I sat down tonight to watch the debut of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. Well, that’s not an entirely true statement, I guess. I sat down to draft my fantasy football team online and, in the process of drafting, I had the Official 52″ HDTV of the ConBlog on as video wallpaper. Then, …

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This just seems bizarre to me: XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN SEPT 03, 2006 19:41:35 ET XXXXX BUSH, CLINTON, LIMBAUGH, CRONKITE TO LAUNCH COURIC **Exclusive** Plans for the opening week of CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC have surpassed network executives’ wildest dream: Presidents Bush and Clinton, radio king Rush Limbaugh and broadcast legend Walter …

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You remember Mary Mapes, no doubt. She was the producer at CBS who was fired in the wake of the Bush National Guard Memo fiasco. While Rather was the public face of the story, it’s probably safe to say that Mapes had a huge responsibility in getting the story to air. Certainly, Ms. Mapes is …

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If you missed what turned out to be the first installment of my correspondence with former CBS News reporter, Eric Engberg, you really should read this first: War of Words with Eric Engberg.
So, I check my email before going to bed last night, and I was treated to the following love letter from someone claiming to be Engberg:

You might remember Eric Engberg. Perhaps it’s from his reporting on the CBS Evening News over the years. Maybe it’s from some of his columns on the CBS News web site. One of those columns was highlighted here on ConBlog back in November of last year.
I went after Mr. Engberg for his column titled, “Blogging as Typing, Not Journalism.” In his missive, he criticized blogging as a fad, equating it to the CB radio. Well, Engberg is back again and, would you believe, on a blog??

I was at a bar with a good friend of mine enjoying some potent potables as I watched Dan Rather’s final broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News. As I watched the broadcast drinking my beer, it seemed to me that the only thing missing from each story on Wednesday’s newscast was the following phrase:
“…which is the fault of the Bush Administration.”