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.
Go for it, Dan. I'm behind you 100%.
Come on, Dan. Just do what the voices in your head tell you to do. That's never failed you before.
Add in the Ditzy Chumps! LIEberals just don't know when to MOVE ON. Maybe they named the site so they could remind themselves....
When is this guy going to turn into oil?
Iffin he DID decide to go through with it, why you yourself, quite possibly could qualify to file an amicus (friend of the court) brief.
One of the things on the checklist to qualify, is one giving information that neither plaintiff or defendant would be "likely" to talk about...and in this case, it IS information that should be a part of any suit brought by Rather against his former pimp-daddies.
Oh, yeah? The Plame lawsuit is NOT just ridiculous. It is a great suit by two people who have...[smirk]...ahem...er...had their livelihoods ruined and their...reput...BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Dammit, now I gotta work on that hard-boiled lawyer glower all over again.
8^)
Check with Wilson and Plame for ways to concoct grounds for such.
Another ---- Someone made a bunch of stickers that said "Press button for a recorded message from Hubert Humphrey." and put them on the hand drying appliances in restrooms.
Dan Rather's cheese has slipped of his cracker.
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