Rather’s Lawsuit Says CBS Made Him a ‘Scapegoat’

The New York Times ^ | September 20, 2007 | JACQUES STEINBERG

[Baladas]

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 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.”

[Baladas]

LOL,"his reputation". They DO love those lawsuits, don't they?

[Yo-Yo]

Did Dan Ra^ther have a reputation?

[WorkingClassFilth]

Once a putz...

[goldstategop]

ROFLMAO! You can't lose what was never yours in the first place.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Rocky]

What was it Dan said about the National Guard papers? False, but accurate?

That weenie deserved everything he got. I’m no fan of CBS, but Dan did this to himself and he alone deserves the blame.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Haha! He contends that the network committed fraud! Guess if anyone would recognize fraud it would be Ra^ther.

[Panzerlied]

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame,
But I say, it’s his own damn fault!

[OpusatFR]

Political theatre.

By the time this goes to court, the elections will be in full swing and Danny and his lawyers can go full court press on all sorts of propaganda.

He doesn’t have a case but this is not about his contract or CBS’s contractual obligations, this is about keeping his noise and news in front of the public during the campaigns.

[Erik Latranyi]

In the lawsuit filing, Rather claims the National Guard story was never proven false.

He is still clinging to the old line!

[Shortstop7]

Heh heh. I agree.

[76Tiger]

Ok, since nobody else stepped up yet, here goes:

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

[KoRn]

Discovery in this lawsuit should be very interesting if it ever goes to trial.

[period end of story]

[Rome2000]

Did Dan Rather have a reputation?

Yes, a reputation as a COMSYMP and minor league propagandist.

[SandRat]

[mylife]

[motor_racer]

You beat me to that one.

So Dan is telling us he didn’t write the story? Wasn’t responsible for it in any way? And all he did was read it on the air? Not a reporter at all, just a talking head?

If all that is true, shouldn’t he be praying that no one demands that he give back all those millions he was paid while masquerading as a great journalist (whatever that is)?

[BuffaloJack]

Typical litigation liberal.
Isn’t man enough to accept his own mistakes.

[Chode]

and the RATS, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!

[bannie]

Poo00000OOOOO00000oooor li’l victim.

(snicker...)