Posted on 05/20/2006 4:28:15 PM PDT by MindBender26
This just in from source at Black Rock:
He/She is at pre-season party in The Hamptons. Other CBSers (The Suits) are there as well.
The Suits confirmed:
Ran Rather's contract at CBS expires in August. He has not been offered ANY type of renewal. There may be some tiny dollar (the exact fee never to be disclosed) face-saving deal but that's it, Dan is out.
This comes after he "resigned" from CBS Evening News position last year in an attempt to stop the bloodletting of advertisers at CBS. As we all know, the primary cause was not so much Rather's broadcasting the original phony Bush "Recordsgate" story but Rather's insistence, way beyond anything or any time that was reasonable, that the story was valid.
From the moment FR's pajamahadeen pointed out the many irrefutable technical flaws in the supposed documents, it was dead meat as a journalistic piece. Rather slew himself by sticking with what was obviously a phony story designed to attack the President and help Kerry.
In addition, Rather's acceptance of a $20,000 fee to speak to Texas Democrats was another quiet nail in his CBS coffin. In journalism circles, that is a huge no-no. Some stations forbid their employees to even contribute to campaigns and fire offenders In this case, Rather was taking $ from the Texas Dems!
After Evening News, Rather was to contribute to "60 Minutes II" on Wednesdays but that show had ratings lower than the radio calls of the Roto-Rooter truck dispatcher.
How significant is this? 25 years after he left the anchor chair, Walter Cronkite is still on some income at CBS.
Rather is out on his ear.
There will be much more on this in MSM (including some severe spinning) in weeks to come, but FR had it first!
Well said.
Danny-boy has reaped what he had sown. Wonder how many other lies he told that he didn't get caught in! Seems the Suits have finally had enough...of having their wallets taking the hit!
I liked these cartoons, as well as the story:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1635615/posts?page=60#60
A fraudster from CBS. Who knew ?
There is precedent for this, with the paranoid crackpot Daniel Schorr.
I'm going to keep an eye out for Wally Cronkite to come out defending Dan Blather.
Kenneth, please call Dan.
Maybe CBS can replace him with Jason Leopold?
Note:Emphasis is mine.
Brian Ross: Do you still think that story was true?
Mary Mapes: The story? Absolutely.
BR: This seems remarkable to me that you would sit here now and say you still find that story to be up to your standards.
MM: I'm perfectly willing to believe those documents are forgeries if there's proof that I haven't seen.
BR: But isn't it the other way around? Don't you have to prove they're authentic?
MM: Well, I think that's what critics of the story would say. I know more now than I did then and I think, I think they have not been proved to be false, yet.
BR: Have they proved to be authentic, though? Isn't that really what journalists do?
MM: No, I don't think that's the standard.
Thank you again! And again! And again!
Dan Rather is Not an Ex-Marine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1221194/posts
Dan Rather cannot call himself an Ex-Marine, and he must stop referring to himself as such. To be a Marine, a recruit must graduate from boot camp, and Dan Rather did not; he was medically discharged before graduation.
I just picture you typing this thread onto FR from the men's room via laptop at this party in the Hamptons!
Well okay maybe not the mens room, but somewhere secluded! LOL
Any chance CBS will pass his pension along to you, instead?
"Dan Rather is Not an Ex-Marine"
you missed the "/sc"
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