CLIMBING THE LADDER, and then pulling it up after her? “B&C Contributing Editor Andrew Tyndall analyzed the first six weeks of Katie Couric’s tenure atop the CBS Evening News and found that woman have gotten fewer assignments. . . . In fact, since Couric’s arrival, women have received 40% fewer assignments than they did under her predecessor, Bob Schieffer.”

UPDATE: Evan Thomas says the math doesn’t add up, but I think that what’s happened is more of the CBS News timeslot is being filled with puffy features by Couric, which Schieffer didn’t do.