunity.
