The OC Chapter of the Free Republic Will Be There With You RonDog! 
Posted on 11/04/2003 4:42:31 PM PST by Bob J
LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF FREEREPUBLIC
www.freerepublic.com www.freerepublic.net
CONTACT: Ron Smith
NOVEMBER 5, 2003
310-416-9155
RonSmith@quixnet.net
LOS ANGELES, CA – Ron Smith, Leader of the Free Republic Chapter of Los Angeles, announced today that their organization will hold a rally to protest the Museum of Television and Radio's decision to honor CBS news anchor Dan Rather for his "steadfast commitment to fair and accurate news reporting" at their annual awards dinner Monday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
From his depiction of Reagan voters as "children having a tantrum", his refusal to tell America the truth about Bill and Hillary Clinton to his powder puff interviews of American enemies like Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong Il and Fidel Castro, Dan Rather has proven he is neither fair nor accurate. He has used his position as CBS anchor to manipulate the truth and provide cover for leftwing causes and the politically correct. The only thing Dan Rather should be honored for is being the least trustworthy network anchor and leading CBS EVENING NEWS to the ratings cellar.
DATE:MONDAY NOVEMBER 10, 2003
TIME: 6:00-8:00 PM
LOCATION: BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL
9641 SUNSET BOULEVARD
BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210
The press conference and protest will begin promptly at 6:00pm.
For additional information or to schedule an interview please contact Mr. Smith at (310) 416-9155.
Here's something you may want to look into: Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge. They educate our children about our historical foundations and Constitutional principles. We're slowly winning the media wars, now we need to take back the education of our children. I have a call in to the local Orange County chapter. Check it out.
I disagree. 50%-60% of Americans continue to get all their news from the nightly evening network broadcasts. It may be dying but it still has a lot of kick and won't go down without a fight.
From a practical standpoint, it's only one night and there is no overhead except for a couple pieces if cardboard and a permanent marker. We'll go out for burgers and brews afterwards so it makes the whole night a success!
The "RatherBiased" banner that abner made for RatherBiased.com with the "Donkey Eye" logo parody of the CBS logo is still out in LA I believe.
The "RatherBiased" banner that abner made for RatherBiased.com with the "Donkey Eye" logo parody of the CBS logo is still out in LA I believe.Yep.
AnnaZ has it, but she cannnot make the FReep.diotima will be bringing it, and much more. :o)
(She has THREE little ones now.)
CBiaS
That's O.K., though, as you can still be with us IN SPIRIT!
Plus, we will post PICTURES afterwards. :o)
See also, THIS thread:
FReep Dan Rather at Beverly Hills Hotel (11/10/03):
Please post YOUR sign ideas here!
Rather to Be Honored at Nov. 10 Gala for "Commitment to Fair and Accurate" Reporting ^ | November 3, 2003 | RonDog, and the Hollywood Resistance Force
Posted on 11/03/2003 4:17 AM PST by RonDog
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FReep ideas needed! Here is MY idea for a sign:
Please post YOUR ideas here!
from
FREEP Dan Rather by GulliverSwift
NOW SHOWING!
"SOFTBALLS FOR SADDAM!"
STARRING:
DAN RATHER!What do YOU think?
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Free Republic to Protest Rather “Fair and Balanced” Award
Free Republic Network ^ | 10-5-03 | Bob J
Posted on 11/04/2003 7:32 PM PST by Bob J
Columnists' Corner "Free Republic to Protest Rather “Fair and Balanced” Award"
By Bob Johnson
This Monday the Museum of Television and Radio will be honoring Dan Rather at the Beverly Hills Hotel for his life long commitment to fair and balanced news reporting.
That’s right.
To anyone familiar with the CBS Evening News, this might come as a surprise. For decades, anyone to the right of John Kennedy is firmly aware of Rather’s outright bias and left wing manipulation of the news. The suggestion is at best, comical.
Of course, the Museum of Television and Film can honor anyone they want for whatever reason, it’s a free country. But don’t insult our sensibility by proclaiming Dan Rather fair and balanced...
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Great photo opportunity, eh?
We will be gathering on the public sidewalk on the WEST side of Crescent, north of Sunset:Monday, Nov. 10th
6 pm!
Museum of Television & Radio Gala
Hosted by Jay Lenoat the
Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
Beverly Hills, Calif. (310) 786-1000
For a map click here (Thanks for the map, Doctor ZIn!)
Dennis Prager (archive)
(printer-friendly version)March 4, 2003
Dan and Saddam
CBS News constantly referred to Dan Rather's interview with one of the world's cruelest tyrants as a "coup."
A coup? For whom? Was it a coup for the American viewing public? Of course not. Other than the lengths to which Dan Rather went to be obsequious to a tyrant, Americans learned nothing from his interview with Saddam Hussein. Was it a coup for the news profession? Again, no. No news was learned, nor was any likely to be.
No, it was a coup solely for CBS News and Saddam Hussein. That the world of television news (not only CBS) regards it as a major achievement shows the depths to which television news has sunk. Obviously, the industry sees ratings as its reason for being.
The moment it was announced that Dan Rather had secured an audience with Saddam, I suspected (and said so on my radio show) that the only beneficiaries would be Saddam and CBS. The only way it could have been newsworthy is if Rather had asked hard questions.
For example, Rather might have asked the world's most powerful sadist:
Now, of course, few, if any, reporters would have asked Saddam Hussein these questions. (Television reporters tend to restrict tough questioning to democratically elected leaders they don't like.) But if one is not going to ask a dictator anything approaching the truth about his actions, why bother interviewing him? Isn't the whole thing morally compromised and journalistically meaningless?
- You claim to have received 100 percent of the vote in your last "election." Do you think the world believes that in a nation of 24 million people, there aren't 24 people who want another president in Iraq?
- Eight years ago, your two sons-in-law, Hussein Kamil, the former minister of defense, and his brother, defected to Jordan. We are quite certain that they were told that their entire extended families would be murdered if they did not return to Iraq. And when they did return, they were killed and their bodies dragged through the streets of Baghdad. How do your daughters feel about what you did to their husbands?
- Was it you or another Iraqi official who came up with the idea of having the children of suspected dissidents tortured in front of the parents?
- Have you seen any photos of the thousands of Iraqi Kurdish families you ordered gassed?
- Do you regret having invaded Iran and causing the deaths of about one million Iraqis and Iranians?
- How many more hundred-million-dollar palaces do you plan to build for yourself while Iraqi children die of malnutrition?
- Where are the billions of dollars Iraq has been allowed to earn for humanitarian needs?
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