Dan Rather Fired By CBS (Read Details - That's The Bottom Line)

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[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!

[cvq3842]

I can't blame them at all.

Interesting how when Rather was younger he delighted in the downfall of Nixon. Now he inflicts a similar fate on himself.

I know I'm far from the first to point this out. But it's ironic just the same.

[Mr. K]

was he really crying when Kerry lost? ??? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

He probably knew his job depended on Kerry winning

[HIDEK6]

That was Brokaw.

[roaddog727]

Bumperoo!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for this insight! Jeepers...

[Osage Orange]

I was laughing at the transparent hypocrisy.....considering the MSM does more for the DemoSocialistMarxistLeftistLyingLibs than they do for themselves...but "forbids" employees contributing to political campaigns. Which IMO, is a joke in and of itself...

[MindBender26]

Liberal hypocrisy in TV newscasts??? Only on days of the week with a "Y" in their name!

[Osage Orange]

Suits are still terrified of Rather. Not so much by what he could do with another on-air "wisdom malfunction" (as opposed to a "wardrobe malfunction,) but what he could still pop off and say that would drive even more advertisers away.

My guess would be many might also be afraid of what Rather could say that would expose the depths that the MSM goes to manipulate the sheeple. Not that he will...but that he could.......

FRegards,

[geezerwheezer]

Well now, at least your fake but accurate diamond watch is accurate at least two times a day which is a hell of a lot more than Dan (I'd) Rather was. I'm going to miss him like an infected hemorrhoid!

[seanmerc]

Katie Couric with the Hildebeast as an "overnight guest"...there's ANOTHER image I could've lived without.

[oyez]

Didn't Dan say the Bill Clinton was a basically an honest man. Takes one to know one.(snicker)

[OldFriend]

Rather said you can be a liar and still be honest.

[confederate_infidel]

Looks like Castro even gave him his shirt. Khaki is just NOT his color.

[VxH]

 

^The horror,  ^The horror.

 

Bye Dan!

[cricket]

That frees him up to go to CNN

O'Reilly will invite him on, to visit to share some spin. . .

[Purrcival]

"That frees him up to go to CNN."

...or Al Jazeera

[eric_da_grate]

Boy, that's an elaborate production you've got there.

LOL

[Michael.SF.]

I have always been of the opinion that Rather was "fired" a year ago, that just gave him 12 months to clean out his desk.

[The Shrew]

Ping!

[NicknamedBob]

"As i recall, Dan's daughter is a big whig in Texas Democratic politics."

"Big Whig Democrats ..."

Hmmm ... that has such a savory flavor!