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Disgraced Dan Rather Touted as Motivational Speaker, as 'Always Ready to Deliver the Truth'
Newsbusters.org ^ | 9-13-10 | Tim Graham

Posted on 09/13/2010 6:51:31 PM PDT by Justaham

The Washington Post has repeatedly featured a full-page ad in recent days for a Get Motivated! Business Seminar in Washington in October. One of the big names at the event (alongside Colin Powell, Steve Forbes, and Rudy Giuliani) is disgraced former CBS anchor Dan Rather, teaching "How to Communicate Effectively." Then the ad copy gets ridiculous:

Dan Rather, Legendary News Anchor and Journalist, has covered every major story of the last 50 years, with distinction and a fierce dedication to hard news. He is always ready to deliver the truth the way it is! [Emphasis mine.]

Hello, Better Business Bureau? Someone's misleading the public about Dan Rather's record of "distinction" in trying to sell fraudulent documents about President George W. Bush's military service in the fall of 2004. His "fierce dedication" wasn't to hard news. When his story was exposed as phony, he refused to admit he'd mangled the truth.

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1 posted on 09/13/2010 6:51:37 PM PDT by Justaham
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To: Justaham

Fake but accurate speeches??


2 posted on 09/13/2010 6:52:31 PM PDT by Vasilli22
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To: Justaham

The staff of The Onion has just resigned yet again.


3 posted on 09/13/2010 6:53:19 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Justaham

He loves in a van down by the river.


4 posted on 09/13/2010 6:55:01 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Justaham

Dan Rather is a puke....as in buzzard puke.


5 posted on 09/13/2010 6:55:53 PM PDT by unkus
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To: Justaham

T would never trust him. What he says is almost certainly anti-truth.


6 posted on 09/13/2010 6:56:42 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Osama and Obama both hate freedom and have friends that bombed the Pentagon)
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To: Justaham
'Always Ready to Deliver the Truth'

Yeah, he's ready to deliver any 'truth' dems need to win...

7 posted on 09/13/2010 6:57:19 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/09/the_power_of_images_turned_aga.html)
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To: Justaham

“How to Communicate Effectively.”

Look ‘em straight in the eye and lie.


8 posted on 09/13/2010 7:01:45 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: All

Dan Rather Biased the left slanted hack...whats the frequency Kenneth?
F you you got it?


9 posted on 09/13/2010 7:08:15 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Justaham
"You talkin' to me?"


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

10 posted on 09/13/2010 7:10:09 PM PDT by The Comedian
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To: Justaham
Important.

Speakers at these “Get Motivated” seminars are not paid, but get to pitch their books, tapes, CDs to audiences of up to 10,000 who attend.

Promoter (Peter Lowe of Tampa) gets a %. So does speaker.

So.......... attend.......... It's free but they will try to sell you a “workbook,” etc. Ignore them.

Take friends. Every time Rather speaks.... everyone laughs. The more serious Rather tries to be, the more you laugh. They can't kick you out for being “entertained.”

It will kill his book sales!

:)

11 posted on 09/13/2010 7:18:00 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR, since 1998.)
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To: Justaham
Rather's Ruin and the Rise of the Pajamahadeen
12 posted on 09/13/2010 7:21:28 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Justaham

Rather is very much like Vizzini...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-AEuXn1eg&feature=related


13 posted on 09/13/2010 7:26:29 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: MindBender26
It would almost be worth the cost of the book if you could get Rather to autograph it to Buck Head.
14 posted on 09/13/2010 7:37:53 PM PDT by magslinger ('This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!')
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To: Stormdog
Truth and Dan Rather have yet to meet.
15 posted on 09/13/2010 7:51:53 PM PDT by JPG (Care for another lobster, Mookie? How's your steak? Ready for another triple Stoli/rocks?)
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To: cripplecreek
He loves in a van down by the river.

Hey, his personal life has nothing to do with this.
16 posted on 09/13/2010 11:39:41 PM PDT by Cheburashka ("Tomorrow is another day." The first thing they teach you at calendar college.)
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