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RBG Does Not Need Your Help, Thanks
Katie Couric did not need to “protect” a sitting Supreme Court justice.
I used to almost-burst a blood vessel on a daily basis reading the news, but then I trained myself to chill out — even if we are living in a dystopian hellscape, that’s no reason gave up your joy. But when I read about Katie Couric editing Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG to you and me) in order to “protect” her, I felt a familiar throbbing in my head. Now my teeth clench every time I think about it. That Katie Couric thought that she knew better than RBG, and that RBG needed to be protected, is so wildly off-base, so myopic, one almost wants to check on Katie to see if she’s okay. Almost.
A recap: Katie Couric conducted a pre-recorded video interview with RBG in 2016, which was later televised. During that interview, RBG said that Black athletes who knelt during the national anthem showed “contempt for a government that has made it possible for their parents and grandparents to lead a decent life.” Katie Couric took it upon herself to edit this out before airing the footage, because Katie was a self-described “big RBG” fan who thought RBG didn’t have a handle on the racial tensions of the day. And she also thought RBG was kinda old, and therefore apparently didn’t realize what she was saying.
