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AP’s Dave Bauder reported this morning that CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric would be leaving that post. An exact departure date was not announced, but Couric’s contract with CBS News is set to expire on June 4, 2011, although Bauder suggested that if Couric strikes a deal with CBS for a syndicated daytime talk show, she might stay on temporarily if there was “an extended search for her successor.” The Media Research Center has just updated our “ Profile in Bias ” recounting the liberal slant that Couric promoted as CBS Evening News anchor. ( An earlier report covered the bias she conveyed as a longtime co-host of NBC’s Today). Here are some of the choicer examples from her disastrous tenure at CBS: Tea Party = “Moderate Republicans” an “Endangered Species” “The party crashers. Big primary victories by fringe candidates open a rift in the GOP….After big victories this week by candidates of the Tea Party, the Grand Old Party is in turmoil….Does this mean moderate Republicans are becoming an endangered species?” — Katie Couric on the September 16, 2010 CBS Evening News. “We went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and talked with independent voters who helped President Obama win that battleground state two years ago….There was unanimous agreement in this group, the Tea Party isn’t their cup of tea.” — Couric on the October 14, 2010 CBS Evening News. Fearing Cuts that Are “Too Deep” “Republicans say high on their priority list is deficit reduction, starting with major cuts in domestic spending this year. Fiscally conservative freshmen say everything’s fair game. But is there danger in your view, Congressman [Allen] West, that the ax will be too sharp, that the cuts will be too deep?” — Couric during panel discussion with freshmen members of Congress, CBS Evening News, January 5, 2011. We Need “Muslim Version of The Cosby Show” “Maybe we need a Muslim version of The Cosby Show. I know that sounds crazy, I know that sounds crazy. But The Cosby Show did so much to change attitudes about African-Americans in this country, and I think sometimes people are afraid of what they don’t understand – like you, Mo.” — Couric talking to comedian Mo Rocca on her @katiecouric web show, December 22, 2010. “There is a debate to be had about the sensitivity of building this center so close to Ground Zero. But we can not let fear and rage tear down the towers of our core American values.” — Katie Couric on Ground Zero mosque for “Katie Couric's Notebook” on Couric & Co. blog, August 23, 2010. Shaking Her Pom-Poms for Obama