Writing in the
Chicago Sun-Times about Katie Couric's slimmed-down photos, Carol Marin notes that in a week in which more American soldiers died in Iraq, phone rates threatened to skyrocket and
enriched uranium was found at a facility in Iran, "we as a nation just couldn't get enough of Katie's waistline." Marin, herself a longtime local TV news staple, says that one could argue there is
value in considering the trustworthiness of a news anchor who allows the truth to be altered in her press photos. But while "that's a fair question, it's one that hardly is launched with Couric," as
ABC's Charlie Gibson and Diane Sawyer are veterans of retouched photos. And "Barbara Walters often looks like she is suspended in a vat of golden oil when conducting celebrity interviews." So, she
argues, if there is anything to take away from the Couric flap, it's that we can never ask enough questions about the images we're given. "Just imagine where we would be if reporters, Congress and the
public had the same relentless curiosity about Iraq before the war as we now have about Katie Couric."
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