Katie Couric Opens Up About Editing Interview With Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘Probably Not a Good Decision’
Journalist Katie Couric is speaking out about her decision to edit a 2016 interview with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg . During an appearance on “The View” Monday, co-host Sunny Hostin noted Couric…
Journalist Katie Couric is speaking out about her decision to edit a 2016 interview with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
During an appearance on “The View” Monday, co-host Sunny Hostin noted Couric asked Ginsburg about NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem.
Reading a passage from Couric’s memoir, “Going There,” Hostin said, “Clearly this was a blind spot for Ginsburg and I wanted to protect her.”
Hostin argued Couric’s job as a journalist is to present the facts, not make someone else “look good.”
The journalist responded, “That’s why I included it because I said I even question my judgment today.”
She went on to explain “there was a two-minute answer where called Colin Kaepernick, and other NFL players who were taking a knee, ‘dumb’ and ‘disrespectful,’ ‘stupid’ and ‘arrogant.’ They had a right to do this and her office had called and said she misunderstood the question.”
Couric added, “She hadn’t really been following the story carefully…I wanted to represent her views so I did a two-minute response about about that. Then when there was that… ‘Is she confused about this?'”
Admitting she should have “left that to the audience to make that decision,” Couric continued, “ later issued a statement saying she didn’t understand the incident or its purpose and that her comments were ‘overly harsh’ and ‘dismissive.'”
She argued it is “important as journalists that we be transparent and say, ‘that was probably not a good decision.'”