Professor Dan Rather at Harvard University?

WorldNetDaily ^ | 7/9/06 | WorldNetDaily

[wagglebee]

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, who recently left the network after heavy criticism for standing by a story based on forged documents, is being considered for a teaching position at Harvard University.

Published reports in Philadelphia and Boston indicate Rather might become a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, which is run by Alex Jones.

"I'd love to have him come here for a semester or full year on campus," Jones told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Dan Rather has all the credentials, as far as I'm concerned."

Jones told the Boston Herald, "I think that Dan Rather has demonstrated over a long career that he is a superb journalist and that he has more to say and more to do. ... I think that he should take this as an opportunity rather than a loss."

Rather's CBS career spanned 44 years until he broadcast and then stood by a flaw-laden report about President Bush's military service in the National Guard.

More than a year after his controversial "Memogate" report which was based on phony documents, Rather stood by the broadcast.

"I believed in the story. The facts of the story were correct," Rather told former newsman Marvin Kalb. "One supporting pillar of the story, albeit an important one, one supporting pillar was brought into question. To this day, no one has proven whether it was what it purported to be or not."

To be sure of what he was just told, Kalb responded, "I believe you just said that you think the story is accurate."

"The story is accurate," Rather reiterated.

If Rather were to take a fellowship at Harvard, he would be paid $15,000 per semester, along with living expenses.

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer. "He could speak about television with a very powerful voice."

The idea of Rather teaching at Harvard is getting some negative reaction.

"After Rather's fall from grace the idea of him teaching at Harvard is both laughable and yet not totally unexpected," said Don Irvine, chairman of Accuracy in Media. "It is outrageous that they would give him a platform considering how Rather's career ended but it is the politically correct nature of academia that allows this type of action to take place."

Irvine continued, "I suggest that Rather teach a course on media ethics, since he apparently has none to help students avoid his mistakes or investigative journalism and the importance of checking facts and verifying the credibility of sources. Maybe that would humble him a bit. Probably not."

[wagglebee]

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer. "He could speak about television with a very powerful voice."

That's the funniest damn thing I've heard in a long time!

[cardinal4]

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer. "He could speak about television with a very powerful voice."

What about forged documents?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

what's he gonna teach, How to hate Republicans in 3 easy steps 101??

[Jameison]

"one supporting pillar was brought into question. To this day, no one has proven whether it was what it purported to be or not"

Groan.
Hey Dan, it was YOUR story.
It's up to YOU to prove that the documents upon which YOUR story was based were in fact not forgeries.

What school of journalism did this loser go to anyways?

[AndyTheBear]

CBS News to Learn BS U.

[Jameison]

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer"


"Truth teller"?
What is this Jones guy smoking then?

[conservative in nyc]

More like "How to use fake documents to promote your liberal agenda 101".

And if it weren't for those meddling Freepers and bloggers....

[wagglebee]

[pointsal]

Step #2 repeat step 1

Step #3 repeat step 1

Oh yes.....Step #1

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer. "He could speak about television with a very powerful voice."

Lie, repeat lie, and repeat lie again.

[Jameison]

Heh Heh!

[kenth]

Typing 101

[Paleo Conservative]

I wonder how many graduates of Sam Houston State Teachers College have ever held teaching positions at Harvard?

[COEXERJ145]

I doubt very many.

[Socratic]

Judge Gridley (from "The Adam's Chronicles"): "Harvard? That citadel of riot and dissipation?"

[muawiyah]

Demonstrable plaigerism usually can get a professor fired.

[Clintonfatigued]

This doesn't enhance the credibility of Harvard University, which has already seen better days.

[Cinnamon]

Fake but Accurate 101?

[rod1]

I think I actually predicted Dan going to Harvard on a prior post about one-two weeks ago. But then I work at an Ivy League U., so it did not require much additional insight to make that prediction.

[RJL]

"I'd love to have him come here for a semester or full year on campus," Jones told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Dan Rather has all the credentials, as far as I'm concerned."

