Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Rather's CBS Colleagues in 'Deep Distress'
NewsMax .com ^ | 9/14/04 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 09/14/2004 6:16:18 AM PDT by kattracks

Publicly Dan Rather's CBS colleagues are putting up a brave front as the disgraced newsman desperately tried again last night to defend himself against charges he used forged documents in a bid to discredit President Bush's military record.

But at CBS headquarters in New York the anxiety level has hit the red zone, with even Rather's allies saying they're dazed and confused over his shaky performance. "I'm distressed," one longtime CBS correspondent, who asked not to be identified, told the New York Times.

Another network source described the atmosphere at Black Rock as one of "deep concern."

"I'd say [it's] not panic," he quickly added. "We all want it to be right. Dan really put himself on the line and I can't imagine him knowingly defending something he knew not to be the case."

Another CBS source said there was increasing nervousness over the star anchorman's decision to stonewall on an independent investigation into his dubious Guard report.

"I've talked to colleagues who would love to see more of a defense," he told the Times.

Even Rather's longtime "60 Minutes" colleague, Mike Wallace, found it hard to defend his embattled co-worker.

"I'm confused by some of what I've heard today," he offered, before insisting that if Rather's documents were indeed forged, it was an innocent mistake.

"You're dealing with genuine professionals. The last thing in the world that any of these people would want is to phony something," he told the Times.



TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 241-243 next last
To: USA_Soccer

The words I want to hear more than anything in the world - "Hello, welcome to CBS NEWS. Bernard Goldberg reporting. Dan Rather is on assignment."


141 posted on 09/14/2004 6:56:35 AM PDT by Illuminatas (When I go to Boulder, I like to smoke.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
Has "America's Most Trusted Journalist", Walter Cronkite issued a statement about this? It would seem a natural to hear him defend his boy, Dan...
142 posted on 09/14/2004 6:57:30 AM PDT by Guna
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
I can't imagine him knowingly defending something he knew not to be the case."

Why not? Rather himself said that he believes that a person can be a liar and still be an honest person.

143 posted on 09/14/2004 7:01:29 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Guna

Am I crazy, or does missing the guard physical seem to be a lead in to the Kitty book, trying to smear Bush as a drug user. I'm not usually a conspiracy person, but I think the Dems were trying to set Bush up. I think Dan's part of the plot was just the beginning.


144 posted on 09/14/2004 7:02:31 AM PDT by Algae
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 142 | View Replies]

To: WillVoteForFood

According to Rush (yesterday), Rather is to retire in the April '05 timeframe.


145 posted on 09/14/2004 7:03:13 AM PDT by rashley (Rashley)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 92 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

As the evidence of the forgery continues to mount I think CBS will eventually have to fold and give Rather the boot. The worst for CBS will be having to reveal that they got the forgery from a DNC operative and Rather and company were willing tools of the Kerry camp and not objective journalists. It sure is fun watching biased liberal CBS squirm.


146 posted on 09/14/2004 7:03:23 AM PDT by The Great RJ
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eric in the Ozarks

Pinnacle of the Profession...not sure there's been such a thing for sixty years or so. I've been reading about what the pinnacles of the profession did to Joe McCarthy, and it ain't honest, pretty, or professional.


147 posted on 09/14/2004 7:07:09 AM PDT by freepertoo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
"I'm confused by some of what I've heard today," he offered, before insisting that if Rather's documents were indeed forged, it was an innocent mistake.

Yeah, right...and there is a Santa Claus.

The forgery itself was not a mistake, nor was their broadcast a mistake, nor were the questions that he constructed using the shaky foundation.

This is pure and simple partisanship. How else can you explain the stonewalling that Rather's doing? The memos are obvious forgeries...so he loses journalistic credibility (if there was any to begin with) with each denial on the CBS Evening News.

148 posted on 09/14/2004 7:08:03 AM PDT by Fredgoblu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Don Simmons

I would if he weren't.


149 posted on 09/14/2004 7:10:43 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men are ready to do violence on our behalf)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
"You're dealing with genuine professionals. The last thing in the world that any of these people would want is to phony something," he told the Times.

C'mon...this is the same Dan Rather that vehemently argued in Florida--after the Supreme Court decision--that "what this absolutely does not mean is that George Bush won the election." This guy's a Democrat fruit loop, for crying out loud...his partisanship and phony-ness is as thinly veiled as it gets!

150 posted on 09/14/2004 7:11:26 AM PDT by Fredgoblu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
The last thing in the world that any of these people would want is to phony something,"

No, the last thing in the world that these people expected was to be caught by bloggers. Who knows what CBS etal. got away with before the internet.

151 posted on 09/14/2004 7:13:17 AM PDT by Attillathehon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: kattracks
"You're dealing with genuine professionals. The last thing in the world that any of these people would want is to phony something," he told the Times.

Phony is not a verb. Not only do these so called professional journalists take great liberty with the English language, they take great liberty with the truth as well.

152 posted on 09/14/2004 7:14:23 AM PDT by stripes1776
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Don Simmons

I wouldn't either but I would sell tickets.


153 posted on 09/14/2004 7:15:31 AM PDT by meatloaf
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Congressman Billybob

"Bad Day at Black Rock"


154 posted on 09/14/2004 7:18:26 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 129 | View Replies]

To: Eric in the Ozarks
There was a time when CBS and the Associated Press were the pinnacle of the profession.

No offense but are you series?

Do you mean CBS was a 'pinnacle of it's profession' - "at the time" - when on Fed 27, 1968 Walter Cronkite went on air and said that the Vietnam War was lost?

Which btw just happened to be after the Tet Offensive, which was a MAJOR defeat for the VC and NVA and a 'HUGH' victory for the US & ARVN military. You mean like "that time"?

I could go back further to WWII, but 36 years is a pretty good example of leftist media bias.

155 posted on 09/14/2004 7:21:50 AM PDT by Condor51 (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -- Gen G. Patton Jr)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: kattracks

"I've talked to colleagues who would love to see more of a defense," he told the Times.

Please wait until I can catch my breath. I've been laughing hysterically all week long.


156 posted on 09/14/2004 7:21:57 AM PDT by Fenris6
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: freepertoo
I can't respond to earlier years but CBS was THE best news gathering organization in the 1960s. Richard Salant was the news executive in those days and I doubt he would have put up with a pompous ass like Dan Rather for very long.
157 posted on 09/14/2004 7:23:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 147 | View Replies]

To: mercy
Gee Pollyanna ... are you really that silly?

Gee, are you really that goofy? Maybe you better do a little critical reading on my post to get a better understanding of what I was conveying. I'm hardly a Pollyanna.

158 posted on 09/14/2004 7:23:39 AM PDT by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 83 | View Replies]

To: justshutupandtakeit
Please.

Sorry, I don't take your meaning. Unless you are expressing skepticism. In which case, all I can say is that I've seen a lot of people here on FR with no love lost for what's called the Mainstream Media, and I doubt that Freepers are the most extreme example of that.

I also think that there's a possibility that a Bush supporter (although I very much doubt it'd be someone connected with the Bush campaign) did this in an effort to discredit Kerry.

Or it could be a Kerry supporter doing this for the obvious reasons. But I figure that the least likely possibility is that anyone connected with either the Kerry or Bush campaigns would be the origin of this.

159 posted on 09/14/2004 7:24:12 AM PDT by RonF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 115 | View Replies]

To: Fredgoblu
CBS

HAH! Very good.

160 posted on 09/14/2004 7:25:11 AM PDT by RonF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 148 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180 ... 241-243 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson