Really?

This from FT.com:

Leslie Moonves, CBS chief executive, suggested that sexist attitudes were partly to blame for the faltering performance of Katie Couric, the news anchor he recruited to the network with a $15m annual pay package.
“I’m sort of surprised by the vitriol against her. The number of people who don’t want news from a woman was startling,” Mr Moonves said of the audience’s reaction to Ms Couric, who this month brought ratings for the CBS Evening News to a 20-year low.

Probably not. The Cable news outlets use many women, the main reason being viewers like to watch them.

So my guess is that folks just don't like perky Katie--for reasons not at all sexist--and Moonves is looking for someone else to blame besides himself.

Back in april of last year I had wondered just how her flip and perky style would go over with veiwers when she was reporting the daily body count.

Guess I know now.