Journalism AC (After-Couric)

Apparently Fox - whose news is sufficiently sensationalized (has Greta van Susteren ever discussed anything but Paris Hilton or murdered/missing white girls?) and whose reality TV shows are even worse - has come up with a harebrained new concept: letting a model do the news. The show, called Anchorwoman (no doubt an homage to Will Ferrell's misogynistic Anchorman), will feature a swimsuit model/WWE actress with no prior journalistic experience doing the local news in Tyler, Texas. Obviously the locals aren't happy. But if Katie Couric, who has experience but no gravitas, can do CBS Evening News whats to keep a bimbo with no experience and no gravitas from doing the local news?

What's priceless is journalists getting steamed over this apparently devaluing their profession. Please. Two words (one?): Rather-gate. Another two (definitely two this time): Paris Hilton. If we're going to make up news or cover bimbos all day long, a reality TV show with a bimbo doing the news isn't anything new. So long as she can read off a teleprompter she's fine.