LARRY KING - LARRY KING QUESTIONS WHETHER PUBLIC CAN ACCEPT FEMALE ANCHOR

LARRY KING QUESTIONS WHETHER PUBLIC CAN ACCEPT FEMALE ANCHOR

Larry King has suggested that no amount of tinkering with the format of the CBS Evening News is likely to overcome an inherent problem the news program faces -- the gender of its anchor, Katie Couric. "It might still be hard for a woman to anchor the evening news," King told Broadcasting & Cable magazine. "And that's sad." On the other hand, he indicated that a major news event that would show off Couric's strengths could change the public's perception of her. "Hurricane Katrina made Anderson Cooper," he remarked. "It could happen to Katie that way."

15/01/2007