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Katie Couric Pages CNN’s Dr. Gupta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The doctor is in….at the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.”
CNN’s ultimate slacker, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, will contribute reports over the next year to Couric’s newscast — effective “immediately,” according to CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus. Gupta will continue working full-time for CNN, while contributing as many as 10 reports to CBS.
With CBS mired in third place among the network evening news shows, Couric-bashers may take this as a sign that she and her show are in need of emergency triage. But really, it’s just that the smart-as-a-whip and telegenic Gupta wasn’t working hard enough. After all, the Atlanta-based brain surgeon is CNN’s chief medical correspondent and associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital, where he still performs regularly scheduled surgery one day a week. He was an embedded reporter in Iraq with the U.S. Navy’s medical unit (he performed emergency surgery several times), covered Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami and, oh, yes, he writes a column for “Time” magazine. The man could be doing so much more, right?
At least he’ll find a familiar face at the CBS holiday party. Anderson Cooper recently began contributing to “60 Minutes,” while continuing to work fulltime for the Atlanta-based cable channel. Which makes us wonder, how long before Larry King starts hosting “Survivor?”
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By Beretverde
December 15, 2006 9:11 AM | Link to this
The CBS Evening News now has another clown to go along with the “perky” clown. Gupta, who is so ate-up with himself will fit in good with the CBS Evening Circus! Once Clown Couric figures out Clown Gupta’s motives (read- scene stealer) he’ll be gone. Gupta is the most self smug pompous mooch on the airwaves. Now more airwave time! Ouch. Where are the “real deal” reporters? Murrow is spinning (again) in his grave over these CLOWNS.
By bill
December 15, 2006 9:18 AM | Link to this
Get over it you are just a katie hater
By Captain Tom
December 15, 2006 9:30 AM | Link to this
Is this what Grady Hospital spends hardearned tax dollars on?? If the good doctor is the associate chief on neurosurgery it seems to me that he should either dedicate is teaching to full time status or quit. He is a pompus jerk that is wonderful at self promoting. So he performed emergnecy surgery in Iraq???? What did the armed services do…see him walking by and say…how bout stoppin in and cut on this guys head so the rest of us can take a break/?? The up side to all of this that he and Curic deserve each other.
By Joey Mills
December 15, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this
Ground Control- To captain Tom: Get your head out of your a—!
By Beretverde
December 15, 2006 11:20 AM | Link to this
“Katie Hater?” ah yes, name calling. That’s the answer to the mess CBS is in! More name calling to defend the indefensible… a poor choice for an anchor! Get real! De Oppress Liber!
By Pompass
December 15, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this
What is the “like-ability” meter on Gupta? It has got to be terrible. You can see through his phoniness! His narcissism is beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct. How does this self- promoter do it? Oops that’s it!!! A self-promoter!