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Dan (Rather) on hold (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)
Above the Fold ^
| October 5, 2006
| Ed Bark
Posted on 10/06/2006 8:56:35 AM PDT by abb
Dan on hold 10/05/06 02:18 PM Dan Rather Reports will still be coming soon to Mark Cuban's HDNet. Just not as soon.
"We are moving Dan back to after the elections so there won't be as much going on," Cuban said in an email Thursday.
The weekly "completely uncensored" news program originally was slated for an October start. Rather and Cuban officially broke the news to TV critics at a July 11th dual press conference in Pasadena, CA.
Cuban, who also owns the Dallas Mavericks, said he was happy to free the former CBS News warhorse "from the ratings-driven and limited depth confines of broadcast television."
The one-hour program will originate from New York, where the soon to be 75-year-old Rather has been assembling a staff.
"Hard news needs backers who won't back down. Mark Cuban is such a leader," Rather said in a news release touting his new program. It was a not so veiled shot at CBS, where he spent more than 40 years until a "Memogate" scandal tied to President Bush's Texas Air National Guard service led to his resignation earlier this year. Ed Bark
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuban; dbm; hdnet; rather; television; wrongbutnotsorry
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posted on
10/06/2006 8:56:37 AM PDT
by
abb
To: PajamaTruthMafia; knews_hound; Grampa Dave; martin_fierro; Liz; norwaypinesavage; Mo1; onyx; ...
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posted on
10/06/2006 8:57:10 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
"We are moving Dan back to after the elections so there won't be as much going on" Says a lot about their confidence in Dan.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:00:03 AM PDT
by
Uncledave
To: abb
Are they still trying to find a font for the show's logo?
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:01:11 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Dems - Your conduct is an invitation to the enemy, yet few of you have heart enough to join them.)
To: abb
former CBS News warhorse And, of course, we all know what comes out of old warhorses don't we?
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:01:26 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
((Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.))
To: abb
"We are moving Dan back to after the elections so there won't be as much going on," Cuban said in an email Thursday. The return e-dress was "MidlandStore32@Kinkos.com", so watch out, Dan...
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:01:44 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: abb
Funny, he didn't mention this on Cavuto yesterday.
To: N. Theknow
we all know what comes out of old warhorses don't we? Old warhorse poop?
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:02:51 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: N. Theknow
To: blues_guitarist
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:05:02 AM PDT
by
abb
(The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
To: abb
With the implosion of the Rather/Mapes type of drive by lynching of Foley and the attempted electronic lynching of Denny, these rats made a wise decision to hold off with Blather.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:09:28 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
To: abb
"We are moving Dan back to after the elections so there won't be as much going on," HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:10:44 AM PDT
by
A Citizen Reporter
("And you got that little smirk on your face, and you think you're so clever!")
To: abb
I can't wait to not see or hear Blather, or to read posts here making fun of him when he finally starts mangling the news.
To: abb
To: abb
Sounds like a rethink to me. Perhaps they see what the far left is doing to web sites and how many don't watch perky little Katie Puke. Maybe it's time to give listeners the real, whole news and quit telling them how to think about it. For the most part I can noodle it out on my own and for those things I just don't get, there's FR to help out. Thank God.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:16:23 AM PDT
by
Frwy
(Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)
To: abb
Cuban said he was happy to free the former CBS News warhorse "from the ratings-driven and limited depth confines of broadcast television."Well, since Cuban doesn't care about ratings this project should work out very well.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:17:23 AM PDT
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: abb
I think Mr. Cuban's decision to delay Dan Rather's appearance until after the elections may have to do with fears of libel or slander litigation the sloppy, half-senile Rather may produce with his "investigative reporting" in the few weeks before November.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:22:54 AM PDT
by
Brad from Tennessee
(Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
To: abb
These are two a$$hats they deeply deserve each other.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:27:17 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(I gigged your peace frog.)
To: abb
"Hard news needs backers who won't back down."Of course, what Dan meant to say, was:
"Fraudulent news needs backers who know how to run fake documents through a copier a dozen times, and how to turn off the superscript and kerning functions of their word processors."
Courage, Dan, you Castro-butt-kissing leftist tool.
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:34:30 AM PDT
by
Sicon
To: Brad from Tennessee
I feel the same way. I can imagine the conversation:
Cuban: Dan, how do you plan to cover the election?
Rather: I'll destroy Bush. It won't be like last time! I know just what I'll do --
Cuban: Dan! Settle down! I want you to just cover the news. Can you do that?
Rather: I'll do that. And I'll do more! I'll wipe the floor with him! No one likes a man who beats his wife! Wait till America hears what I've got --
Cuban: Dan! You're spraying spit all over me. I think we're gonna have to hold off until after the elections on this ...
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posted on
10/06/2006 9:43:23 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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