Posted on 06/21/2006 3:46:04 PM PDT by george76
CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said on Wednesday he was sorry about the bitter departure of newsman Dan Rather, who left the broadcaster after protracted talks to renew his contract fell apart.
..media watchers said Rather appeared to have been slowly pushed off the air...
"I'm sorry it ended the way it did," Moonves told executives at a PricewaterhouseCoopers media event.
"There was no bigger role for him to play anymore," ...
(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...
I do to. He should have been frog marched out the door.
I do too. He should have been frog marched out the door.
Now he has more time to spend with his buddy, Fidel.
The country doesn't trust Dan Rather, and keeping him on the air would've been a drain on CBS' resources.
Liberals are sorry to see one of their Misinformation soldiers martyred, but that's what happens when a mole is exposed...
Let's see. Refresh my memory. Moonves is the guy without a backbone or gonads that can't fire someone for being wrong.
At least Rather did not have a chance to dress up and sing 'Thanks for the Memories'.
He may go to work for the other ( loser ) Cuban.
Moonves is another leftist like Soros.
Don't go away mad. Just go away.
I wish he'd have kicked Rather in the butt as he was being shoved out the door!
Now you have more time to go find that typewriter.
Oh, sure Ken, we'll speak well of you. When you find out what the freqency is, you know we are here for you.
I recorded their send off yesterday.
Said that the Bush National Guard story had "errors". No direct reference to forged documents being the complete basis of the story.
They still hold to Rather's "fake but accurate" story.
They are nothing if not consistant. Liars to the end.
Moonves would be the DNC chairman w/a record like this. losing rather and howard stern in 1 yrs. that's a Strum record.
Failer=promotion in the Dem party.
Moonves would be the DNC chairman w/a record like this. losing rather and howard stern in 1 yrs. that's a Shrum record.
Failer=promotion in the Dem party.
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