Posted on 01/10/2005 9:24:03 PM PST by OldCorps
Whither Dan now? During a long, dark day at CBS News that was wracked by anger, remorse and disbelief, this was the one inescapable question that emerged from the Memogate wreckage. What about the man who has been the symbolic leader of this diminished news division for the last 24 years -- its public face to the world and, for all intents and purposes, the reigning soul of this once mighty machine? Depending on who was doing the asking, the question took on different shades of meaning throughout the day. To some, Rather, who anchored the Sept. 8 report on "60 Minutes Wednesday" should not have escaped with a mere slap on the wrist when other careers had imploded so dramatically. But to others -- most likely the majority -- "What about Dan?" had a mournful rhetorical ring to it. As in: So this is how one of the great careers in television comes to a final, sad, and perhaps inevitable conclusion? Rather was off the air last night, resting (his spokeswoman said) after a long flight back from Asia where he had covered the tsunami tragedy. But the question of his fate has undoubtedly floated around in his brainpan for weeks. On a human level -- that would be, on Rather's level -- yesterday's report had a Shakespearean pathos to it.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
I particularly like this part:
...But the words "Rather had only a vague recollection" (P. 71), or "Rather... did not recall" (P. 81) or "Rather did not recall being told at any time... " (P. 93) float through these pages like ghosts of King Lear. The import, of course, is that the heart and soul of CBS News had no clue what was going on,...
I've been dying to say this since the days that the lamestream media, led by Mr. Dan Rather, hounded President Nixon from office:
Answer the question Mr. Rather!!! What did you know and when did you know it?
A Klingon proverb: Revenge is a dish best eaten cold.
uhhhhhh....served.
Personally, I'm still hoping to see Dan-O swung from a gibbet and having his eyes pecked out by ravens.
With Lefties, the right question is: What did you know and when did you forget it?
Sorry. I've never actually met a Klingon so I'm only quoting hearsay.
Sounds like a severe case of Clintonian can't-recall-the-truth-itis!
I think back to the days of the great Reagan, and the vile things that people like Rather insinuated about him forgetting things and not recalling, and I have to say, this really proves that what goes around, comes around.
Last seen on a park bench guzzlin' a bottle of "Old Courage '05"
I think he should be forced to publically apologize to the Bush White House, specifically, and the American public for his blatant bias in the persuit of this non-story during an election cycle.
CBS should publically state there is no room in the newsbusiness for this type of political thuggery and fire Mr Rather's a** pronto.
It is a Federal crime to forge Federal documents, even if excessive "zeal" exists. Find the source of these documents (Joe Lockhart knows something about these forgeries, I;m confident).
Did the investigators ask him what's the frequency?
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