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NBC: "All Good News, All the Time," Says Couric
Thrilled with its ratings after ignoring a balloon accident at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade that injured two sisters, NBC said today it would scrap covering hard news in favor of all good news, all the time.
"If it worked for the parade, it'll work for covering President George W. Bush, Iraq, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other assorted bad, icky stuff," said NBC's Katie Couric.
Couric, who anchored the parade coverage with Matt Lauer and Al Roker, said "America is getting tired of bad news. It's all just so sad - soldiers killed in Iraq every day, the president and his cronies acting like bumbling fools, and the list goes on.
"America's getting tired of high crime, gas prices, hurricanes, foreign countries hating our guts," Couric said. "It's time that we focus on happy news, and I'm proud that NBC will be leading the way.
"No doubt, it'll be hard to find something good to say about Iraq, where soldiers and civilians die every day. But we'll try to focus on those who aren't killed. Instead of saying more than 2,000 dead, we'll have a count of those who are alive.
"The president will be another challenge. Everybody knows he's never the smartest guy in the room. But instead of talking about all his mistakes and foibles, maybe we can show some graphics on countries he hasn't invaded or made threats against or offended each day.
"And isn't everybody getting sick and tired of hearing about Katrina survivors - they're here, they're there, they're going back or not going back, they're starting a new life, they can't start a new life, blah, blah, blah? Maybe we can have a countdown clock for when their lives will return to normal.
"It won't be easy to pull this off," Couric said. "But NBC has the monetary resources and manpower to do it, if anybody can. I'm a happy, perky person and just think that Americans could use a bigger dose of it in their everyday lives.
"For those of us at NBC, it's the least we can do."
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