Katie Couric

Good-bye, Katie.

When the Today show this morning turned into a big thank you and farewell to Katie Couric, I left the room. There are some network news people who rub me the wrong way, and Katie is one of them.

Katie was one of the first network news people who I noticed who reveled in her celebrity status. I mean, would you see Chet Huntley or Harry Reasoner doing the celebrity things -- magazine covers, for example -- that Katie does?

At least she's leaving for an anchor spot on an evening network news show. That means I won't see her again for a long time. But another up-and-coming broadcast journalist will follow Katie's footsteps and become a celebrity, meaning I will find a new person to learn to dislike.