CBS - MCMANUS TO COURIC: "YOU'RE THE ONLY G-G-G-GIRL THAT I ADORE"

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CBS News President Sean McManus has again attempted to shoot down persistent reports that Katie Couric will step down as anchor of the CBS Evening News following the presidential election in November or the inauguration in January. Speaking by satellite to the Television Critics Association tour in Beverly Hills on Friday, McManus insisted that the reports were untrue and that Couric's departure was "not a topic of discussion" at the network. Couric herself told the reporters, "We have no plans to part company any time soon ... There were a lot of speculative pieces that got spun out of control." She said that the reports were all a bit "befuddling" to her and that she's glad to see that "it's all died down considerably."

21/07/2008