It's Katie, bar the door!

I'm holding my breath. Is it possible she might come to Fort Wayne and that I, a humble resident of flyover country, might have my input sought for what a Great American Network would then beam back into my living room?

CBS said Thursday it is sending incoming evening-news anchor Katie Couric on a tour of several cities to meet informally with viewers this summer and hear what they're interested in seeing on the news.

Gosh, Katie, I don't know, how about, oh, let's see, some news? A few facts about the things that might affect my life? Just do your job, please.

I have to admit, I've seen more than one "focus group" come and go at newspapers. What do you want us to publish? What would you like? How can we please you? What sniveling nonsense. People don't know what they want in the paper until they see it. We're supposed to be the ones getting paid to figure out what to give them. This is one of the trends screwing up the country. It seems to me it came along about the times personnel departments became "human resource" departments.