[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

http://cbs2chicago.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_171101218.html

[FlipWilson]

I thought I heard a toilet flushing.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

. . . extraordinary and singular role Dan has played in writing the script of not only CBS News, but of broadcast journalism."

And of never letting inconvenient facts get in his way.

[dead]

the extraordinary and singular role Dan has played in writing the script of not only CBS News, but of broadcast journalism

Not a false word in that phrase, though he left out the part about how that “script” Dan helped author is all about the demise of broadcast journalism.

[theDentist]

...we mark the extraordinary and singular role Dan has played in writing the script of not only CBS News, but of broadcast journalism."

And it turned out to be fiction!

[Former MSM Viewer]

Ok, ok...just go.

[i_dont_chat]

I want him to see him dressed in an evening gown, strutting on a Baby Grand, and singing his goodbye's.

Then my week will be complete.

[dead]

Rather told the New York Times that he is considering an offer from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to do a weekly news program for Cuban's HDNet cable channel.

Why not just set up lemonade-style journalism stand at the end of your driveway, Dan?

[digger48]

Dan may have "apologized for his role" but he still clings to the lie that brought him down...

[Boundless]

Dan's been offered his own frequency at truthout.org

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

1990: Is the first American journalist to interview Saddam Hussein after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

HE INTERVIEWED HUSSEIN BEFORE??? I didn't know this.

[JFC]

are they going to have a month long goodbye like nbc did for Katie???

[ErnBatavia]

Rather has repeatedly apologized for his role in the story

Bullshiite.

[Pharmboy]

CBS News is working on a primetime special on the newsman's career. It is scheduled to be broadcast sometime this fall. CBS News also will make a contribution to Rather's alma mater, now called Sam Houston State University.

I thought Dan attended the Sam Houston Institute of Technology.

[fatnotlazy]

Memo to Dan Rather: Please leave already. And don't let the door hit you in the backside on the way out.

[Gay State Conservative]

Now Gunga Dan will have plenty of time for yachting off the coast of Martha's Vineyard with Cronkite and the other Fellow Travelers.

[timsbella]

Come on, already. You have to let him cover at least one more hurricane season so show the young 'uns how it's done.

[chuknospam]

Perhaps the Dixie Chicks have a roadie opening for ol'Dan.

[NCC-1701]

Thanks to BuckHead and a few other FReepers, today's event would not have been possible.

[geezerwheezer]

Theme music for Danny's departure should be "Dum, dum dum..another one bites the dust!!". Seems apropos.