[maggief]

Mr. Rather also recounted that Mr. Cuban, a producer of "Good Night, and Good Luck," had told him that as part of the deal he expected to ask Mr. Rather for informal advice on future film projects. There, too, Mr. Rather said he was game.

He has experience making up stories.

Asked if the network had sought to marginalize him over his role in the disputed Guard report — including his spirited defense of the segment, for more than a week after it was broadcast — Mr. Rather said, "There's a lot I have yet to figure out."

Yet to figure out? They're fake, Dan.

[jebeier]

Yet to figure out? They're fake, Dan.

Oh, he's figured that out. If he did not know from the git-go, he knows now.

What he is yet to figure out is why he got in trouble for it. His motives were pure. He was helping the cause. Why did the network land on him like a ton of bricks?

This he just can't figure out.