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Relationship between CBS and Couric ending with a whimper, not a bang

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Katie Couric was chided by David Letterman this week for thinking of leaving her job as anchor of the CBS Evening News.

“It’s not like it’s a temp gig,” Letterman told Couric, reminding her that other anchors “ride into the sunset.”

For Couric, the sun apparently sets around 2 p.m. Don’t blame her, though. That anchor seat has lost a lot of value since it was occupied by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. In fact, a case could be made that Couric traded down when she left NBC’s “Today” for CBS.

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