Posted on 07/29/2009 8:17:08 AM PDT by george76
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassioned speech at the Aspen Institute.
“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said.
Such a commission on media reform, Rather said, ought to make recommendations on saving journalism jobs and creating new business models to keep news organizations alive.
“A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” Rather said in an interview yesterday afternoon. “This is not something just for journalists to be concerned about, and the loss of jobs and the loss of newspapers, and the diminution of the American press’ traditional role of being the watchdog on power. This is something every citizen should be concerned about.”
Rather, who has been a working reporter for more than six decades and currently hosts “Dan Rather Reports” on HDNet, pointed out that there are precedents for such national commissions, which have been used to help other at-risk industries.
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does this melt-down have any credibility left? Isn’t this like Jack Kervorkian lecturing on CPR?
Hey Dan, got any more papers on W ??
Fake but Accurate.
Gads, this is fun to watch.
The MSM is toast. Especially after their butt-bending for the head Loon.
The “state run media” is getting a bit brazen about actualizing their secret desires.
Gimme my badge!
Gimme my subsidy!
He could anchor all 3 evening newscasts, since he knows how to do everything.
Rather and his network’s ridiculously transparent agenda is responsible for some of the damage to that “red beating heart”
His legacy will be his most ridiculous moments
Wow. What a concept. Some day maybe we'll have something like that in America.
"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"
If the media did their job properly, they wouldn’t be in this mess.
"Free and independent" is defined as long as it ceaselessly praises all things liberal/Democrat and destroys all things conservative and/or religious, eh Danny-boy?
The Luddites wanted to save the hand operated looms too!
Hell while we're at it, get rid of the front end loader make men with shovels do the work. Increased employment indeed!
“Help save the news”......that is frakin hilarious especially in a consumer-based environment. If your product(s) fails to sell itself or attract consumers....yeah, according to the logic of the great Dan Rathers, turn to the government for a bailout to help ease the failure of news media to produce a viable and selling product that the consumer evidently does not want. =.=
This is a joke...right?
I think it must be from the Onion.
Worst. Rather. Blather. Ever.
“A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,”
Yes and then, Dan, you and your ilk ripped that beating heart right out, crushed it, and spit on it.
The true, independent, free press is now on the Internet, and you and your intellectually bereft brethren can all go find a nice rock, and crawl under it.
Go away.
” it’s a liberty thing, you wouldn’t understand”
Another great idea from Dan.
/s
Go back to bed, Dan!
media will not be influenced by the hand that feeds it, nooo,
“I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,” the legendary newsman said. “A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” Rather saidDOES NOT COMPUTE!!!
TRANSLATION: "I want a State-run press......."
“A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,” Rather said in an interview yesterday afternoon.
"...... that is free and impartial of State influence."
Dan Rather has always been an imbecile.
“Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news”
Why?
Hey Dan, Stop force-feeding Americans Marxist, Socialist Statism and maybe you would stop losing audience.
Naturally this scumbag Democrat Rather wants to waste public tax dollars on another “study”.
Such a commission on media reform, Rather said, ought to make recommendations on saving journalism jobs and creating new business models to keep news organizations alive.
There, fixed it.
Perhaps the worst idea I have ever heard.
Sure, Danny boy. What liberals like you have done to the news is like a bully walking down the street and knifing the first person he sees, then screaming that the victim will die if he doesn’t get the medical help he needs.
You helped create the mess you’re in - deal with it.
Dan, CBS can produce forged papers just fine without the government’s help, thanks very much.
I just don’t get any vibes that Obama is at all interested in bailing out the MSM. He regards them as household help and he knows they’re in his pocket no matter what he does.
Why bother?
Maybe Dan wants to be a NEWS CZAR . . .
Old Media:
local monopoly on news
local monopoly on pricing
classified ads monopoly
employed many
they decide when you get the news
they decide what news you get
delivered by a person driving by your house
delivered at 5, 6 and 10pm on the tube
New Media:
multiple sources of news
pricing will be greatly reduced
classifieds online (craiglist, etc)
far fewer employed
far greater political point of view
news available any time. updated every minute
delivered on Apple Tablets by next spring or some other ereader
available on satellite 24/7
Why would you want to save the Old Media except for the fact that you are just stuck in a time warp and nobody listens to you anymore and you are losing millions each quarter and ...
If the Government saves the Press, it will own it.
Man does he have some huge cojones - he almost singlehandedly destroyed the myth that the MSM was non-biased. For all of us who had felt they weren’t over the years this dumbass put the final nail in the coffin on that lie!
The irony from every angle is too much to take. LOL
Dan looking for relevancy while he isn’t looking for the Frequency.
If a frog had side pockets, he’d carry a bailout.
My goodness Dan, why can't the presstitutes create their own commission? After all, they're smarter than anyone in the world (if you don't believe it, just ask them), and therefore it should be a piece of cake for them!
Maybe they'll ask you to lead the charge Dan, I hear you're pretty good at creating things out of thin air.
The media has politicized itself. Anything or anyone that politicizes themselves especially towards the liberal spectrum tends to become stigmatized and they slowly whither away. They picked the wrong side of the fence to sit in. Their profits, ratings and their hand outstretched panhandler are what they have to show for it.
>> “...the perfect white house lap dog.”
Not a “Portuges Water Dog.” No, a “Yellow Dog american Newshound.”
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