CBS News has forced YouTube to remove an online ad by John McCain's campaign that the network described as "misleading" in its use of Katie Couric.The ad titled "Lipstick" says that Barack Obama implied McCain running mate Sarah Palin of being a lipstick-wearing pig. At the end of the ad it features a quote from Couric that laments the "continued and accepted role of sexism in American life." Couric at the time was referring to Democratic Primary coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton.
Katie Couric isn't the only vessel connecting Digg to the U.S. presidential candidates.
Sporting a Digg t-shirt from her CBS News office chair, anchor Katie Couric addressed Digg.com from YouTube. She prodded the geek-chic crowd there for questions to ask at the Democratic National Convention.
It was bloggers who forced CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather into early retirement, and yet CBS – at least somebody there – is still being condescending towards the new media.
Just when you thought it was safe to load up the Google Personalized Homepage, CBS and Google have released a new gadget featuring the network's new anchor.
CBS Digital Media plans to make their news anchor an omnipresent figure by simulcasting her evening news show online and over-the-air.