Posted on 09/29/2009 1:28:32 PM PDT by Ben Mugged
Bad news for Dan Rather: His $70 million lawsuit against CBS is no more.
In a 19-page decision made public Tuesday, a state appeals court dismissed the legendary newsman's suit against CBS.
Rather, 77, sued the Tiffany network in 2007 after his career at CBS collapsed in the wake of a "60 Minutes II" report about former President George W.Bush's Vietnam-era military service.
The folksy newsman accused CBS executives of caving to Republican interests, coercing him into a public apology after the controversial report aired in September 2004.
The report claimed "high-level political influence" kept Bush out of combat by securing him a cushy spot in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.
As recently as Sept. 21, lawyers for Rather said he would be vindicated and that Bush's military service would be proven to be a sham.
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I simply cannot find the original thread here where Buckhead first noticed it looked like word. Anybody know what keywords I need to use in my search?
You can delete this thread. It is a duplicate.
The Devil in me wanted Dan Rather to win. A $70Mil dollar lawsuit may help finish off CBS for good!
For those who never saw the fake but real letters, here is a link to some of them that I preserved.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v260/BloodofTyrants/Memos/
It also has one document I created on Microsoft Word and overlaid on the fake Rater document.
>> The folksy newsman accused CBS executives of caving to Republican interests, coercing him into a public apology after the controversial report aired in September 2004.
My, my, my. It’s been five years since that marvelous time when Rather and CBS played with strange fire and got themselves thoroughly burned.
How time does fly!
I hope Danny boy has flushed a ton of his ill-gotten treasure down the lawyer-crapper. Retiring bitter AND broke would be a fitting tribute to the man.
Kudos and thanks to Buckhead, Rather was proved a big time phoney and liar. Fake but Accurate.
You lied, Dan. Whuts wrong wit you? How do expect to get 77 million for lyin
Bullfrog
courage danny boy, courage...
Perpetual litigation would have been fun to watch, though.
Sure, but maybe they (CBS) would decide to quit playing charade and close down their “news” division.
Viacom makes it’s money selling trash, not propaganda like Katie Couric.
My hero!! [swoons]
;-)
Thankee kindly, ma’am. But I’m a happily married man. (Although I do love babies).
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