Either way this is what he'll be remembered for. He'll be viewed as a guy who ended up a partisan hack trying to unseat a US president, all the while clinging Norma Desmond like to his claims that he's in the political center and objective.
At this point though I think his biggest concern should really be about managing to avoid criminal charges.
"The producer is probably going to be asked to take the fall"
At this pont, anyone at CBS who hasn't resigned in disgust should be fired.
I'd love to see the lot of the bums up on charges. Seeing Blather behind bars would make my century!
Isn't Rather the "Managing Editor" of his "news" broadcast?
That would suggest that he's reponsible for its content.
I love the Norma Desmond implication. Precisely.
I hear that quite a bit. And since FR is a leading edge news operation, I have been trying to figure out exactly what criminal charges might be available.
So far, nobody on this board has posted a credible citation for the proposition that CBS and Dan Rather are guilty of anything more than defaming GWB (not criminal. civil liability only) and journalism fraud (not criminal, self-policed by the so-called journalism profession. Did you know Mike Barnicle is still working?).
I have looked at forgery law from many angles, and forgery of history is not illegal. No present legal rights, or legal records (e.g., title to vehicles) are affected by these forgeries. The only thing possibly affected, if one believed the forgeries were authentic, is a voter's decision. That isn't vote fraud - we are fed lies all the time about candidates, and that is not vote fraud.
So, what I ask is if you have or see a credible and sufficiently detailed citation (statute, case law) for the proposition that a crime has been committed, let me know.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1216465/posts?page=133#133 <-- Read on from here