No matter how we look at this, we're just not sure how Katie missed the memo. Because, in the months preceeding her debut as the CBS news anchor, it was pretty much all anyone (i.e. CBS) was talking about. Katie Couric was soon to become the first female to single-handedly anchor a major, primetime news broadcast. It was big news, huge news, even groundbreaking news.

And yet, somehow, the pioneer herself is either (a) just catching on, or (b) trying to milk the story again for all it's worth in a desperate attempt to boost her (third-place) ratings.

From Couric's blog:

The White House invited all the network anchors, and some cable anchors, along with the Sunday political show hosts to a meeting with unnamed VERY senior administration officials. (Obviously I know their names, but the agreement was that in order to attend the meeting, we couldn’t reveal the people who spoke to us.)

Haha, OMG, we totally believe you, Katie! But seriously, please, go on:

And yet, the meeting was a little disconcerting as well. As I was looking at my colleagues around the room—Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulos, Brian Williams, Tim Russert, Bob Schieffer, Wolf Blitzer, and Brit Hume—I couldn’t help but notice, despite how far we’ve come, that I was still the only woman there. Well, there was some female support staff near the door. But of the people at the table, the “principals” in the meeting, I was the only one wearing a skirt. Everyone was gracious, though the jocular atmosphere was palpable.

So let us get this straight. There was an ultra-exclusive meeting at the White House, only the most senior news anchors were invited, and Couric was the only one there wearing a skirt that showed off her gams?

Sure, we figured Brit Hume was gonna play it straight with a suit and tie, and Stephanopoulos is so damn predictable with these sorts of things, but come on, you're seriously asking us to believe that Wolf Blitzer didn't—at the very least—show up in a muumuu? No wonder Katie's got her pantiest all twisted up in a bunch!