Rather Deserves Respect (LOL)

The Hollywoodreporter.com ^ | Nov. 30, 2004 | Ray Richmond

[Roberts]

"Ed Murrow's ghost is here. I've seen him and talked to him on the third floor of this building many times late at night.

Kenneth needs to retire.

[atomicpossum]

He's getting as much as he deserves.

[cripplecreek]

"But as Rather prepares his final hurrah as the face of CBS News in March, we need to remember that this guy is a towering figure in the TV news pantheon and a man who's earned far more respect than he's getting."


Lets ask Richard Nixon how he feels about that.

[Reagan Man]

I don't think Otis Redding had Dan Rather in mind when he wrote "Respect".

[el_texicano]

Rather deserves nothing but our complete disdain and disgust. Same goes for all elitist liberals wherever they may be found.

[Roberts]

Of course, the guy has always been a little bit out there. There was his decision to sign off his newscast with the word "Courage" for no apparent reason three times during a single week in 1985 as well as the bizarre 1986 incident in which Rather was roughed up by attackers who reportedly asked, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?" -- a line later immortalized in an R.E.M. tune. A little bit out there? This guy is a kook with a national camera and microphone.

[rockabyebaby]

blather needs a kick in the butt and don't let the door hit you on the way out, see yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[EternalHope]

Lemme see now. How 'bout we pick through this for an appropriate sound bite.

...I know that I'm undeserving.

...That should do it. Straight from the mouth of Dan Rather, master of the selective quote.

(Turnabout is fair play, Mr. Rather.)

[Tribune7]

Rather deserves respect

How about Bush? He doesn't deserve any? Rather reported blatently untrue statements aimed at demeaning the President and destroying his reputation. It's almost like a doctor getting drunk before an operation -- although in that case the doctor is just being irresponsible not malicious.

[xJones]

I love that quote. If Ed Murrow's ghost was on the third floor of the CBS building, it would had punched Rather's lights out far better than the 'Kenneth' clowns.

[TChris]

Lets ask Richard Nixon how he feels about that.

Certainly a nominee for the "gets less respect than he deserves" award.

[weegee]

In the wake of the fiasco that found Rather initially defending the veracity of apparently forged documents used in a September "60 Minutes" report on President Bush's stint in the Texas Air National Guard in the early 1970s, Rather has been on borrowed time. That CBS News allowed Rather to exit the "Evening News" anchor chair on his own terms is appropriate.

Actually it is indicative of why we should continue to boycott Viacom (SeeBS, Paramount, Infinity Radio, MTV, Nickelodeon, TV Land, et al...). They made an error in judgement in permitting that partisan hack to try to smear President Bush (and FReepers) during the waning days of the election. The woman who interrupted CSI to report on Arafat's death (truthful reporting, if ill timed) was shown the door.

[cripplecreek]

Tome Brokaw made some comment about Not judging Rather based on one event in his career. It just displays the blatant double standard of these people.

[YaYa123]

" I'm humbled by the fact that I know that I'm undeserving. I know that I'm still working to be worthy of it." Anyone who knew Rather will tell you this wasn't false modesty. He meant it"

For once, Rather was right.

[Texas Songwriter]

As I said a few days ago, there are 2 things I hate about Brokaw...........his face.

[weegee]

When Rather assumed the anchor desk from Cronkite in March of 1981, Ronald Reagan had just begun his first term as president, and people still looked to the nightly network newscasts as almost public trusts. In the age of 24-hour cable news, they've been reduced to mere afterthoughts.

The mainstream media (broadcast and print) has done a lot to betray that trust, especially in the past few years what with CBS, NBC, The New York Times, USA Today, The LA Times, The Boston Globe, and the Daily Mirror ALL running their own hoaxed news items. What other papers/networks have we not caught in the act?

[stm]

"I'm not a large part of the legacy (of CBS),"

Nonsense Dan, you are a huge part of the CBS Legacy. The legacy of falling ratings and viewership over the last 5 or 6 (or more) years. Don't sell yourelf short there, big fella!

[weegee]

Brokaw: Rather Victim Of 'Political Jihad' By Internet Reporters

Boo frickin' hoo.

[trubluolyguy]

I give people like Dan Rather, Kitty Kelly and Michael Moore the same respect hey give my country, my party and my president.

[Grampa Dave]

Ray, here is the respect that the lying RATher deserves: