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.
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I just wonder how many other "fake but accurate" stories he ran on us in the last forty years.
Judging by the chutzpah he displayed in standing behind a story that was obviously fake, I suspect that there were many.
Just another thing to blame Mark Cuban for!
Altho I love the Mavs.
By the way, go Mavs.
LOL...I don't know if the Soccer leagues fine as heavily as the NBA...another 250 MILLION he was fined today...yikes!
Small cable channel?? That must be CNN.... small in viewership.
If you are referring to Michael Gartner:
- I believe the trucks were Chevrolets
- He was defiant, same as Rather, even after the story had been exposed as a fraud
- I believe he went back to Iowa to work on his hometown paper
ADDENDUM: I checked Wikipedia. No mention of his journalistic fraud. Hmmmmmmmmm.
OOPSY, it was 250 THOUSAND, not Million...LOL
Although he could pay a 250 million dollar fine if he had to..
Dan Rather Busts Coupon Copying Ring at the Bronson Big Chief. Undercover investigation nets fifty two fake but accurate Gorton Fishstick coupons with triple value Tuesday savings. "Thanks to Dan, the bleeding has stopped and the Big Chief can finally put an end to this nightmare. We all owe him a debt of gratitude in this town. He does have a nose for news and I am certain he will spend the rest of his life fighting to change the world. Starting with Bronson."
Mavs were up 13...now they are only up 9!! ugh.
And Michael Gartner was PRESIDENT of NBC News, not a producer.
Then there's the horrendous lack of facts, complete disregard of facts, hissy fits, poor judgment, bad judgment, etc.
"Forged but factual", indeed!
I wonder who's gonna try it next?
I hope he does well in his new job...
*snicker*
In a van down by the river!!!
And people call the baby boomers the "All About Me" generation....sheesh.
The guy that just got a $250K fine from the NBA?
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
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