Brent Bozell: Rather's game is over

Townhall ^ | Brent Bozell

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

After decades of liberal media arrogance and abuse, a conservative media counterculture has arisen in cable news, talk radio and the Internet. The conservative counterculture buzzes daily about the misinformation the liberal media tries to feed the people. Media accountability to their audience is now coming directly from the audience. Democracy has arrived at the CBS door. No wonder Dan Rather came unglued.

WE will NEVER surrender!

"Power tends to corrupt and abolsute power corrupts absolutely."

- Lord Acton

[EaglesUpForever]

You wouldn't find me complaining if the punishment were more extreme: he did, after all, lie in order to attempt to manipulate an election, and this is probably the tip of quite an iceberg.

Off the air, though a bare minimum form of punishment, remains a goal that we can't even be sure of. They will do everything to make this "blow over" including (a) "investigating" themselves, (b) firing low-level scapegoats, (c) convincing the other MSM outlets to back them.

I'd say it's about 50/50 right now as to whether Dan Rather stays on the air.

[Bahbah]

I probably matters to Bernard. Thanks for the catch.

[kcvl]

CBS showcased laughable forgeries obtained from a man literally foaming at the mouth in order to accuse the president of malfeasance. But CBS would never put a single one of the 264 Vietnam veterans on the air to say what they knew about Kerry.

[wagglebee]

Rather is our very own Baghdad Bob. Perhaps even a little funnier since unlike old Bob he is a true believer.

Baghdad Bob knew he would be shot if he didn't say what he did, he was Saddam's pawn. Ratherbiased has no such excuse, he was a ringleader in this whole sham.

[Palladin]

In today's news, Rather is selling out Heyward--passing the buck. What a weasel!

[RS]

"In its early days, the Big Three ruled the roost, and critics were treated like gnats -- a small annoyance, easily ignored.

Revenge of the gnats!"

It's the death of a thousand cuts - and the best thing about it is he can't fight back -

How are they going to "get something on" us ?

Even the "It must be Karl Rove" keeps the focus on who actually forged the memos.

[BlueMondaySkipper]

Would CBS endorse police departments planting evidence on criminal suspects who they believe are guilty for the larger "truth"?

OR REPUBLICANS?

I'm sure they would find it OK for police departments to plant evidence on Republicans

[BlueMondaySkipper]

CBS showcased laughable forgeries obtained from a man literally foaming at the mouth...

They came from Carville???

[Texas Songwriter]

Journalism schools are part of the problem. I'll bet a dollar to a dogs A-hole that ole Dan goes to work at Columbia School of Journalism once he gets his walking papers.