Sorry, Katie, You Lost Me When You Said "Rush Limbaugh"

I've had no strong feelings one way or the other about Katie Couric taking over the anchor desk on the CBS Evening News. I've been brand-loyal to ABC for about 20 years now, and I watch CNN about 5 hours a day, so it's not like I'm looking around for some new news.

But tonight, by accident, the TV ended up on CBS at 6:30pm, so what the hell, I'll give it a shot. For the first 10 minutes, it wasn't bad. But then, in the name of "free speech", CBS handed the camera over to Rush Limbaugh, who went on for over a minute about how people like me who disagree with the president's national security policies are secretly in bed with the terrorists and hate America. We're not just wrong, mind you — we want the terrorists to win.

OK then. If CBS has no better way to exercise it's "free speech" than this, I'm perfectly free not to watch their show. And I won't. Ever again. Desert island ever again. And I will tell anyone who listens not to watch either. When the evening news turns into an exercise in character assassination on behalf of a wingnut who's a serial liar and bigot — that I can do without.

Update: Looks like I'm not alone. Good.