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Rather: Government Influencing Newsrooms
SFGate.com ^
| Thursday, September 20, 2007
| SAMANTHA GROSS
Posted on 09/21/2007 9:35:06 AM PDT by Abathar
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I think Rather has it completely wrong here as usual. If anything the newsrooms are doing everything they can to influence the government. Geez, how did he last as long as he did???
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:35:07 AM PDT
by
Abathar
To: Abathar
He’s really losing it. Dan Rather, for the longest time, claimed that the news dept at CBS was autonomous, left to it’s own devices.
Now he’s claiming interference...I’m telling you, he’s suffering from sort of mental breakdown.
To: Abathar
Dan Rather said Thursday that the undue influence of the government and large corporations over newsrooms... He's probably talking about how CNN covered up Saddam's atrocities so they could stay on his good side.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:38:54 AM PDT
by
BigBobber
To: Slapshot68
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:39:10 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: Abathar
Yup Dan, you’re right. The Cuban Gov’t, the N. Korean Gov’t, the Chinese Gov’t, and the Venezuelan Gov’t, the Iranian Gov’t and the Syrian Gov’t. Let’s not forget members of the DNC, they’re in the Gov’t too.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:39:35 AM PDT
by
rbosque
("To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Teddy Roosevelt)
To: Slapshot68
Hmmm, a bogus lawsuit so the C BS and the Rather can misrepresent the evidence and slam Bush again?
To: rbosque
This just in. Rather has insisted that all newscasters wear tin foil in order to “foil” those insipid government “anti-brain” waves. Of course, since Rather never had a brain, he didn’t need the hat.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:41:07 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: Abathar
Dan Rather, later - “Government is in bed with news like a adulterer sleeping with his best friend’s wife.”
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:41:22 AM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
(Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt presidential candidate to ever run for office)
To: Abathar
I’m more worried about newsrooms unethically influencing government by colluding with the DNC on many news stories.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:41:32 AM PDT
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: rbosque
I saw the interview with Larry King. Was anyone else annoyed by the clacking of Dan’s dentures as he spoke?
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:41:37 AM PDT
by
MisterI
To: Pikachu_Dad
“Hmmm, a bogus lawsuit so the C BS and the Rather can misrepresent the evidence and slam Bush again?”
That’s really what this all boils down to...the fact that Rather lost his job over something Bush related.
It must be killing him.
To: Abathar
What’s the frequency, Daniel?
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:42:26 AM PDT
by
marvlus
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:44:22 AM PDT
by
rbosque
("To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Teddy Roosevelt)
To: Abathar
There was undue influence by government over newsrooms—during the clinton era.
Clinton not only faxed them talking points every day, he pressured management to fire at least 5 reporters for writing negative stories about them.
Has anyone seen any signs of like behavior under Bush? I don’t think so.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:44:39 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Slapshot68
Im telling you, hes suffering from sort of mental breakdown. Rather. Streisand. O'Donnell. Olberman. Ed Schultz. Bill Mahr. The crowd is getting bigger every day.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:45:08 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Life was better when cigarette companies could advertise and lawyers could not)
To: MisterI
That guy’s such a joke. Every time I see him I just start laughing.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:45:26 AM PDT
by
rbosque
("To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." - Teddy Roosevelt)
To: Abathar
Courage,Dan....courage!
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:45:35 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(If martyrdom is so cool,why does Osama Obama go to such great lengths to avoid it?)
To: Abathar
He’s right about governments influencing the MSM. But it’s not ours. It’s his friends at Al Jazeera, and other America hating governments that are doing it. His colleagues depict us as the villians on a daily basis.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:46:22 AM PDT
by
Ron in Acreage
(Conservative 1st, republican sometime)
To: Loud Mime
And yet it is only Cindy Sheehan who “embarassed” the Left with her ranting.
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posted on
09/21/2007 9:48:01 AM PDT
by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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