Dan Rather, Still in Denial: I Was Asked to Leave CBS for Telling 'Uncomfortable Truth' About Bush

Newsbusters.org ^ | 3-3-11 | Tim Graham

[Justaham]

We're headed toward seven years since Dan Rather disgraced himself by running a story based on phony Texas Air National Guard documents to ruin George W. Bush on behalf of that "war hero" John Kerry. Rather has relentlessly presented himself as a pillar of truth and probity. Rather spoke on Tuesday night at the Newseum in Washington, DC to questions from Nick (Father of George) Clooney. Katy Adams and Nikki Schwab of the Washington Examiner's Yeas & Nays column reported Rather thinks he's the teller of uncomfortable truths, and the people objecting to phony documents are somehow the falsifiers and fantasists:

Clooney did take on the elephant in the room, though — Rather’s resignation from CBS News in 2005 for using bogus documents in a story about former President George W. Bush’s National Guard service. “We reported a story that was true, that was an uncomfortable truth for a lot of people,” Rather said. “As a result to that I was asked to leave the anchor chair, and eventually CBS News.”

[Minn]

This reminds me: I never heard Mary Mapes’s take on the 2010 election. She had so much to say in 2008 about how hate had been rejected. Wonder what she had to say this time.

[JaneNC]

Yes, he is...he is bam bams

[flat]

[dead]

"Dan, are you bi-polar?"
"I'm bi-losing! I'm losing over here and I'm losing over there!"

[reagan_fanatic]

What’s the frequency, Gunga?

[GOPJ]

What truth? Gimme a break. There was no truth to what he was reporting... if there had been it would have been ALL over the MSM - reporters would have been crawling over each other to get his side out if they could have. They hated Bush as much as he did.

The fact that they didn't, and he couldn't - means he was lying. Or he was delusional. Or there was NO credible proof to what he was reporting. It wasn't for lack of trying or lack of friends in the MSM...

[count-your-change]

I keep hearing Paul Simon singing “Still Crazy After All These Years” whenever The Danno is mentioned. Is it me? I dunno......

[yarddog]

Rather is loonier than Joe Don Looney.

[magslinger]

The beginning of the end was around 1960 when the MSM first thought they could lie to the American people forever.

Buckhead was more like the "Shot heard 'round the world".

[pallis]

Big ego, big lies, and a job to accommodate both of them, Rather met reality.

[RoadTest]

“I Was Asked to Leave CBS for Telling ‘Uncomfortable Truth’ About Bush”

He slipped “comfortable” in between “un” and “truth”.

[allmendream]

THAT is the scary thing.

Imagine for a second that Dan's “unimpeachable sources” (one highly impeachable crank) was more competent and actually pounded out the “Original Memos” on an old typewriter.

They tried to hang onto the “you could get the default Word setting kerning and superscript from a 1970’s typewriter” line for as long as possible as it was!

[MarineBrat]

Dirty Dan Rather pinches a loaf on live TV. Lives in fantasy world. News at 11.

[bilhosty]

Dan Rather is not in denial. He is a bald faced liar and knows it.

[TigersEye]

If you ever run into him in public just smile and say loudly and proudly Buckhead!

[bikerman]

Dan Blather, still sucking air?

[SuziQ]

He’s mentally ill; there is no other explanation.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL!

[okie01]

[Rather’s] mentally ill; there is no other explanation.

Under normal circumstances, one would be inclined to have pity on his mortal soul.

At the moment, however, I can't find a gram of pity for his sorry ass.