Posted on 07/13/2006 6:17:19 PM PDT by LdSentinal
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather says he has considered filing a lawsuit against the network where he had worked for 44 years.
Appearing Wednesday night on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rather paused after a question from King and then said he wouldn't talk about whether he would file a lawsuit against CBS. But he acknowledged, "I can't say that I've never thought about it."
It wasn't clear from the interview what Rather considered to be possible grounds for a lawsuit.
A CBS spokesman commented late Wednesday after the interview, saying, "CBS believes that it has dealt with Dan's departure in a completely fair, equitable and honest way, and we wish him nothing but the best." CBS declined further comment.
Rather said that he brought up several times while at CBS that, after his departure from the anchor desk and assignment as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, the network wasn't living up to its end of his contract. CBS has said that with the many "60 Minutes" correspondents, there weren't enough assignments for him.
Rather said that he had never been told what led to his departure from CBS. He said he wasn't sure whether it was related to the aftermath of the "60 Minutes Wednesday" story on President Bush's military career that relied in part on unsubstantiated documents.
"They handled it in a curious way," Rather told King about the circumstances surrounding his departure. "I wish I knew the whole story, I wish I had an opportunity to say, 'Hey, what's happening? It's Dan, you know me."'
He also said that he had never heard from the head of the corporation or the head of the news division. Rather didn't mention in Wednesday's interview that the day after CBS announced he had left the network, he went to lunch with CBS News president Sean McManus. McManus is said to have explained to Rather that it was McManus's decision and that there wasn't enough work on "60 Minutes" to suit Rather.
Rather wouldn't directly answer former colleague Mike Wallace, who questioned his behavior after the "Memogate" scandal that led to the firing of producer Mary Mapes and the forced resignation of four other CBS employees. Wallace and others, including several in the CBS old guard, said Rather should have resigned.
"They have to answer for themselves for the times in the past when things might not have gone right," Rather said.
As for the September 2004 "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President Bush, Rather said that CBS had been the victim of forces that wanted to attack the weakest part of the story.
"Do I believe the truth of the story? Absolutely," Rather said.
Dan Blather is a typical liberal puke.."You owe me a job for life".
Thanks for the kicker!
What a putz! After a statement like this how can this idiot question why CBS let him go?
Michael Savage said it best yesterday... "To an insane person sanatiy sounds insane!"
Amen Brother Savage. Liberalism "IS" a mental disorder!
Like Tom Sullivan suggested yesterday, DAN, take up gardening or something, ANYTHING. GO AWAY.
LOL, if he was rational, he never would have gone on the air with forged documents.
Dan Rather drinks recycled toilet water.
You know, you have a point.
The democrats can use this for a big Bush bashing project and the liberal lawyers can make oodles of money on the project at the same time.
I say this will soon be a reality.
Oh yes! Please do it! I can't wait to see what comes out in discovery. :-)
Its funny how one stupid attempt by an idiot in Texas with a fake document trips up the famous "Dan"...and brings his career to a halt. This is like the fake will of Howard Huges which became a stupid moment in American history.
He supposedly has a new show on HDTV or is it HGTV?
Buckhead: A cottage industry unto himself!
;-)
I don't care because I have not, and will not, watch Danny Boy anyway.
He's a liar and a fraud. That is his legacy.
If memory serves, there's a certain ex-POTUS with the same track record.
I like to call to the stand, "The FreeRepublic".
I'd think it was a safe bet that the potential jury would be questioned about membership to FR. Probably the same will happen with the Plame trial. hmm just had an idea. gone have to do some photoshop stuff of fantasy island "Boss, the Plame, the Plame!", just need to flesh out this idea a little.
This whack job still doesn't know the frequency.
So, you're saying Dan's lab results were negative.
Idiot just won't ever admit he lied and knew he lied about President Bush.
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