Posted on 09/12/2004 5:32:19 AM PDT by nikos1121
Sure, Rupert from Survivor (also Rudy the SEAL), but that's entertainment, not news.
No.
Not since Bernie Goldberg left.
Nope.
From the standpoint of journalistic integrity, obviously CBS and Rather have indeed sold their souls.
However, judging from the reaction at DUnceland, to his faithful, Rather has vaulted himself to folk-hero status.
By self-removing what little veneer of objectivity CBS had left they have staked out an audience (market) of loyal though morally-bankrupt mushheads.
This looks like a business decision to serve a market demographic, and survive economically in the face of an eroding market. They are no longer the "news", they are butt-nekkid propoganda. And their not unsubstantially sized market loves it.
Just think of the savings when you don't have to bother with pesky things like research, fact-checking, and source substantiation. The profit potential is enormous.
No............ they've all been recruited by the dnc.
No
But CBS won't do that. Not because they "know", but because they know. And are afraid.
Dan: Lesson from Nixon -- it's not the crime, it's the cover-up.
Yes, there certainly is.
Call their main office in New York City and ask to be connect to a Mr. Bernard Kalb. I know that he has a reputation for integrity and honesty.
WHAT????!!!!
Bernie has left????
Oh . . . I guess that you shouldn't even bother dropping a dime, then.
...and he's using it.
You make some good points. Eventually I think it comes down to dollars and censt or should I say "sense?"
At what point do you change the direction from one of mediocrity in TV journalism to the gold standard? When your ratings are so low, you're not going to sell advertising for top dollar, and the other departments, that are cutting people to cover your losses?
If they are appealing to a special demographic, it beats me what that might be.
nick
One of the janitors, maybe?
If I remember the video I saw of Rather on November 22, 1963, he was hunkering down afraid of additional snipers.
I seem to remember a picture of him during the Tet Offensive just about shaking with fear while reporting.
Note: I have often thought that Rather was proliferating the Kerry propaganda about Vietnam veterans being evildoers and how the NVA and VC were pure warriors seeking goodness and truth. Now I think Kerry has been spreading the Rather propaganda all these years. Does anyone know if Kerry -- who admits to entering Saigon even though under orders not to do so -- ever met Rather in Vietnam?
I know one thing, no one with integrity, and intelligence is watching Dan Blather on CBS.
"CBS's blind faith in the authenticity of the memos is disingenuous (at best). The only way to KNOW for sure (when there is so much apparent evidence to the contrary) is if Dan Rather was "on the boat" and watched Killian type the memo back in 1973. Aside from that, there is no "knowing" and an investigation into the matter is the safe, responsible course to take.
But CBS won't do that. Not because they "know", but because they know. And are afraid.
Dan: Lesson from Nixon -- it's not the crime, it's the cover-up."
Excellent post. Don't you wish Rather was reading this?
nick
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