Posted on 06/15/2006 10:59:39 AM PDT by kellynla
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dan Rather, who has been working at "60 Minutes" since leaving as "CBS Evening News" anchor last year, apparently is in his final days at CBS News.
CBS executives and Rather's representatives appear close to a deal that will end Rather's association with CBS News after more than 40 years, according to an executive knowledgeable about the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Thursday.
Rather, 74, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that he has had no conversations about continuing at "60 Minutes" beyond the television season that ended last month. Another story published Thursday in The Washington Post quotes CBS executives who declined to be identified that network bosses have concluded there is no future role at CBS for Rather.
CBS News President Sean McManus would not comment on the reports Thursday, a spokeswoman said. Rather did not immediately return a call to his office.
Rather stepped down in March 2005 after 24 years as CBS' anchorman. He took much of the public blame for a discredited 2004 story that questioned President Bush's military service, an episode that clouded his final months on the job.
CBS News seems eager to usher in a new generation at "60 Minutes," where Katie Couric will start in the fall as a correspondent and CNN's Anderson Cooper will begin contributing stories. Other new correspondents like Lara Logan and Scott Pelley are also competing for airtime there.
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but but marla mapes says the documents were true..not yet been disproven..this is the work of that evil Karl Rove..
Has Dan verified this story? KNowing his newsman's disdain for rumors, I'm sure he wouldn't want it going out unless he personally gave the OK to its authenticity.
another dragon slayed by Sir Rove, Kinght of the Oval Table.
"Fake but accurate"
It is clear that CBS news is going to merge with CNN news.
No one at CBS or CNN has asked themselves the the following question. What do you get when you combine two losers? The answer is a much bigger loser.
Here at FR we worked long and hard to get Rather fired. Our efforts finally paid off. LOL...
He could have retired.. in a graceful manner, but oh no he had to fight the hard fight and go down in history as the one who brought down the Bush Dinasty (he got some bad crack). anyone have the picture of CBS's evil tower falling down LOTR style? LMAO
No one has ever disproven the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion either, for that matter. At least to level of "proof" demanded by the deluded Mrs. Mapes. As Dan Rather demanded of the President (despite the vanishing credibility of his documents) "Why haven't the Jews responded to the charges?" posed by these "documents".
Fax him a pink slip from a Kinko's...
I thought he had already left. But then again with CBS's declining viewership, who would know for sure.
Maybe now he'll have time to find out what the frequency was...
fyi
Will the see-BS go out with him?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13340637/from/ET/
Dan Rather running out of time at CBS
Ex-anchor dropped from ‘60 Minutes,’ contract won't be renewed
tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
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