Posted on 09/21/2007 8:22:21 PM PDT by LdSentinal
Dan Rather took the best seat in the house that Murrow built and then left the place a ruin. Now he has returned to torch the rubble.
The former "CBS Evening News" anchor has a filed a $70-million suit against the network where he worked for 44 years, alleging that the network breached his contract when it asked him to step out of the anchor's chair and pushed him into broadcast obscurity. CBS did this, the suit contends, because of his role in producing what turned out to be a wholly unsubstantiated "60 Minutes II" segment alleging that a young George W. Bush used family connections to obtain favorable treatment that allowed him to evade service in the Texas Air National Guard.
Rather's suit further alleges that CBS' internal investigation -- directed by two outsiders, former U.S. Atty. Gen. and Pennsylvania Gov. Richard Thornburg and ex-Associated Press chief Louis Boccardi -- was a "fraud." According to Rather, Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom, the network's corporate owner, along with then-CBS news President Andrew Heyward and Les Moonves, CBS' chief executive, sacked Rather and four other journalists to get the Bush administration off their backs.
"Central to the defendants' play to pacify the White House," the suit contends, "was to offer Mr. Rather as the public face of the story and as a scapegoat for CBS management's bungling of the entire episode -- which, as a direct result, became known publicly as 'Rathergate.' "
Oh, that's how that happened.
Here we thought that trite "Rathergate" business came about because a lot of conservative commentators gleefully pounced on a self-evidently shoddy piece of journalism served up by a newsman they'd long suspected of bias and because he and his network then obligingly confirmed their suspicions by arrogantly defending the indefensible -- bad work.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“Courage”....A$$hØle
It has to be difficult for an arrogant, Liberal, know it all when people no longer stand in awe in his presence but instead they stand around laughing at him. LOL! Sorry Danny but you’ve had this coming FOR A LONG TIME.
Are you sure this is from the LAT?
Good line.
Delusional symptoms ARE a sign of BDS... are they not Dr.?
Dan Rather forged U.S. Military orders (e.g. the “order” for GWB to report to get his medical).
Dan Rather should be in jail.
There was a time in his career when he could’ve used that voice of his and his folksy style and become a huge star,and he pissed it all away because of his ideological venom.
Many things in life are acts of ego and a desperate search for identity.
The truly strong have no need for ego reinforcement, they know who they are.
Rather is weak. He’s not a real man. He’s not really an adult. He’s pathetic.
As if proving them to be genuine was not or should not have been the goal before publishing them.
What an idiot.
Yes, but it’s published in the Saturday edition.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Not content to tell the truth, he had to slant everything to the dark side, the lies of communism and enervating collectivism. I spit on the grave of his career. What’s the frequency now, Kenneth?
dan bitch is the typical leftist—
it’s all about him.
Yes, it is from the LA Times. Rather is so full of himself, even other liberals can't stand him.
Mental illness is a terrible thing.
Also guilty of conspiracy. Amazing, isn't it, how Leftist criminals are never even investigated, let alone charged and tried.
This lawsuit is right up there with the crazy judge suing dry cleaner a couple months back.
You have to wonder how many other reports he faked over the years.
It would be interesting to backtrack to see how many claimed Rather’s conclusions were simply wrong.
If only people could understand how old I am.
Courage
Wow, good for Mr. Rutten.
I’ll bet the LAT’s letters section gets overrun shortly with unprintable diatribes written by foaming-at-the-mouth liberal supporters and apologists of Dan “A legend in his own mind” Rather. Yes, they are still out there.
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