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Former CBS anchor stops by KARE 11 (MPLS) (Guess Who!!!)
KARE11.com ^ | 6/7/08 | KARE11.com

Posted on 06/07/2008 5:04:25 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

MINNEAPOLIS -- There are thousands of journalists and others taking part in a convention in the Twin Cities this weekend. Among the major names in town is former CBS News anchor and "60 Minutes" contributor, Dan Rather.

The aim of the convention is to reform the media. Attendees ultimately want to hold the media accountable for serving the public interest.

"I have a lifetime of believing the red, beating heart of free and democratic people is a free and independent -- truly independent -- press," said Rather.

One of their main goals is to make large national ownership groups and other media companies more responsive to the public.

Rather says, "We've reached a point where too few very large international conglomerates with interests outside news own too much of the mass media."


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: cbsnews; danrather; media; mediareform; rather; whatsthefrquency
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Whatever.....

Video at link of Rather interview, in case you have already organized your sock drawer and don't need a shower...

1 posted on 06/07/2008 5:08:05 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What Dan Rather means is “ a free democratic press dictated to by the Liberal Democrats”.


2 posted on 06/07/2008 5:11:02 PM PDT by fish hawk (Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius - Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

A riot is an ungly thing... undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun. - Inspector Kemp

3 posted on 06/07/2008 5:16:53 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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4 posted on 06/07/2008 5:17:55 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’d rather have root canal than look at Rather. He can have his RED beating heart of DEMOCRATIC America and stuff it where the sun doesn’t shine.


5 posted on 06/07/2008 5:18:40 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"I have a lifetime of believing the red, beating heart of free and democratic people is a free and independent -- truly independent -- press," said Rather.

How about just an honest press?

A press that doesn't make their news up out of whole cloth.

Just report the facts, don't speculate, don't "analyze".

6 posted on 06/07/2008 5:20:19 PM PDT by oldbrowser
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To: fish hawk
What Dan Rather means is “ a free democratic press dictated to by the Liberal Democrats”.

The last CBS newscaster I remotely trusted was Douglas Edwards. The leftist tilt really began with Cronkite, although Murrow had his moments. Frankly, I think McCarthy had Murrow pegged.

7 posted on 06/07/2008 5:22:08 PM PDT by appleharvey
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

did dan really use the word ‘red’?


8 posted on 06/07/2008 5:27:07 PM PDT by devane617
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Yeah, he seems to have forgotten the white and blue....


9 posted on 06/07/2008 5:32:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Fight Crime. Shoot Back.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Attendees ultimately want to hold the media accountable for serving the public interest.”

How about just telling the truth and reporting the facts?


10 posted on 06/07/2008 5:36:14 PM PDT by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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“Among the major names in town is former CBS News anchor and “60 Minutes” contributor, Dan Rather..... Attendees ultimately want to hold the media accountable for serving the public interest.”

This is like inviting Jack the Ripper to guard a cat house.


11 posted on 06/07/2008 5:42:42 PM PDT by haroldeveryman
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I’ll bet he and Shelby are having a love fest tonight.
Both from the same mold....spin the news to suit their
viewpoint.


12 posted on 06/07/2008 5:42:48 PM PDT by Fireone (Will the next Ronald Reagan please stand up!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

That is a great graphic. Did you make it?


13 posted on 06/07/2008 5:44:01 PM PDT by johniegrad
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Yes, that’s the ticket.


14 posted on 06/07/2008 5:46:16 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The documents are fake but the story is true.

And Ich bin ein jelly donut.

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Great because you did it!
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15 posted on 06/07/2008 6:05:10 PM PDT by JCG
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
One of their main goals is to make large national ownership groups and other media companies more responsive to the public.

Sounds like a warning shot across the bow of Talk Radio...

16 posted on 06/07/2008 6:14:30 PM PDT by tubebender (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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So if Rather sends a no name in his place to read Dan's words would the audience be understanding seeing that it's a fake but accurate appearance?
17 posted on 06/07/2008 6:18:05 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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The aim of the convention is to reform the media. Attendees ultimately want to hold the media accountable for serving the public interest.

World's largest circle jerk. Or maybe that confab in Rome last week discussing the world food supply.

18 posted on 06/07/2008 6:41:09 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Hmmm... With all the talk of holding the media “accountable” not a SINGLE mention of Dan’s sham.

I guess “accountable” means baseless conservative-bashing.


19 posted on 06/07/2008 6:41:58 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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Rather says, "We've reached a point where too few very large international conglomerates with interests outside news own too much of the mass media."

How could Dan Rather work in the MSM, in a high-profile position, all those years and never realize that it was a profit-oriented enterprise and not a public service entity? He should have gone to work for NPR or PBS.....

20 posted on 06/07/2008 6:43:49 PM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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