Remember "freeSpeech," the CBS Evening News' attempt at doing something unconventional and allowing mostly already-famous loudmouths voice their opinion just shy of 7pm EST? Like Katie Couric's reputation and ratings, it sank.
Why, then, would exec producer Rick Kaplan greenlight "Fast Draw"?
The new hopefully-not-recurring segment, which aired on Feb. 8 and drew attention after the Times flagged it, is something we're filing under We Cannot Take This Seriously.
It features ABC veterans and newly hired CBS jawlines Mitch Butler and Josh Landis, artists who use Sharpies and cartoon sound effects to explain how the primaries, supposedly rooted in democracy, are actually controlled in the shadows, by delegates and superdelegates.
Kudos to CBS for actually breaking down a news story that keeps Chris Matthews up at night; many Americans still don't understand what their level pull, inside a middle school auditorium, actually does.
But this segment, appearing here on YouTube, belongs only on YouTube. Not even JibJab.
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Rick Kaplan was executive producer of World News Tonight back I think in the 1980's. He has been a total failure at everything ever since. He was president of CNN, drove it into the toilet while Fox took over, and was viciously despised by the staff. He was president of MSNBC for a couple of years, and keep it firmly locked in the toilet while again gaining the utter hatred of the staff. Now he's the executive producer of the Katie Couric snooze show. This guy keeps getting work and keeps failing. There's an important lesson for young TV journalists here: suck the worst you can and make it big.