[AmericanMade1776]

Luckily for those who look to the media for truth and objectivity, technology is making the mainstream networks less and less relevant. In looking at the media during the election campaign, the most significant event was the role that websites and blogs played in ferreting out the truth. When Rather introduced the forged document concerning George W. Bush’s National Guard service, it seemed like only moments before Free Republic and other blogs were posting information that the document could not have been produced on a 1970s era typewriter. That one post will likely mark a turning point in the history of the media and how important stories are covered.

[LowOiL]

This post just made my day. Thanks for posting it AM76.

[Dante3]

Rather is mentally unsound and ethically challenged. He should be fired immediately.

[Charles Henrickson]

"IF, I repeat, IF, this trend continues--and this race is heating up faster than French fries in Michael Moore's microwave--we here at CBS News are prepared to call the election for Senator John Kerry!"

[ZULU]

"A visibly upset Rather then came out with one of his famous Danisms--just because a chicken has wings, doesn’t mean it can fly."

Just because a Democrat stool-pigeon has a brain, doesn't mean its functioning.

[tutstar]

ping

[Aloysius88]

bump

[matchwood]

That, is precious!

[Frances_Marion]

He should've told Dan he got the figures in a typed memo.....Booyah.

[Sloth]

And when Rather next called upon Bradley, he introduced him as “Ed Bradley who is not a mathematics professor”.

A high-tech lynching for uppity blacks.

[azhenfud]

"A visibly upset Rather then came out with one of his famous Danisms--just because a chicken has wings, doesn’t mean it can fly."

Ol' Dan's rathered that sayin' too. I've heard that saying for 'bout as long as dirt was created - although it was wrong. I saw chickens fly into a 20ft high Mimosa to roost - and they used their wings to do it....

[epow]

How many of you saw Letterman's clips of Rather's cornball "sayings" he blathered during his coverage of the returns? It was hilarious watching him try to appear as just another "good ole boy" who just fell off the turnip truck.

I don't know why he wanted to create that image, unless maybe he thought his desperate spinning of the returns would have more credibility if he appeared to be like he and his liberal friends think all of us right-wing low-brow religious nuts are like.

[Grampa Dave]

Excellent article.

Thanks for posting it.

Actually, I hope that CBS Not News never fires nor retires Blather. I hope Redstone keeps Danny Blather the serial liar on for as long as Danny can lie.

Danny, the math genius, is one of our best assets, everytime he opens his lying mouth.

Viacom/Redstone, please don't fire Danny Blather,

[jimfrommaine]

If Rush Limbaugh had treated Ed Bradley the way Dan Rather did, he'd be called a racist. I don't know if Rather is a racist or not, but he sure as heck is one arrogant idiot. I don't like Ed Bradley's politics but I'd rather see him anchor the nightly news then a closed minded fool. Jim

[Paul_B]

With the election over, we should soon have the Thornburgh Commission weigh in. Don't think it's going to reflect well on Danny Boy's professionalism.

[dsc]

Anybody know where that original first thread is?

I saw it at the time, but can't seem to find it now.

[AuntB]

I couldn't resist turning on CBS late Tuesday night. I thought poor ol' Dan was gonna cry!

[showme_the_Glory]

Bradley then piped up that he did in fact teach math at one point in his life.....

Remember that teaching is not a real job. Terrazuh.

[UncleSamUSA]

Knock..knock..knock...

Do you hear that. That is America at the door about to end Dan Rather's career.

Knock.. knock.. knock..

[Manic_Episode]

Baghdad Dan.

[rogue yam]

this is the cbs evening news
with dan rather reporting from
cbs news headquarters in new york

good evening

danger war killer fraud
cia mayhem crisis horrible
inflation military threat
flaming debris fatal heart attack
stress injuries prison disaster
economic collapse dangerous radiation
a tide of violence and human misery
a liar and an unremorseful killer
communist international smuggling pipeline
starving victims and how they died
chemical weapons carpet bomb deaths
tough fbi killed and injured children
police conspiracy negative attacks
discipline sex and drinking binges
dying of a heart attack dying of breast cancer
dying of a japanese nuclear bomb
mountains of credit card debt
a mountain of cocaine tons of cocaine
atomic bomb radiation experiments
unwitting test subjects dangerous radiation
marijuana abuse hooked on drugs
time for us to bug out

rocked rocked rocked by rape
rocked rocked rocked by rape
rocked rocked rocked by rape
sex drugs and rocked by rape

nazi war criminals cancer garbage
murder caution terrorists castigation
police conspiracy dramatic urban torture
drunk driving hostage siege
government shutdown collapses
desperation despair deep into debt
criminal persecuted semi-automatic handgun
exploisive gunman killed a tourist
funeral victims racists a massive lawsuit
hostage ethnic war
cancer death rate fleeing for their lives
cia narcotics operations
hungry homeless frustrated terrorists
spoiled unsanitary hard-hitting losers
brutal bizarre critical bombing
the gangs rule
criminal anti-government love triangle
deeper and deper into damage even debt
anti-drug dea worldwide ban
time for us to bug out

[chorus]

disgruntled conspirator attack killed
us warplane went down in flames crash
gunned down shooting death blood drops murderer
desperate tragedy isn't he dead?
death penalty ransom note forbidding notorious
overwhelming communist urban punishment
low ethics extortion and murder
a plane crash set an entire neighborhood on fire
international smuggling pipeline
make it faster better cheaper
health risk criminal murdering a man
tough diplomatic hell on earth
magnetic radiation fraudulent assassins
mysterious murder chemical terrorism
military targets fatal crash danger
a freak accident no known survivors
wild and wooly semi-automatic truck bomb
emergency anti-fatal shooting rampage
notorious negative police brutality
fear the hidden nazis next door
marxist rebels serious murderer
accidents problems punitive damages
like that negative heartwrenching controversy
time for us to bug out

[chorus]

bug out bug out bug out
bug bug

and that's part of our world tonight
for the cbs evening news dan rather reporting
good night and have a great weekend