Who is Katie Couric? Is she qualified?
In todays’ society women in news
are expected to be beautiful and show some skin. The media wants something nice
to look at while being informed about boring topics. If you don’t look like the
typical journalist then you are bashed for it. People judge and write mean
things in the press so we can influence the rest of the world. They might be trying to give these girls a
hint to change something about their physical appearance. When you see these girls interviewing others
you see that they are wearing a short skirt with a low cut shirt. This is a
distraction to the viewers and also to the people or group that is being
interviewed. The way producers make these ladies dress now and days in
inappropriate and are putting this image of how women dress in a sexual way.
Katie Couric spoke about some
personal experienced she faced when she was moving her way up the ladder. She
has been in the business for over two decades. She was once one of those bimbo
girls that had to dress inappropriately. The media fell in love with her when
she first hit the air. She had a natural talent, was extremely smart and good
at her job. She moved up the latter slowly but surely bouncing around to
different networks ranging from Dateline to CBS. Every time she got a higher
and higher position she got more and more back lash. The media would judge her
on her looks and ability. One of the most known things about Katie was that she
had attractive legs. So when she wore s
short number all the guys would have to put their two cents in about it.
When Katie landed the spot of the
first female solo anchor on CBS Evening News all hell broke loose. Of course to
the public this isn’t right. We are all used to a male anchor, so this fresh
faced female took some heat for it. With her latest promotion she has been
criticized that she won’t be able to do as well as a man, that she isn’t as
knowledgeable, or worthy of this position.
Well of course she just had to take the heat and show the world that she
could do just as good if not better at being a solo anchor than a man.
I believe that she is very
qualified to be in the documentary Misrepresentation; she has personal
experience with being treated unfairly for being in a typical man’s position. She has kicked butt and even admits regret on
some things such as being caught wearing those short pieces of clothing. She is
trying to spread the message that girls don’t need to be dressing like that to
be on TV and need to have more respect for them. (478)
Hi, Tay.
ReplyDeleteI think you need to use a signal phrase to cite the information in paragraph #2.(See my 1/24 post on the AP Lang website.) I'm not sure where you got the info that Couric "was once...a bimbo girl." The bio of her that you linked to in paragraph #3 doesn't, as far as I can see, report these reactions to her either. If you think that the documentary implies this about Couric's experience, you should fact check it, then attribute it to the documentary or other sources.
Also, read your second link carefully. This article is not about Couric taking heat for (or recieving unneccessary focus on ) her appearance. It's about something else entirely!!
I do think that Couric is qualified to speak in this documentary, but not for the reasons you've included. You'd be better off finding examples of the commentary and reviews written about her when she was new to the anchor positions, etc. She can speak to being critiqued differently than her male colleagues. Her resume shows that she is knowledgable, educated in journalism and has respected experience at various levels (she's much more than pretty legs, etc.).