Pretty Women on TV: NY Times Dissected

If you've got a few minutes to waste, and by waste I mean lose to eternity resulting in infinite sadness, read Alessandra Stanley's article on Katie Couric in the New York Times. Then read it again for every superficial reference to a female newsreporter.

No wait, I'll do that for you:

"Lara Logan, an experienced and unusually pretty war correspondent"

"wore a flak jacket and Chanel sunglasses."

"Ms. Logan'’s arresting screen presence also helped deflect attention from Ms. Couric'’s much scrutinized appearance (fitted white jacket over a black sheath dress)."

"...Ms. Couric is being held to a cattier standard."

"[CBS] doctored a publicity picture of Ms. Couric to make her appear longer and slimmer"

"She told...ribald stories...speaking often and openly about her lesbian relationship"

"she donned a bathing suit to take a bath"

AND

"is the first boisterously gay host"

Didn't know Couric was gay, right? Turns out she's a dyke.

This was the first NY Times article that came out last night reviewing Katie Couric's first appearance on CBS news. Think about that. It focused on her black sheath dress and sexy foreign news correspondent. Did Tom Brockow get this treatment when he took the helm of NBC? Did they discuss his brown pantsuit and handsome-looking staff?

I really shouldn't be surprised, but it's still just sad.

What pisses me off the most is that it actually has me thinking about Katie Couric.