Liberal TV icon fumes against her former employer CBS for making shocking 'out of touch' decision

Katie Couric has accused her old employer CBS of being 'out of touch' after it decided to replace Norah O'Donnell with two male anchors.

The longtime Today host, who also worked as an anchor for CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011, aired the complaint in a scathing op-ed for The New York Times.

In it, the Democrat called the decision 'odd' - citing how the millions of Americans who tune into the show daily will now be met with 'two men' instead of O'Donnell.

Last month, the equally liberal anchor announced she would be stepping down from her post to make way for the Daily Report's John Dickerson and CBS New York's Maurice DuBois, who will now man the news desk.

Couric, in turn, slammed the shuffle as 'disappointing' - while pointing to the current climate of the presidential election as a reason why.

Katie Couric has accused her old employer CBS of being 'out of touch' after it decided to replace Norah O'Donnell (pictured) with two male anchors

Last month, O'Donnell announced she would be stepping down to make way for Daily Report anchor John Dickerson (left) and CBS New York's Maurice DuBois (right), who, together, will now man the news desk

'Norah O'Donnell recently announced that she will be stepping down as anchor of 'CBS Evening News' after the election, after five years at the helm,' she wrote in the piece published Sunday.

'I know her tenure must have been both exhilarating and challenging... I cheered Ms. O'Donnell as she carried out her duties with intelligence and grace.'

The 67-year-old went on to mention how she 'was proud of the fact [O'Donnell' tackled topics that were especially important to women, such as sexual assault in the military... [and] the long-term effects of Covid on women. 

 'I watched her interview powerful women chief executives and the four highest-ranking women in the military, all of whom were four-star generals and admirals,' she recalled. 

'I knew viewers were seeing these stories because Norah was the driving force behind telling them.'

At this point, the progressive pivoted, using the accomplishments she had just listed to convey surprise at the prospect of such a figure being replaced by members of the opposite sex.

'It was more than a little disappointing to read that Ms. O'Donnell would be replaced by two men, John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois,' Couric wrote in the op-ed, after noting first how she respected the replacements. 

'The two people who will be greeting Americans watching evening newscasts will be men,' she said again - pining for a more 'diverse group of journalists' to take her replacement's place.

Couric, who worked as an anchor for CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011, aired the complaint in a scathing op-ed for the New York Times, in which she also pointed to the political climate surrounding the upcoming presidential election

'It's odd and more than a little out of touch that even while CBS has announced a restructuring that introduces an additional layer of women executives, the leading editorial decision makers will mostly be men,' Couric continued, seemingly ignoring the advances made off-screen.

'We’re also in the midst of a campaign that could result in the election of the first woman president, and first woman of color as president,' she claimed further, obliquely mentioning presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

'It’s a potentially historic story - one that needs a diverse group of journalists covering it.'

She further lamented how 'three White men: Bill Owens, Guy Campanile and Jerry Cipriano' are currently running the show from behind the scenes.

All three serve as the show's top producers, with Cipriano also writing much of the scripts.

Couric, who has worked with all three, hailed Cipriano in particular, before reminding readers that 'male writers occasionally have blind spots.'

She recalled: 'While I was at CBS, I read copy written by one of my male colleagues describing Hillary Clinton in a way that struck me as subtly sexist. 

'I asked my team, "Would you describe a male candidate this way?"' she went on. 'We rewrote it.'

'We’re also in the midst of a campaign that could result in the election of the first woman president, and first woman of color as president,' she wrote as reasoning behind her hesitance to accept O'Donnell's male replacements, obliquely mentioning candidate Kamala Harris

Pointing to the show’s ratings that have been lackluster under O'Donnell and added to an already present gap behind rivals at ABC and NBC, she said 'CBS Evening News has been in third place for decades. 

'While I couldn’t move the needle during my time as anchor, I had hoped to open minds,' she continued. 

'Traditional broadcast news may be waning, but more than half of the viewing population should still demand more from the industry. 

'Until then, once again, nightly network newscasts are the purview of a few good men.'

Under O'Donnell, the show has seen its viewership plunge some 25 percent, even as CBS re-upped her contract in 2022 after offering her an $8million salary as incentive three years before.

Insiders told The New York Post that salary has since been slashed, as one person told the paper, '(O'Donnell) deserve[d] to lose her job.' 

That said, O'Donnell, 50, will now move on to a new role as senior correspondent in the wake of the upcoming election, where she will contribute stories and 'big interviews' across CBS' platforms.

Meanwhile, earlier this month, Couric declared that Democrats have 'kind of lost' the working class vote during an interview on White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco's 'Hysteria' podcast.

Couric already declared that Democrats had 'kind of lost' the working class vote during an interview earlier this month on White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco's 'Hysteria' podcast, where she called the group 'out-of-touch'

Under O'Donnell, the show has seen its viewership plunge some 25 percent, even as CBS re-upped her contract in 2022 after offering her an $8million salary three years before. Her stint began eight years after Couric left. She is set to continue at CBS as a senior correspondent

Her reason? Again, being too out-of-touch.

'I think that there needs to be a greater connection between the working class and the Democratic Party because, let's face it…the Democrats have kind of lost the working class,' Couric told the ex Obama staffer during the appearance a little over a week ago . 

'It was never that way during all my years of covering politics,' she went on. 

'You had the head of the Teamsters at the RNC, you have people buying into this notion that Republicans care about dinner table issues much more than Democrats. 

'And these narratives, I think, have become too deeply entrenched about liberal college-educated elites who are condescending.'

The longtime NBC News talker had been referring to International Brotherhood of Teamsters boss Sean O'Brien, who became the first boss in the union's 121-year history to speak at the RNC two days after the attempt on Donald Trump's life.

In his speech, O'Brien blasted businesses like Walmart and Amazon, while chiding the Chamber of Commerce and federal government for not looking out for workers.

Pointing to Hillary Clinton's failure in 2016, Couric reminded onlookers that this very well could be the case again if Democrats don't get back down to earth come November.  

'I just want to see her with a welding hat on, working with regular Joes,' Couric said of Harris, instructing her to start appealing to 'regular Joes.'

She added Democrats need to do more work as well, forecasting that their current connection to the working class will not be enough for a win.