Dan Rather did his best to sabotage both President Bush 41 & 43 and he loves the brutal dictators such as Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein.

Yes, I believe he "has all the credentials" to teach at Harvard.

[Diogenesis]

Harvard is willing to drop "Veritas" as its motto.

[Calvin Locke]

I take it, this isn't the Alex Jones on the radio? I've come across him on shortwave, but he's been on the Art Bell show.

[Argus]

Harvard's new motto will be Commenticius Sed Verus: Fake But Accurate.

[ncountylee]

News anchors should be reporters not op-ed writers. Dan's brand of journalism has been thoroughly discredited.

[wagglebee]

[Jameison]

"CBS News (we report, you prove it isn't true)"

Exactly.

[RichInOC]

"I believed in the story. The facts of the story were correct," Rather told former newsman Marvin Kalb. "One supporting pillar of the story, albeit an important one, one supporting pillar was brought into question. To this day, no one has proven whether it was what it purported to be or not."

Well, whatever he's going to be teaching, I think we can safely assume it's not going to be Forensic Document Examination.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[Radix]

Do you think that this POS will ever go away?

[cliff630]

Yes, I believe he "has all the credentials" to teach at Harvard

Wouldn't those "credentials" be better utilized
at the NYT?

[Triggerhippie]

"Dan Rather has all the credentials, as far as I'm concerned."

I'm glad I didn't go to Harvard. All of my professors studied their subjects before lecturing about them.

[joonbug]

Don't be too sure. Ward Churchill might be in line for the same position.

[river rat]

Looks like Harvard has found their Ward Churchill...
Rather = Liar, Plagiarist, Forger, anti-American, Fraud and certifiable asshole....

Look to the University Administrations for the source of all insanity in academia...

Semper Fi

[sgtbono2002]

Dan rather would be perfect for Harvard. Crooked ,Liar, Liberal,yep perfect.

[spudsmaki]

No, but he's just as nuts. The kook you heard on Art Bell runs prisonplanet.com. His Myspace is something else.

[Lancey Howard]

"He'd be the elder statesman and truth-teller," Jones told the Inquirer.

HAR!!! Yeah, people should send their kids to Harvard! hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa

[elcid1970]

No, Rather Blather can teach at the

Sam Houston Institute of Technology.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"Dan Rather has all the credentials, as far as I'm concerned."

If not, he knows where to get the documents made.

[mass55th]

"Do you think that this POS will ever go away?"

Maybe he'll get caught screwing a young freshman.

Male or female.

[Vision Thing]

Word™ up, Gunga Dan!

[sine_nomine]

He needs to have membership in the Taliban on his resume. That's a door-opener at Yale, at any rate. I know they have one at Harvard, too.

Hugging Castro is a big plus.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

"Dan Rather has all the credentials." So I imagine would Chelsea Clinton(spit) or, for that matter, any Clinton(spit).

[onedoug]

Dan Rather has all the credentials, as far as I'm concerned."

The most important of which, evidently, is his pathological lying.

Welcome to Harvard, liars.

[Thebaddog]

I'm sitting here, with a cold one, thinking that if Dan thought that he could get away with that fake but true crap, I wonder how many other stories got cooked up by Dan and Mary? Inquiring minds might want to know about that one.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"And, students, when you don't have any evidence, but you know the story is true, just manufacture some. The higher good will be satisfied, because, when you're right, you're right. And those damned conservatives have to be stopped anyway."

An academic post at Harvard is right where I would have expected this disgraced turd to land.

[Doctor Raoul]

The Taliban Twins!

[navyblue]

Don't you need a Ph.D to teach at a university? Minor detail I spoz.

[Doctor Raoul]

Prof Dan Rather, Lucy Ramirez Chair of Journalism
Harvard University

[Libloather]

...standing by a story based on forged documents, is being considered for a teaching position at Harvard University.

Harvard produces garbage? Who knew?

[Doctor Raoul]

Published reports in Philadelphia and Boston indicate Rather might become a fellow at Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, which is run by Alex Jones.

Dan's getting Al Franken's old job.