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Dan Rather Fired By CBS (Read Details - That's The Bottom Line)
MB26

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!


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To: CaliGirlGodHelpMe


"John Burkett..."

Sorry, I meant Bill Burkett. I was tired. :D


221 posted on 05/31/2006 11:03:55 PM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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To: george76; MindBender26; Liz; weegee; martin_fierro; Jim Robinson; Buckhead; Howlin; Miss Marple; ...

MindBender26 scoped the Compost by about a month.

Only left wing Maxist Lunatic Mediots would try put forth a story that Blather is still a commodity for CBS. He isn't.

Blather's and Mape's fate awaits any left wing Marxist Lunatic Mediot, who tries to electronically coup our president with lies, spins and made up garbage posing as news.

As Buckhead noted on an earlier thread, we are enjoying Rather's "retirement" a lot more than he is.


222 posted on 06/15/2006 6:34:13 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: george76; MindBender26; Liz; weegee; martin_fierro; Jim Robinson; Buckhead; Howlin; Miss Marple; ...

MindBender26 scoped the Compost by about a month.

Only left wing Maxist Lunatic Mediots would try put forth a story that Blather is still a commodity for CBS. He isn't.

Blather's and Mape's fate awaits any left wing Marxist Lunatic Mediot, who tries to electronically coup our president with lies, spins and made up garbage posing as news.

As Buckhead noted on an earlier thread, we are enjoying Rather's "retirement" a lot more than he is.


223 posted on 06/15/2006 6:34:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: Grampa Dave

Dan Rather drinks toilet water.


224 posted on 06/15/2006 6:36:41 AM PDT by YourAdHere (Bradypalooza. Available at Amazon.Com)
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To: YourAdHere

"Dan Rather drinks toilet water."

Not from any restroom at CBS!


225 posted on 06/15/2006 6:42:19 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: MindBender26

Congratulations, it took a while for the MSM to learn what you told us last month.


226 posted on 06/15/2006 11:43:01 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe
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To: MindBender26
MAYBE CASTRO CAN GIVE HIM A JOB

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227 posted on 06/15/2006 11:47:00 AM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: Grampa Dave

America owes a big debt to Buckhead.


228 posted on 06/15/2006 7:41:04 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
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To: MindBender26

The old Danosaur sinks below the surface of the tarpit...

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters


229 posted on 06/15/2006 7:44:17 PM PDT by bray (Hey Zaqueeri, how ya like those IEDs???)
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To: MindBender26; Buckhead; Howlin; Jim Robinson

"America owes a big debt to Buckhead."

Yes America owes a huge debt to Buckhead, Howlin and to Jim Robinson for creating Free Republic.

There would be no Buckhead nor Howlin showing the documented lies of Blather and Mapes if not for Free Republic.

That is why all of us should be monthly donors to Free Republic in Memory of Dan and in Memory of future liars!


230 posted on 06/16/2006 8:33:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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