NEW YORK – Katie Couric announced today that she will have a Pap Smear “live” on what may be her last ABC news special this December. She has asked the FCC for permission to show explicit graphics of the medical procedure so that people can see and experience exactly what is involved and what women must endure. Couric made headlines in March of 2000 when she had an on-air colonoscopy. Her husband had died eight years earlier from colon cancer and Couric said that by having a colonoscopy on live television she hoped she would save lives. Then in October of 2005, Couric had an on-air mammogram, once again hoping she might save human lives. Miss Couric is hoping her on-air Pap smear will give her prime time news special some extra publicity to attract the often fickle audiences of prime time news shows. ABC is betting the graphic footage will garner them a chance at a first place finish in the ratings for the evening and Couric also hopes her Pap smear will help save human lives. “We feel that many people will be very interested in watching Katie undergo a Pap smear on live television, so we’re not […]