This is going to leave a mark. Katie Couric tweets:
Be4 I sign off learned a new word in church today: Eschatology. Anyone?
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) December 1, 2014
WTF.
How in 35 years of journalism w/a degree in "American studies" did @katiecouric not encounter this word before? pic.twitter.com/pdDwjccauE
— Marcus R. Brown (@marcusbrown) December 1, 2014
.@katiecouric Good lord. You're a major journalist that ignorant of words common to half the country?
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) December 1, 2014
Good questions.
@katiecouric @moderncomments Here's another new one for you – immanentize. Put 'em together, see what you get.
— Patrick H. (@trogdor8768) December 1, 2014
Better to be thought a fool, than to tweet and remove all doubt. RT @katiecouric: @Olivianuzzi yes it's a big problem.
— Matthew Hoy (@hoystory) December 1, 2014
Until today, @katiecouric thought this was eschatology. pic.twitter.com/rOFQhcgZGt
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) December 1, 2014
And more than one Tweeter linked Couric’s inane question tonight with her questioning of Sarah Palin in the 2008 election:
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/539258425461714944
Boy howdy, that Sarah Palin sure is dumb! @katiecouric: Be4 I sign off learned a new word in church today: Eschatology. Anyone?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 1, 2014
.@katiecouric Good lord. You're a major journalist that ignorant of words common to half the country?
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) December 1, 2014
I bet @SarahPalinUSA could explain what Eschatology is to @katiecouric.
Maybe on national TV. I'd watch that.
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) December 1, 2014
https://twitter.com/FBillMcMorris/status/539256371079041024
https://twitter.com/OhioCoastie/status/539259077009088512
And here’s a serious question from Daily Beast reporter Olivia Nuzzi:
https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/539254443465003008
To which Couric responded:
@Olivianuzzi yes it's a big problem.
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) December 1, 2014
Yes. It IS a big problem, and Couric doesn’t get it.
Couric later tweeted this:
My minister introduced it as a new word so guess he's an idiot too. It must hurt to hate so much. Have a nice night!
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) December 1, 2014
Um, yes?
And this is hilarious:
Explain yourself, @katiecouric. pic.twitter.com/1Au7ymR2ud
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) December 1, 2014
Ka-boom. Here are her tweets from 2011:
#WOTD Eschatology, noun. A branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) May 23, 2011
After all the hype, it looks like we survived the #rapture described in Christian eschatology! #WOTD
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) May 23, 2011
Over to you, Katie.
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