[billorites]

That's not just wierd,
it's scary.

[WoofDog123]

this is too bizarre to be made up, i guess. Putin must think bush is really a pushover to have taken this long simply fire a few folks, without any arrests for forging government documents.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Does this mean that Dan Blather is a KGB operative?

[Drango]

Putin was confused...CBS has so many embedded "journalist" from Pravda, he thought all of their reporters served at the whim of the government.

[Noachian]

Hasn't anybody brought the Russians up to speed on Bloggers?

They are so last year.

[billorites]

I thought we got Dan Rather fired!

[anniegetyourgun]

One can only assume that a country that has always been steeped in misinformation would have a hard time distinguishing between truth and lies.

[Breyean]

More interesting will be to see how the MSM handles this.

[bahblahbah]

Did bush rebut him? If not he's just an idiot.

[jveritas]

Is this real or it is a joke?

If this is true, this moron Putin must understand that the White House did not fire Rather, but CBS let him go so they save their ratings.

Anyway, I do not believe this story at all of what Putin told President Bush, it is too dramatic and too dumb to be true. Another lie created by a delusional left wing liberal media.

[finnman69]

And this guy has his finger on the button. Scary.

[45Auto]

In Putin's world, all reporters tell the lies they have been instructed by government to "report" as news; he simply doesn't have a frame of reference since the Russian press is merely an extension of the government propaganda ministry. Rather was not fired because Bush ordered it; he was fired because he was caught by the people telling a deliberate lie.

[SE Mom]

This is too good to be true.

Maybe ;)

[mainepatsfan]

I guess he just assumed the American government controlled their media just like he does.

[mainepatsfan]

His aides must be getting their info from DU.

[bahblahbah]

Somebody answer this. Has anyone put Putin in his place yet? This just shows how ignorant he is about how our society works.

[vbmoneyspender]

Is this really any different from what the people at DU or the Keith Olbermann/Jeff Gannon show believe?

[John Jorsett]

Fired? Nah. Everyone knows Dan's downfall was engineered by Karl Rove. Get that guy on you, and you're toast. Rather's lucky Bush decided to leave him with his life.

By the way, Vlad, did you know Americans have their houses cleaned by pixies? Yep, it's true.

[BifBimble]

Who's Dan Rather?

[smonk]

good heavens. the russians are becoming the very caricatures that they have always resented.