Face the Nation
Bob Schieffer's Take on Stewart and Colbert
It has often been reported via numerous polls that people in their 20s get most of their news from 'The Daily Show.' I've always been suspicious of this statistic, because you have to know the news to get most of the jokes on Jon Stewart's show, but there's probably at least a little truth to it. Now Bob Schieffer, host of CBS' 'Face the Nation,' is weighing in on the topic of whether you can get your news from that show or 'The Colbert Report.'In short, Schieffer calls both Stewart and Colbert "editorial page cartoonists," in an interview at Broadcasting & Cable. He doesn't mean it in a derogatory way, he just means that they serve a certain function when it comes to the news. They're not journalists, they're making commentary on the journalist (and politics and current events and pop culture). He thinks "if all you watched is Stewart and Colbert, I'm not sure you could call yourself well-informed."
I would agree with that, and I bet Stewart and Colbert would too.
As far as Katie Couric knows, she's staying - TCA Report

After the executive session, it was CBS News' turn to face the critics and talk about their election coverage. Via satellite from their New York studios was CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, Face the Nation moderator Bob Schieffer, senior political correspondent Jeff Greenfield, and CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus.
Right away, a reporter brought up Katie Couric's job status. "I'm glad you got right to it," Couric joked. "I thought [the speculation] had died down considerably." She said she "can't control what media writers write. We live in an echo chamber," with media reporters more fascinated by her status than the general public is. "The attention befuddles me," she continued. She's concentrating on doing "the best job I can."
Bob Schieffer sticking with CBS News a little bit longer
For once the info coming from CBS News is not about whether Katie Couric's job is in jeopardy. Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer has decided not to retire after all; he's staying with CBS News indefinitely.The veteran newsman, who'll be 72 this year, had announced his retirement. He was going to leave the Black Rock as of the January presidential inauguration. Now he's decided to postpone the rocking chair. According to TV Week, the network didn't have to twist his arm; the deal was easily and simply done. All Schieffer had to do was get his wife Pat's approval and he was able to tell CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus asked him not to step down as planned with the inauguration of a new president that he would remain.
TV Obits: DoQui, Lopez, Browning, Taylor, Kleiner, Leavitt
A roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.
- Robert DoQui: He was a veteran character actor who appeared in a ton of TV shows over the years, including ER, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Party of Five, The Practice, NYPD Blue, Picket Fences, Happy Days, I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, Cagney and Lacey, Hill Street Blues, Knot's Landing, and others. He was also in three of the Robocop movies and also the films Nashville, Short Cuts, and Cloak and Dagger. He died at age 74 in Los Angeles.
Don't forget! Bob Schieffer's last CBS Evening News tonight
New CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric doesn't start til next Tuesday, but anchor Bob Schieffer's last show is tonight at 6:30pm ET. Must be taking some time off for the Labor Day weekend.
Schieffer isn't leaving CBS, of course. He will still continue to host the long-running Sunday morning news show Face The Nation.
Schieffer might stay on CBS News as commentator
CBS has asked current anchor Bob Schieffer to
stay on the CBS Evening News as a commentator when Katie Couric takes over in the fall. Two commenatries a
week, to be exact.Schieffer says he'll decide over the summer. He's not sure if he wants to do another commentary during the week, because he already does one on Face The Nation every Sunday. My guess? He'll do them. I think that he's a great presence on the show, and gives the show some old-time newsman gravitas.
On a side note, will Couric stay "Katie" when she takes over in September, or will she switch to "Kate" or "Katherine"? She'll probably stay Katie, because any worry about the name sounding too cute or young went away many years ago, and if she changed it now it would just seem kinda silly.
Biased or not?
The "liberal bias" of the media we hear so much about was called into
question recently with a study released by Media Matters which claims that Sunday morning political shows such as
Meet the Press, Face the Nation, and This Week tend to have more conservative
guests than liberal. Of course, some are arguing against the study. NBC argued that during Clinton's term in
office there were also slightly more Republican guests on Meet the Press. The point, I suppose, is that it's
not necessarily dictated by who's in office. Also, there's the question as to who's really conservative and who isn't,
especially when it comes to centrists like John McCain and others. My advice? Tune into The McLaughlin Group,
a show where everyone is equally a raving lunatic, no matter their political affiliation. Or, go to the zoo and watch
spider monkeys fighting each other. It's pretty much the same either way.
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