• L.A. Times, Thursday, April 14, 2011 4 PM

Kinda nasty and cynical (but so well-written... Ah, what can we say? It's gossipy fun to have rich celebs raked over the coals), this piece by L.A. Times TV critic Mary McNamara trounces Katie Couric's just-published book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got" -- a collection of tips from folks she interviewed, mostly on "Today" -- as possibly "the embodiment of the decline of television news coverage."

Then there's McNamara's take on Couric's publicity tour, trying to promote the book while fending off questions about her plans: "There is a breathtaking aspect to watching Couric work this moment, nodding vehemently as if her words weren't seven varieties of vague, smiling as sweetly as Scarlett O'Hara at the Twelve Oaks barbeque while the morning anchors try to get a straight answer out of her." is

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