Posted on 03/22/2005 10:46:47 AM PST by hinterlander
Could Dan Rather be in trouble again? A new book on Castro tells of a staged Dan Rather interview that was master-minded by a Clinton lawyer.
In Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant, author Humberto Fontova reveals for the first time how Dan Rather's "60 Minutes" interview with Juan Miguel (Elian Gonzalez's father) was stage-managed by former Clinton lawyer and friend, Gregory Craig.
According to a Cuban-American translator from the U.S. Treasury Department: "The questions for Juan Miguel were actually fed to Dan Rather by Gregory Craig. After a taping session, Craig would call Dan over, give him some more instructions and exchange papers with him. Then Dan would come back on the set and ask those."
The book reports that during the interview Craig acted like the movie director and even got a bona fide dramatic actor to translate and mouth the responses of Miguel.
Once again, Rather's "reporting" is nothing but elaborate deception.
(For more information: Click here for a FREE CHAPTER from Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant.)
Look whose name has popped up again....Greg Craig.
OMG, Dan is such a fake.
You don't mix with the K Streeters!
"You gotta see this" ping...
Rush talking about this right now.
Remember some Freepers love Greg Craig because he was such a strong advocate for father's rights during his involvement in the Elian Gonzlalez case.
Remember some Freepers love Greg Craig because he was such a strong advocate for father's rights during his involvement in the Elian Gonzlalez case.
Oops. Double Posting.
There's a lot about the Elian Gonzales story that needs to come out.
Maybe this was one of those "fake-but-accurate" interviews?
Rather faked it again? Imagine that!
ping
NOT
I'm loving this one!
And I bet this isn't the last expose' we get on Dan's less than stellar career. Next thing you know we'll find out his self-promoting, "daring do" escapades were filmed on a Brooklyn soundstage....not the desolate mountains of Afghanistan, not the steamy jungles of southeast Asia.
Dan Rather interviewed Elián's father, Juan González, and asked him about a home video where the boy said he wanted to stay in America:
RATHER: I know you've seen this videotape, but with your permission I want to show it to you again, have you watch it, and tell us your reaction to the videotape please. [...] Tell me what you felt, not just in your head but also your heart when you saw and heard on that videotape your son say, 'Papa, you can stay here but I don't want to go to Cuba.'[...] I want to ask you something man to man. After you saw that videotape for the first time, did you weep?
JUAN González: I'm going to tell you the truth. I don't have any tears left. I've cried too much. During this whole period of time, I've cried a lot and suffered greatly and I'm still in pain.
RATHER (voice trembling): Ah, but a father never dries up.
--Dan Rather interviewing Juan González on 60 Minutes II, April 16, 2000.
http://www.ratherbiased.com/gonzalez_elian.htm
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.