Dan Rather stands by his story

Salon.COM ^ | 9/27/07 | Sidney Blumenthal

[Phsstpok]

His lawsuit will attempt to show that CBS tried to suppress the report on Bush's National Guard Service and the Abu Ghraib abuses.

By Sidney Blumenthal

Dan Rather's complaint against CBS and Viacom, its parent company, filed in New York state court on Sept. 19 and seeking $70 million in damages for his wrongful dismissal as "CBS Evening News" anchor, has aroused hoots of derision from a host of commentators. They've said that the former anchor is "sad," "pathetic," "a loser," on an "ego" trip and engaged in a mad gesture "no sane person" would do, and that "no one in his right mind would keep insisting that those phony documents are real and that the Bush National Guard story is true."

Once the court accepts his suit, however, launching the adjudication of legal issues such as breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with contract, it will set in motion an inexorable mechanism that will grind out answers to other questions as well. Then Rather's suit will become an extraordinary commission of inquiry into a major news organization's intimidation, complicity and corruption under the Bush administration. No congressional committee would be able to penetrate into the sanctum of any news organization to divulge its inner workings. But intent on vindicating his reputation, capable of financing an expensive legal challenge, and armed with the power of subpoena, Rather will charge his attorneys to interrogate news executives and perhaps administration officials under oath on a secret and sordid chapter of the Bush presidency.

 

[Congressman Billybob]

No one should take seriously an article written by Squid Blumenthal, and published on Salon. (I thought Salon had dropped through the floor and disappeared financially, like Air America will when it runs out of liberal suckers with a million dollars to waste.)

There are far more honest, and well-written pieces on this subject, including the one below which appeared on FR and several other points around the Net.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Dan Rather, CBS, Plus Duke"

[MEGoody]

Dan Rather: Delusional leftist

[Steve_Seattle]

The idea that CBS News is a tool of the Bush administration, or played down the Abu Ghraib scandal, is laughable on its face. Blumenthal was one of the biggest scumbags in the Clinton administration, and he hasn’t changed a bit.

[Joe Boucher]

Danny boy, no one cares.
Go home and drool you old fool.

[BOBTHENAILER]

make a god book title about ol' dan

HOOTS OF DERISION

THE UNTOLD STORY OF A LYING PARTISAN

[Congressman Billybob]

As I said in my article this week, as soon as I read Buckhead's famous comment on FR I smacked my forehead and said, "Of course he's right. These are forgeries." I also have a background in print media publications.

Like a couple other "experts" who checked in on or through Little Green Footballs the following morning, I had sufficient background to recognize why these documents allegedly from the 70s could not have been produced except in a well-financed print shop of that day.

Now, with computers and their typesetting programs, and laser printers for the output, those 70s' memos can be produced by anyone, anywhere, including all Air National Guard offices in the known universe. The flip back and forth graphic shows exactly that.

But not even the most expensive and sophisticated IBM Selectrics (which the TANG did not have anyway), could have produced those memos.

Kudos to Buckhead because he was the first to spot the forgeries. Not because he was prepared by Rove to make the attack, but because he was armed with the facts and he paid attention to the details.

AFTER Buckhead, I saw the same thing. However, my connection with Karl Rove is that I've seen him a few times on TV. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, "Dan Rather, CBS, Plus Duke"

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Karl Rove is Buckhead? Who knew? :-)

[Doctor Raoul]

The Squid Lives....if you call that living.

The Squid hides his BS in a cloud of ink.

[Continental Soldier]

“Dan Rather stands by his story.”

OK, so what’s new? Dan Rather has always stood by his stories, no matter how false, fake and anit-American they were.

[SierraWasp]

"make a god book title about ol' dan"

Grate call!!! Just don't give ol' dan any ideas about a "god book" for Pete's sake!!!

[biscuit jane]

“Karl Rove is Buckhead? Who knew? :-) “

Yep... we will all be getting our secret orders from him momentarily —
check yer mail

[evad]

Courage

[mdittmar]

for his wrongful dismissal as "CBS Evening News" anchor

I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on t.v. but this may come up if it goes to trial;)

Rather spoke of his decision to step down to more than 100 staffers in the CBS newsroom on Tuesday afternoon. In brief remarks, the newsman said that he had considered retiring since the late 1990s. He added that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack prompted him to put aside such thoughts.

[SierraWasp]

This case just HAS TO GO TO TRIAL!!! (no! REALLY!!!) (think of what will come out of this win/win/winner!!!)

[Doctor Raoul]

Buckhead wants to be Karl Rove when he grows up...

[calcowgirl]

They've said that the former anchor is "sad," "pathetic," "a loser," on an "ego" trip and engaged in a mad gesture "no sane person" would do, and that "no one in his right mind would keep insisting that those phony documents are real and that the Bush National Guard story is true."

And they were only getting started! (Appropriately so!)

I think he's a sniveling whiner, myself. And a darn poor journalist when it came to the subject at hand.

[upchuck]

“Dan Rather stands by his story”

Dan Rather is a moronic fool and complete idiot.

Go away Dan. You’re done.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Dementia has set in worse than ever.

[allmendream]

Anyone taking odds that this will EVER go to trial? I think CBS will settle rather than reveal the depths of their collusion with the DNC in coordinating the “Fortunate Son” advertisement buy with the bogus document release by See.B.S..

I think Gunga Dan is crazy like a fox. They will settle for an undisclosed sum is my prediction.

[G8 Diplomat]