After forty two years? His ratings are in the crapper and yet CBS hangs on to him. I don't get it but CBS better figure it out.
Regardless of what the CBS organizational chart says, Dan Rather is the de facto head of CBS News. Only Andrew Heyward could even challenge him, and Heyward's neck-deep in this scandal as well, so he can't make a move.
On top of that, CBS has been the worst network news organization for many years now. They have few resources and no bench strength, so nobody is there that could take over for Dan and have any near-term positive effect on the ratings, or the newsroom morale.
Their only hope is if Viacom would allow a big payout to lure somebody else to jump ship from another TV network. And considering what a cesspool CBS News is in its current form, I doubt anyone at Viacom is interested in spending the funds.
I've been away from Free Republic for over a month now, and I don't know for certain what people here are saying about the Rathergate thing.
Has it ever occurred to anyone here that this entire fiasco has been orchestrated by Hillary Clinton and her henchmen? I can think of no greater cause for Mary Mapes and Dan Rather to give their lives and careers to than in getting Hillary in the White House in 2008.
I also wonder about the Swift Boat ads? Could they be a part of Hillary's scheme to make sure Kerry loses, so she'll have free access to the Democrat nomination in 2008?