Because actual experience is so boring

Couric (who lacks the gravitas of a lesser muppet) predicted that the "pretentious era" of the evening-news anchor is going to be a thing of the past.
June 2, 2006

CBS News said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Dan Rather(Who told us that Kennedy was dead) for the former "CBS Evening News" anchorman to leave the network after 44 years. June 20, 2006

You realize, Couric will be the one to tell us that the world is ending. It seems appropriate, somehow.