Posted on 02/01/2011 5:31:16 AM PST by Zakeet
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who refused to go silently into retirement after the network dumped him in 2005, spoke last week to a group of students at American University about the future of journalism.
Rather, who held the anchor job for 24 years, told the students that the increasingly biased media will threaten the U.S. and that “A free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom.”
He went on to remind the audience that shows that feature the likes of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are opinion and not news and that the “underlying impetus of the media is to generate profits.”
Hallelujah! After spending 43 years at CBS and another five plus in exile Rather is finally concerned about media bias.
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Especially for msnbc. The ‘progressives’ became angry at Clinton when he said, ‘The era of big government is over.’
The punished Hillary for his betrayal.
Clinton remains wildly popular.
Did he ever supply leadership? No, but like the cool substitute teacher, he let us do what we wanted. People seemed to like the fact that he had no core principles and his governing philosophy was to do what the people wanted.
Populists are like that.
Hey Sissy Chrissie! The Dirtbag was impeached you Doofus.
In my world that does not deserve respect.
Do you remember the 90’s when you were all over the place condemning the Dirtbag.
Will the show have any Harmonica Lewinsky references?
I don’t think you will talk much about that.
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