The Best Newscast You're Not Watching - CBS Evening News

The CBS Evening News, anchored by Katie Couric has won an Edward R. Murrow Award for the Best Newcast. Specifically, for Couric's 9th August 2007 programme was what won CBS the award.

Despite the win, the network's flagship news programme continues to post low ratings. Another win was for CBS News' Lara Logan, scooping the Continuing Coverage award.

Tell The Truthiness ; The next worse thing to people watching bland news coverage is people not watching award winning, recognised news coverage. To alter a phrase used when talking about the situation that Aaron Sorkin's show Sports Night faced, The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric - The best news show you're not watching.

War On Reality Part 52 ; Lazy Couric - Iraq Assessment 'Not My Job'

The above is a simple edited version of Katie Couric's reports out of Iraq from the beginning of the month.

Couric has stirred the pot further following the controversial reporting she made on a trip to Iraq where she simply repeated White House talking points. She tried to defend herself in an interview at the National Press Club, broadcast on CSPAN-2.

We don't have a youtube video of that interview, but click here to watch.

Tell The Truthiness ; You can't defend yourself for not having a ''Walter Cronkite'' moment by then just repeating what you've been told by US military and administration officials. That is just lazy and sloppy journalism.

Dan Rather Has Courage ; Sues CBS For $70 Million

After Dan Rather's hurried and unexpected dismissal 15 months ago from the anchor chair of the CBS Evening News, there's been some comments and sniping from both sides.

Today that was ratcheted up a notch as the ex-anchor filed a lawsuit against CBS for $70 million damages.

He cites them allowing a biased and incomplete investigation into the George W Bush National Guard report.

All this comes at a bad time for CBS as discussion of it's Evening News broadcast's further sinking ratings seems never ending.

Tell The Truthiness ; It would be interesting to find out what the objective of ousting Dan Rather was, what was actually achieved by it in the broadcasting and politcal Worlds and who's agenda it was.