Posted on 09/10/2004 7:18:05 PM PDT by quidnunc
ping to #38
Their father/husband has been intimately involved in what amounts to a "national scandal" (CBS certainly claims so).
Yet, the family has no confidence in the legitimacy of the documents nor the validity of their contents. The deceased is being used by another party, under what can only be called suspicious circumstances.
I'm thinking that discovery would yield some very interesting findings.
And I'm thinking the family should be investigating their options in this regard.
As serious as lying about Christmas in Cambodia? Hmmmm...
"My hunch is that there a lot of letters and emails sent to CBS and their advertisers"
That's how we win. Rather and CBS don't care what you think, but their sponsors do!!! CBS can try to change the subject all they want, but they cannot escape the realities of the market. If faced with significant economic damage vs. Dan Rather resigning, what do you think the stockholders will do? If Rather is forced to step down - CBS loses. Game, set, and match. Write the 60-minutes sponsors!
No. There is no standing for descendents to sue for the defaming of a dead ancestor. Indeed, the claim of defamation is up close and personal. Wrongful death claims for example involves financial hurt and loss of consortium.
Thanks for the response.
Until they can answer those questions, I wouldn't say a single damn word other than showing what biased frauds they are.
GREAT IDEA!
Would love for someone to ask dan rather why he thinks President Bush has signed a release of his records, all of them, and KERRY will NOT RELEASE some 180 pages or so of his MILITARY RECORDS?
Now THERE is a story!
Oooops....forgot...dan has an agenda!
But we can still send these questions to the CEO of CBS.
interesting article on defaming the dead:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20040312.html
We need to coordinate our efforts in FOCUS. I've been thinking that we might accomplish more by focusing on one sponsor of Dan R. at a time until they drop him. Start a letter, call campaign directed at a sponsor until they surrender.
Absolutely right. Allegations about what George W. Bush and Dick Cheney did in the 60s and 70s might have had an effect in the 2000 election, but this time they have been President and Vice-President for the past four years. It's as if the Democrats have some sort of learning disability in this area.
The trotting out witnesses they've interviewed angle can't work either because Killian's son has revealed that they interviewed his mother, himself, and others who worked in their father's unit (Killian's son stated he provided many names to CBS), but they wouldn't air anybody they deemed to be a Bush supporter.
The former CBS exec on O'Reilly's show (with Tony Snow tonight) actually stated as a matter of fact that 60 Minutes would routinely ignore anybody they deemed a Bush supporter. The arrogance was stunning, and I've seen plenty this election cycle.
All this after they trotted big time Kerry supporter Barnes out, who quickly was discredited by his own daughter.
The more they try to pressure Bush to answer questions raised by forged documents, the more they shoot themselves and Kerry in the foot.
Bernie Goldberg will be selling many more books, and a sequel to Bias and Arrogance should be in the works.
Just what we need, a new tort for tort lawyers to mine. :(
The DNC and their spokespeople have been laughed at all day today. They are stuck on talking points that are no longer "operative".
Linda Vester's audience laughed at Micheal Meehan today when Linda asked about Teresa "idiot" comment. Meehan launched into the talking points and when the audience started laughing he was SHOCKED! The look on his face was absolutely priceless.
Tony Snow's interview with some Dim girl, don't know her name, was more of the same. She made a fool of herself.
Then, Robert Reich, who spouted the same talking points, was slammed by Hannity and Bob Bennett.
The DNC and CBS have been caught completely off guard. They have their story and are sticking to it but it ain't workin!
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The MSM is now in an Orwellian twilight zone where truth and honesty don't matter and their only goals are the manipulation of information to further their poltical agenda. I'm absolutely stunned by their behavior. Where's Walter Cronkite when we need him to tell his old network to clean up their act?
And mine was one of them. I went to cbsnews.com and followed the "contact us" link at the bottom of the page. I wrote my letter in the complaint form and blasted CBS, Dan Rather, CBS affiliates and CBS sponsors. I told them I would make it a point to boycott their sponsors. I told them they failed miserably in their responsiblity for fair and responsible journalism.
What surprises me is they fail to recognize that these are the very reasons cable news has taken over in the ratings and the big 3 are dying. The reality is, CBS sucks. And the majority of Americans know it. Long live fox news.
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