I detest the word “Couric”

MAG:  COURIC 'SLAPPED' STAFFER

Sun Jul 08 2007 19:44:52 ET

CBS EVENING NEWS anchor Katie Couric is being accused of slapping an

editor -- after he injected a word she detested into a script!

"The stress has caused her to blow up at her staff for small

infractions on the set," charges NEW YORK magazine reporter Joe Hagan,

in a story set for publication on Monday.

"During the tuberculosis story in June, Couric got angry with news

editor Jerry Cipriano for using a word she detested— 'sputum' —and the

staff grew tense when she began slapping him 'over and over and over

again' on the arm, according to a source familiar with the scene. It

had seemed like a joke at first, but it quickly became clear that she

wasn’t kidding."

Detests the word sputum?  Is she nuts?