More negative news coming out about Katie Couric and CBS Evening News and this time it has nothing to do about her awful ratings. Katie Couric is accused of slapping a news editor because he used the word sputum in a story about tuberculous according to
Drudge Report in a story that will be published in New York Magazine tomorrow.
"During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— 'sputum' —and the staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over again' on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she wasn’t kidding."
A top CBS executive tells the DRUDGE REPORT that no formal complaint has been filed against Couric over the incident.
"I sort of slapped him around,” Couric admits to the magazine. “I got mad at him and said, 'You can’t do this to me. You have to tell me when you’re going to use a word like that.' I was aggravated, there's no question about that.' But she says she has a good relationship with Cipriano. 'We did ban the word sputum from all future broadcasts. It became kind of a joke."
A CBS insider says Couric slapped the staffer in a playful manor.
"Look, it wasn't serious, whatsoever."
If I were CBS, I would use this story as a reason to get her out of the anchor chair while they still have a chance of saving the show. BTW…
Sputum! Sputum! Sputum! Sputum! Sputum! Sputum! Sputum! Sputum!!!
