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Rather's Lawsuit Shows Role of G.O.P. in Inquiry
New York Times ^
| 11/16/08
| Jacques Steinberg
Posted on 11/16/2008 7:46:40 PM PST by steve-b
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That would make for an entertaining panel....
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:46:40 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
I just hope Rather continues to pour his own money into this bottomless pit
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:48:11 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: steve-b
Yet no mention that the “document” was a fabricated fraud that he peddled as being true...
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:48:37 PM PST
by
DB
To: steve-b
When Dan Rather filed suit against CBS 14 months ago -- claiming, among other things, that his former employer had commissioned a politically biased investigation into his work on a "60 Minutes" segment....Biased per Dan Rather = 4 dems and 1 republican.
To: steve-b
I love this. Rather spending his money to expose CBS. Reminds me of the Bible story of the Phillistines turning upon themselves and killing each other
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:53:22 PM PST
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: steve-b
Among the materials that money has shaken free for Mr. Rather are internal CBS memorandums turned over to his lawyers, showing that network executives used Republican operatives to vet the names of potential members of a panel....Didn't Dan use dem operatives to vet the information for his infamous forged Lucy Ramirez story and document?
To: steve-b
Rather suggesting an investigation might be politically motivated.
Now THAT is rich.
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:54:19 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Der neuen Fuhrer: AKA the Murdering Messiah: Keep your power dry, folks)
To: steve-b
Would that be something if Freepers need call as Rather witnesses or CBS witnesses LOL!
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:54:45 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: steve-b
Thanks steve-b,here’s a bump.
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:55:27 PM PST
by
fatima
To: DBCJR
LOL!
“What’s the frequency Kenneth?”
Rather and Bill Moyers are two loathesome Texans. I think both worked for LBJ? I know Moyers did but I think dan the dummy worked at CBS during Nam.
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:56:09 PM PST
by
Frantzie
To: Frantzie
I remember in one of the biographies of LBJ, his secretary was named Rather. Not sure if they are related.
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posted on
11/16/2008 7:59:10 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: DB
Not just that!
Dan Blather said they were “authenticated” documents from “unimpeachable sources”.
Their document authentication experts REFUSED to authenticate them, only the signature was said to be “consistent” by the signature expert, who said he couldn't authenticate a copy.
Moreover they were not from “unimpeachable sources” but from ONE highly impeachable nut-ball source.
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:00:31 PM PST
by
allmendream
(Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
To: steve-b
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
Thus far, Danny boy has coughed up 2 million dollars to prove the validity of that statement.
Even IF he were to prevail in his legal action, by the time it's all over, nobody (with the exception of Rather himself) is going to care one way or the other.
"As a reporter - and I don't want to say that that's the only context - I've tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I've never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas."
- Dan Rather to journalist Cliff Jahr. (Houston Press 12/2004)
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:01:21 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is RIGHT. McCain screwed us all. Welcome Comrade 0bama.)
To: Frantzie
Rather helped cover the Kennedy assassination. Probably his big break.
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:02:13 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: Frantzie
Us Texans are noted for our pride, but these two are downright shameful
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:07:48 PM PST
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: steve-b
What am I missing here? So what if CBS wanted to include a conservative on their investigative panel? It is as if the NYT AND Rather think conservatives have two heads and should never be included in anything.
To: Frantzie
I met Bill Moyers at a dinner hosted by the President of NYU some years ago. I must say that up close he seemed particularly loathsome, although I was very careful not to say so.
As for the lawsuit—Go Dan!
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:19:24 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: mkjessup
“- I’ve tried everything. I can say to you with confidence, I know a fair amount about LSD. I’ve never been a social user of any of these things, but my curiosity has carried me into a lot of interesting areas.”
Never knew he played with LSD. That explains a lot.
I first had my doubts about Rather’s sanity during his coverage of Desert Storm. He was in a helicopter, pointing out an open door, and speaking to the camera, explaining to his audience the geography below. He would point in one direction and authoritatively assert, “Over there is Iraq”, then point in a different direction and say “There, Iran” then again in a third direction, “And there, Syria”. The only problem was that there was DENSE FOG outside and neither he nor his audience could actually see a bloody thing. He was pointing into a directionless mist (”Over there lies Iraq; beyond there, Iran...”). I thought to myself, “This guy is loony-tunes.”
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:21:02 PM PST
by
GoodDay
(Palin for POTUS 2012)
To: yarddog
And Sirhan Sirhan’s mother was named “Dan Maples”. Don't know if there is any connections either.
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:25:19 PM PST
by
JSteff
(It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and may have doomed us for a generation or more.)
To: DBCJR
Wasn’t that the story where they were jawboned by an ass?
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posted on
11/16/2008 8:32:23 PM PST
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
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