Dan Rather Lawsuit Heats Up

NewsMax ^ | July 18, 2008 | Jim Meyers

[2ndDivisionVet]

Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS heated up in a Manhattan court on Wednesday as his lawyers sought to have several key documents in the case made public.

Rather’s lead attorney Marty Gold asked Justice Ira Gammerman to release the documents, arguing that they would help refute CBS’s public characterization of Rather’s claims in the suit as a fantasy, the New York Observer reported.

Gold said that Rather would like to give the public access to about 10 of the thousands of documents handed over by CBS.

But Gammerman rebuffed the effort, saying he considered the request to release the documents a distraction and ruling that he would continue to uphold the network’s request to keep the documents out of the public eye.

“We think the cat’s already out of the bag,” said Gold.

Gammerman responded: “We can close the bag now.”

The justice also noted that the documents will be made public if the case goes to trial later this year.

Rather claims CBS breached his contract by not giving him enough on-air assignments after he was removed as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in March 2005, following a scandal over a report on U.S. President George W. Bush's military record.

CBS later acknowledged that documents used in the report, which aired on September 8, 2004, could not be authenticated.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Why is he doing this?

[2ndDivisionVet]

PING!

[Charles Henrickson]

THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE DAN AWAY
Tune: "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-haaa!"

Remember when I broke the news
How Bush got in the Guard
And didn't have to leave
To go to Vietnam?
Well . . .

I pushed that story hard
Just weeks before Election Day
And so of course you know
The thoughts I had in my mind
Like . . .

They're going to give me a prize, Ha-ha!
They're going to give me a prize, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
For a journalist
Who helps the Democrats all the time
And I'll be happy to put
That nice award
In my trophy case
And they're going to give me a prize, Ha-haaa!

You thought it was a fake
And so you cringed
You cringed when people said
That superscript was not done at that time
Right . . .

The people laughed, I heard them laugh
They laughed, they laughed and laughed
You made me leave
But now you know I'm Rather upset!
So . . .

I'm going to take you to court, Ha-ha!
I'm going to take you to court, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
For a tidy sum
Like six--no, seventy million bucks
And put me back on the Evening News
And make all the viewers watch
And I'm going to take you to court, Ha-haaa!

I read your news
I gave my views
And this is how you pay me back
For all my years of bold unbiased news?!
Hah . . .

Well, you just wait
I'll find the proof
And when I do
They'll know that Dan is not some sort of old unbalanced nut!
'Cause . . .

They're coming to take me away, Ha-ha!
They're coming to take me away, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha!
To the Kinko's store
Where fake but accurate faxes fly
And I'll be happy to see
Those daring scoops
Come across my desk
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

To the anchor desk
With lights and cameras and breaking news
And four producers who sit and smile
And tell me that I'm the best
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

To the Kinko's store
Where fake but accurate faxes fly
And I'll be happy to see
Those daring scoops
Come across my desk
And they're coming to take me away, Ha-haaa!

[Doctor Raoul]

Damn good.

[cpdiii]

I'm going to take you to court, Ha-ha! I'm going to take you to court, Ho-ho, Hee-hee, Ha-ha! For a tidy sum Like six--no, seventy million bucks And put me back on the Evening News And make all the viewers watch And I'm going to take you to court, Ha-haaa!

IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!! An ultra-leftist suing his ultra left former employer who fired him. I hope they both win. :)

[razorback-bert]

His ego is bruised, which being as big as it is, is easy.

[I see my hands]

Plain and insane BDS.

[liberallarry]

What documents? I always think that all documents should be made public in a case like this. Otherwise, it reminds me too strongly of the Mohammed Dura case which was covered here not too long ago.

[MovementConservative]

CBS later acknowledged that documents used in the report, which aired on September 8, 2004, could not be authenticated.

That is way too generous a discription. Obvious fraud is a more apopros description of those documents.

[LasVegasMac]

The whole lie.....and nothing but the whole lie. Courage!

[FlyVet]

Dan, pompous caricature of himself, being portrayed as "tough" and "fair" all those years. How dare they kick him downstairs? He's showing how "tough" he is.

Even Cronkite, when he got to a certain age, stepped down, but never really went away. Almost none of these Alphabet propagandists ever willingly step down. Brokaw did, but now he's back.

You'd think, in their later years, they'd want to go home, and go fishing or something. But, they can't stand being out of the limelight. Look at the age of the 60 Minutes crew.

[Zakeet]

Those documents are fake but accurate *

*One of the greatest TV-weenie quotes of all time, IMHO

[Zakeet]

[bilhosty]

This is one suit where I Hope the lawyers get the money. All of it and lots of it.

[bajabaja]

Memo

To: Marty Gold
From: A Texas Kinkos
Re: SOP

When a news organization covers up a news story and keeps incriminating documents from the public, somebody leaks the documents.

Corollary: When a news organization cannot find documents to support its agenda, it fabricates them.

Either way, you know what to do.

[hosepipe]

Felonious DAN is cruising for a bruising..

[nothingnew]

Why is he doing this?

I don't know, but I'm picking him for Howie Carr's deadpool next round.

FMCDH(BITS)

[KC_Conspirator]

He is Unfit to Report. Dan Rather is one of the worst examples of journalism ever. He is a disgrace.