Posted on 06/20/2006 6:17:30 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
Dan Rather, one of the giants of American broadcast journalism, is to leave the channel he has worked at for 44 years, for a position at a little watched cable channel. CBS announced yesterday that Rather, 74, would be leaving the channel where he hosted the evening news for 24 years until he stood down last year.
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Rather has said in recent days that he was unhappy with the new role being offered him at the channel, where he has covered most of the big stories of the past 40 years, from the Kennedy assassination to the invasion of Iraq.
In September 2004, however, he introduced and subsequently defended a report questioning George Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam war. The report relied on documents that were revealed as fakes, and in its aftermath Rather stepped down as evening news anchor, taking a reporting role on the 60 Minutes programme. However he has been used only eight times in a year, and complained last week in an interview with the New York Times that he had been given nothing to do for six weeks. Relations with the network appear to have deteriorated when he was offered a contract that included an office and an assistant but no affiliation with any programme.
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Rather, who is in negotiations with the HDNet channel to front a weekly interview programme, has spent much of his recent downtime watching the film Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's tribute to Ed Murrow and the groundbreaking television reporting of the 50s. He is said to have seen it five times.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
"Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's tribute to Ed Murrow and the groundbreaking television reporting of the 50s. He is said to have seen it five times."
Here's hoping Dan does a cameo in the sequel: "Goodbye and Good Riddance"
The destruction of Dan Rather was a pleasure to watch because the same fate awaits the current Democrat Party at the polls this year and in 2008. Rather was a traitor found out by the American people. As a side bar Katie Couric will follow the same path. She is done and doesn't know it. The current Democrat Party is also a traitor to these United States, and with each passing day the American voting public gets real scoop on the treasonous Democrats.
Your a horrible human being Dan.
Go write a book.....about your experience as a marine.
Did he go to NSN? The News Shopping Network
HDNet Dallas Office
2909 Taylor St
Dallas, TX 75226
(214) 651-1446
1 (888) 919-HDTV
This little watched station will be even less watched when dan gets there.
Chief Executive Officer: Terdema Ussery tussery@hd.net
General Manager & COO: Philip Garvin pgarvin@hd.net
CFO & General Counsel: Robert Thoele rthoele@hd.net
Di, I love your cBS Eye :)
Yes, Rather was offered that job by Mark Cuban, the "odd" owner of the Dallas Mavericks...ugh.
The real question in in mind is... if a tree doesn't fall in the woods, will Dan Rather still get a Fax from Kinkos saying it did.
As per audience I would say the rivalry is now between Dan Rather on his cable station and Al Gore on his station. The ratings winner will be determined exclusively by which station Tipper watches (unless of course their up against teletubbies and she defects).
I "borrowed" it from somewhere; had it since that old scandal broke. Feel free to use it. :)
Dan has finally given up his old IBM. Hee hee
Rather, who is in negotiations with the HDNet channel to front a weekly interview programme, has spent much of his recent downtime watching the film Good Night and Good Luck, George Clooney's tribute to Ed Murrow and the groundbreaking television reporting of the 50s. He is said to have seen it five times.
George Clooney persuaded Cuban to co-finance Good Night, and Good Luck, earning him executive producer status.
This is the journalism equivalent of a former heavyweight boxing champion becoming a "greeter" at a casino!
Eat crap & die Dan!
It would be interesting to see how the Guardian characterized the Cuban-promoted new job if Mark Cuban were the owner of Man United FC (instead of the other American Owner). Then the Brits would know what an odd owner was all right. And heaven only knows what Cuban would be yelling at FIFA officials.
What is that? Never heard of it. Guess that suits him, though, since no one watched him anyway.
He was FIRED.
And my tears fall like rain.
No, really, they do.
Stop laughing, dammit!
Now I'm really howling.
Honey, let's hold off on the high-def until after Dan melts down for good?
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