Katie Couric Iraq Coverage

On May 28, 2008, while a guest on the Today show, Katie Couric responded to questions about the media and its role in the coverage of the run up to the Iraq War.

Couric suggested that the media's pre-Iraq War coverage failed to ask tough questions. According to Couric, media groups feared retaliation and being cut off by the Bush administration. Consequently, they were compelled to be supportive of Bush administration's stance.

The questioning stemmed from the release of the new book by former press secretary Scott McClellan where he says that journalists were remiss from asking the hard questions prior to the war.

During the exchange, her co-guests Brian Williams and Charles Gibson did not agree with her assessment of the situation.

Quotes

"I do think we were remiss in asking the tough questions."

"There was a significant march to war."

"People who questioned it were considered unpatriotic."

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