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Rather's career put in harsh light
Baltimore Sun ^
| March 5, 2005
| David Zurawik, Sun Television Critic
Posted on 03/05/2005 2:37:42 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Diogenesis
Yes, rather being manipulated by the Dems and here all along he thought they really liked him. Heh, heh. These dips never learn do they. Work like heck for the dem/libs and they turn on you in a minute.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:09:22 AM PST
by
cubreporter
(I trust and admire Rush. He has done more for this country than he will ever know. God bless him.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"I think it's tragic that a guy who worked as hard as he did would have his career capped like this, because the Bush report is going to be what he's remembered for," Fenton said. "He'll carry this with him to his obituary. ... Tragic - that's the only word for it."I guess one man's tragedy is another man's justice.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:10:28 AM PST
by
Maceman
(Too nuanced for a bumper sticker)
To: carlr
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:10:29 AM PST
by
cubreporter
(I trust and admire Rush. He has done more for this country than he will ever know. God bless him.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The insufferable Jack Nicholson anchor character in Broadcast News (Bill Rorich) was based on Cap'n Dan the Newsman.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:12:45 AM PST
by
Pharmboy
("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"He'll carry this with him to his obituary. ... Tragic - that's the only word for it." Well, poetic justice seems to sum it up for me.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:14:39 AM PST
by
iconoclast
(Evening of July 16, 1980. T1 stage of cancer in the Republican body.)
To: Maceman
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:15:01 AM PST
by
demkicker
(John McCain is a power hungry traitor and proved it on 2/19/05 in Iraq)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Tragic - that's the only word for it. Not every hubristic self-undoing is tragic.
To: kingattax; expat_panama
<< the other night Dandy Dan was on Letterman and told him that the papers could have been "authenticated if we'd had more time." >>
He's had until now -- and he has until the end of his life!
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:17:17 AM PST
by
Brian Allen
(I fly and can therefore be envious of no man -- Per Ardua ad Astra!)
To: Steely Tom
And Al Jolson had one of the most important careers in the history of 78 RPM phonograph records. Hey! Don't be talking about Al Jolson like that!
http://www.jolson.org/
To: lainde
Rooney being from the other 60 minutes, the Sunday one, is going to be especially honked off at Rather. The discrediting of the Wed edition could negatively impact the reputation of the Sunday one in his view.
I don't know how you could negatively impact my opinion of either. Its all crap.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:26:41 AM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"Tainted" and "biased", whatever. How could the network continue to take seriosly a guy so full of tired cliches?
Couldn't believe my ears during the 2000 election night coverage:
Rather: "this election is as hot as a New York elevator in August". LOL
HE HE. If he had only known then what was ahead.
To: Blueflag
The forgery of the Bush "docs" is a fitting capstone to Dan Rather's career. It was the one where he was caught. Do you suppose this is the first time he tried to get awat with a phony story? Come on.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:31:15 AM PST
by
ontos-on
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Hah! Quite a TV era we've lived through, fellow freepers.
From Walter Cronkite, "The Most Trusted Man in America" to Dan Rather, "The Most Busted Man in America".
Gotta love it.
Leni
To: Blueflag
The forgery of the Bush "docs" is a fitting capstone to Dan Rather's career. It was the one where he was caught. Do you suppose this is the first time he tried to get awat with a phony story? Come on.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:39:00 AM PST
by
ontos-on
To: kingattax
The crowning moment in the article for me was that Walter Cronkite doesn't even watch CBS News anymore. LOL!
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:40:00 AM PST
by
Goodgirlinred
( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
There's no doubt that Rather was biased, but his biggest sin was ommission of facts and news stories that didn't fit into his tiny left wing world.
He sat on the tube and mugged it up for his socialist buddies, always seeking their back slaps and not caring a whit how he looked to rest of America. His tombstone should read: "Here lies an insipid man who left no exclamation point on this world."
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:41:16 AM PST
by
sergeantdave
(Smart growth is Marxist insects agitating for a collective hive.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"I think it's tragic that a guy who worked as hard as he did would have his career capped like this, because the Bush report is going to be what he's remembered for," Fenton said. "He'll carry this with him to his obituary. ... Tragic - that's the only word for it." Gee, kinda like how the MSM has only allowed Richard Nixon to be remembered for Watergate and his resignation.
Just remember, time wounds all heels.
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:41:30 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
("When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring.")
To: Goodgirlinred
i know...LOL..wasnt that terrific ?
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:42:41 AM PST
by
kingattax
( "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing." -Thomas Jefferson)
To: sergeantdave
his tiny left wing world
Bump
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posted on
03/05/2005 6:49:05 AM PST
by
ontos-on
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Bah. A bunch of jackals, none any better than the corpse they are tearing into. Rather is a nasty psychopathic SOB who stabbed many in the back over the course of the disease he calls a career.
Payback is a MFer isn't it Danno.
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