Posted on 12/27/2008 9:06:59 PM PST by pillut48
"After an outcry from the White House and conservative bloggers who claimed that the report had been based on falsified documents, CBS retracted the story, saying that the documents' authenticity could not be verified. Rather, who had been with CBS for decades and was one of the most familiar faces in American journalism, was fired by the network the day after the 2004 election."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Just a wild guess here, but I'm thinking President Bush is not going to be losing sleep over this one! :-)
Rather chases his tail in pursuit of his lost reputation.
What hubris..Dan Rather and his lawsuit will cast a shadow?
Let me see, AIG bailout, Auto Bailout, TARP...I think these are the events that really matter when it comes to “casting a shadow.”
Not some agenda driven media hack name Dan Rather.
Thank you Tom Lantos
I thought Rather passed away.
I think Bush did a credible job as CinC and Supreme Court justices, although the latter was so only grudging on his part. Otherwise, I don't think his legacy is much to write home about.
THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE DAN AWAY
Tune: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa!"
Remember when I broke the news
How Bush got in the Guard
And didn't have to leave
To go to Vietnam?
Well . . .
I pushed that story hard
Just weeks before Election Day
And so of course you know
The thoughts I had in my mind
Like . . .
They're going to give me a prize, Ha-ha!
They're going to give me a prize, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
For a journalist
Who helps the Democrats all the time
And I'll be happy to put
That nice award
In my trophy case
And they're going to give me a prize, Ha-haaa!
You thought it was a fake
And so you cringed
You cringed when people said
That superscript was not done at that time
Right . . .
The people laughed, I heard them laugh
They laughed, they laughed and laughed
You made me leave
But now you know I'm Rather upset!
So . . .
I'm going to take you to court, Ha-ha!
I'm going to take you to court, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
For a tidy sum
Like six--no, seventy million bucks
And put me back on the Evening News
And make all the viewers watch
And I'm going to take you to court, Ha-haaa!
I read your news
I gave my views
And this is how you pay me back
For all my years of bold unbiased news?!
Hah . . .
Well, you just wait
I'll find the proof
And when I do
They'll know that Dan is not some sort of old unbalanced nut!
'Cause . . .
They're coming to take me away, Ha-ha!
They're coming to take me away, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
To the Kinko's store
Where fake but accurate faxes fly
And I'll be happy to see
Those daring scoops
Come across my desk
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the anchor desk
With lights and cameras and breaking news
And four producers who sit and smile
And tell me that I'm the best
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
To the Kinko's store
Where fake but accurate faxes fly
And I'll be happy to see
Those daring scoops
Come across my desk
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!
Those were important, but IMO President Bush will be remembered for holding this country together after 9/11.
Dan who?????
It isn't the truthfulness of the shadow that matters, but the seriousness of the penumbra it casts.
Lololololol......maybe in some bizarre sex-fantasy of the author.
Dan-the-Forger's suit is pure publicity stunt pot-banging, and a transparent attempt to reclaim some lost cred and to obscure his shameful forgery pedaling.
I see no sufficient grounds for a lawsuit; however, might not CBS have grounds for a so-called "SLAPP suite" here?
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Gosh! He could be George Soros’ brother.
That was good. I think that was his job and part of the first of my credits. I think he will also be remembered for accelerating this nation down the road to bankruptcy.
i hope dan rather win the lawsuit for the wrong reason though. CBS with $70million less = dead CBS
Fake but accurate says Dan Rather again. He needs to find Lucy to testify at his trial.
He’ll be sure to get it filed before an Obama or Clinton appointee and then the facts will mean nothing.
Alas, sad but true. :*(
Of course, the article did little to entighten the reader about how false Rather's reporting was. How Rather had handwriting experts to 'authenticate' an obvious fraud that used a computer, and computer fonts that didn't even exist, when the memo 'was written.'
Rather is a nut.
No, I think that was Brokaw.
Nah, that was just what was left of his career!
rathewr’s best strategy
suicide, put himself out of his misery
More revisionist nonsense. Like the minions on the Internet these days dutifully telling everyone who will listen that Joe Biden is not and was never a plagiarist.
Rather’s lawsuit is more about CBS giving him the boot than his bogus story which is based on documents that have clearly been shown to be crap.
As for the Bush legacy. He liberated 60 million people more than any leader since Churchill and Roosevelt. That is more important than Dan Rather’s fantasies.
Jennings passed away...Brokaw and Rather are still technically alive.
Ain’t no fool like an old fool!
Dan’s new job.
“Yes, I a had zit right here but this cream...........”
I’m impressed with how you qualified that one!
CA....
The only shadows those charges will be casting is over a photocopier at an Abilene Kinkos.
His tombstone can read:Dan Rather - such a good journalist that not only did he report the news, he also made it (up).
Hey Dan, maybe you and “Bela” Bugliosi could get together and write a book about that horrible George Bush, and really stick your fingers in President Bush’s eyes! You two losers belong together.
I’m with you, pillut48, President Bush isn’t going to lose any sleep over this.
You must be good at it since ole Cube is paying you to work for the black hole tv channel known as HD Net.
Ghost written ( Literally) by Harold Pinter?
Seems to me in order to prove he was unjustly kicked to the curb, he’ll have to continue to dispute that story which we all know was based on crap. There are plenty of people out there just looking for a reason to believe him.
I do not know what Dan is smoking but I am sure it is high quality weed, with perhaps a heavy dusting of PCP. :0
Dan Rather should have remained the sleeping dog who lied. His lawsuit is going to remind everyone once again of the extent of his incompetence.
The false docs were used to dump Rather instead of Bush? And Rather is mad? Don’t play with fire Dan.
Rather must be suffering from dementia. The again dementia is widespread amongst leftists everywhere so this isn’t unusual.
The docs are fakes. There is nothing to deny.
I would even buy the scotch.
Bring it on!
I still have my jammies!
I gather that Guardian readers must be the dimmest bulbs in the UK chandelier.
Rather broadcast a story based on newly manufactured documents which appeared to show that Bush, whose service in the Texas Air National Guard ensured that he did not have to fight in Vietnam
There, fixed it. I'm sure that the Guardian will thank me.
Dan Blather had lost all credibility long before “Letter-Gate.”
I have an O family member/voter, who has a BA and MA, and informed me that she learned from a “conservative” professor that Bush’s parents bought his way into the Guard to keep him safe! This is the kind of idiocy a student hears in graduate school?! And the sad part is the kid really believes this and thinks her teacher was a conservative. My tag line becomes ever more appropriate.
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