Posted on 09/19/2007 12:30:52 PM PDT by abb
Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ground to an inglorious end 15 months ago over his role in an unsubstantiated report questioning President Bush’s Vietnam-era National Guard service, filed a $70 million lawsuit this afternoon against the network, its corporate parent and three of his former superiors.
Mr. Rather, 75, asserts that the network violated his contract by giving him insufficient airtime on “60 Minutes” after forcing him to step down as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” in March 2005. He also contends that the network committed fraud by commissioning a “biased” and incomplete investigation of the flawed Guard broadcast and, in the process, “seriously damaged his reputation.” As plaintiffs, the suit names CBS and its chief executive, Leslie Moonves; Viacom and its chief executive, Sumner Redstone; and Andrew Heyward, the former president of CBS News.
In the suit, filed this afternoon in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Mr. Rather charges that CBS and its executives made him “a scapegoat” in an attempt “to pacify the White House,” though the formal complaint presents virtually no direct evidence to that effect. To buttress this claim, Mr. Rather quotes the executive who oversaw his regular segment on CBS Radio, telling Mr. Rather in November 2004 that he was losing that slot, effective immediately, because of “pressure from ‘the right wing.’ ”
He also continues to take vehement issue with the appointment by CBS of Richard Thornburgh, an attorney general in the administration of the elder President Bush, as one of the two outside panelists given the job of reviewing how the disputed broadcast had been prepared.
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ping
Courage.
CBS to call buckhead as an expert witness as to just how big a moron Dan is.
Dan Rather,,,,,,,,,,,bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, the gift that keeps on giving, oh man oh man, what a buffoon
He seriously damaged his own reputation, is he hoping everyone has forgotten the details by now?
LOL
15 months ago? Is that right?
You beat me to it.
What’s the frequency of these kinds of lawsuits, does anyone know?
They should all countersue and leave Dan in rags....what a scumbag
Go get ‘em, Dan. What a major leage *ssclown.
Dan has offically lost it...
I thought he left on his own? Planning to retire anyway? Now he says the FORCED him out? Which is the fake but accurate report Gunga Dan?
Whats the frequency kenneth?
Dan has offically lost it...
I thought he left on his own? Planning to retire anyway? Now he says they FORCED him out? Which is the fake but accurate report Gunga Dan?
Whats the frequency kenneth?
Why not an even $100 million or even a $1 Billion?
It's great fun watching liberals in a cat fight.
while cbs is looking for the cash they can search for his relevance some too.
Please Lord, may this go to trial during the election season.
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