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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Katie Couric may have joined the Twitter nation recently, but the CBS "Evening News" anchor says she's baffled by the social networking site.
"I Twitter and blog very selectively," she said at the Walter Cronkite Awards at USC on Wednesday, according to Variety. "Some of it is so inane and narcissistic and bizarre, I don't quite get it. I don't know why anyone would want to read it, much less why I would want to write it."
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"I don't think anybody gives a rat's ass whether I am about to eat a tuna sandwich," said Katie, who was honored with an award at the ceremony. "I don't even care."
However, Katie did take the time to Tweet about her lunch on February 24, when she visited the White House.
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"Lobster bisque, striped bass, fruit confetti w/pound cake," she Tweeted.
On Wednesday, Katie also took bloggers to task, noting a lack of accountability.
"For every one of those well-informed, well-educated bloggers, there is someone spouting vitriol and opinion without portfolio, and it is misleading," she said. "It doesn't have any editors, doesn't have anyone holding their feet to the fire to say, 'Is this factual? Is this true? Did you second source this?'
"Obviously there are some very smart, useful bloggers, but I don't know about you, I read the comments section on Internet sites and I am absolutely appalled by the level of ignorance," Katie continued. "These are the kinds of letters that secretaries used to get in newsrooms and throw in circular files because they were complete lunatics. And now they live on in perpetuity, because they have a forum, and I think some of that is really damaging to civil discourse and our ability to have a civil conversation about certain issues."
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VioletrainstarWow finally someone with some sense! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sick of hearing about twitter! She is so right on!report abuseposted May 12, 2009 6:07 PM PDT
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Matthew AOh Katie, lunatics are allowed to speak too. Why are you reading them?report abuseposted April 17, 2009 8:06 PM PDT
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Hater FuelI JUST TWITTERED THAT I WAS TAKING A DUMP MAN DO I FEEL BETTER NOW KNOWING YOU PEOPLE CAN READ ABOUT HOW REGULAR MY CRAPS AREreport abuseposted April 17, 2009 3:11 PM PDT
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ErykMmmm hmmm. You got it MrsKlingon.report abuseposted April 17, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
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SeanSome of the best things she has said in a while. She is on target with most of it. Of course, teens and younger 20s are the one most enthused about those type of things anyway. If you are older, you don't have much use for or tolerance of it all.report abuseposted April 16, 2009 5:33 PM PDT
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Brown LobsterMrsKilingor just said it PERFECTLY.report abuseposted April 16, 2009 2:10 PM PDT
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MrsKlingonPasadenaInane & Narcissistic & Bizarre'? Sounds like she is describing herself on an internet dating site.report abuseposted April 16, 2009 1:43 PM PDT
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Veronica M......report abuseposted April 16, 2009 1:25 PM PDT
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KittyYou got that right Katie, and very possibly, judging from these quotes, you might be smarter in reality than you have been made out to be. You certainly don't sound like a twinkie here.report abuseposted April 16, 2009 1:20 PM PDT
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