"Hilarious," Couric, who has the video posted on her channel under "Favorites," assured the senator.
Couric had the camera rolling last month when she joined NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charles Gibson for a trio of appearances on the network morning shows to promote a cancer research fundraiser. At one stop, as the anchors waited in a green room to go on the air, Couric pointed out to Gibson her producer, shooting material for YouTube.
"Say hi," she urged a bemused Gibson. "I'm trying to get into the 21st century, Charlie."
"But I'm not," Gibson said, turning away with a wry grin. "I'm still in the 19th. So I haven't the faintest idea what she's doing."
Couric, however, seems energized by the possibilities.
During her visit to CNN, she extolled the virtues of YouTube to King: "It's this channel on the Internet, and you can get all sorts of things on there."
"Is this our future?" he asked.
"Yeah, actually," she responded, "I think it is."
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matea.gold@latimes.com
