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Rather Ambushed at Dallas Airport; Anchor Bashes Fox
Ratherbiased.com ^ | September 18, 2004 | Ratherbiased.com

Posted on 09/19/2004 1:54:23 PM PDT by thebride

Rather Ambushed at Dallas Airport; Anchor Bashes Fox September 18, 2004 15:34:06 EDT Fox News has reported that Dan Rather received the "60 Minutes treatment" when he was confronted by a local Dallas TV reporter.

Rather has flown to Dallas apparently to help his CBS people in Dallas get their stories straight and bolster their defense. More and more media organizations are picking apart Rather's claims, as more is uncovered about the Texas Democrats who seem to have originated the story.

The reporter, from the local Fox affiliate, asked Rather if he felt he was duped. Rather shot back, "Do you feel like you were duped -- working for Fox like you do?"


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axisofweasels; burkett; cbs; cbsnews; forged; forgedmemos; forgery; foxnews; killian; mapes; memogate; memos; rather; ratherambushed; rathergate
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To: thebride

"Dan Rather received the "60 Minutes treatment" when he was confronted by a local Dallas TV reporter"

"For 'tis the sport to have the enginer / Hoist with his owne petar[d]" -- Shakespeare, Hamlet III iv

Or: "How Sweet it is" -- Jackie Gleason as "Ralph Kramden"


141 posted on 09/19/2004 3:16:36 PM PDT by Jerry W. Howard
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To: TASMANIANRED
"Which one of the liberal talking heads was arrested outside a NY deli recently?"

That was Mike Wallace, the 60 mins I potentate.

142 posted on 09/19/2004 3:17:41 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: thebride
"Do you feel like you were duped -- working for Fox like you do?"

An arrogant a$$ to the end! Amazing!
143 posted on 09/19/2004 3:22:18 PM PDT by GeorgiaYankee (Not bad for a bunch of guys in their pajamas, eh Dan?)
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To: DaughterofEve

Haha! I had seen a photo a couple of years ago of these slippers on ebay, and this isn't the same photo but there was another one out there on google.


144 posted on 09/19/2004 3:23:27 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Mo1
Rather has flown to Dallas apparently to help his CBS people in Dallas get their stories straight and bolster their defense

THAT'S OUR STORY AND WE'RE STICKING TO IT.

145 posted on 09/19/2004 3:24:42 PM PDT by TheGeezer
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To: DaughterofEve
Still on ebay.

Bush slippers -- one of several auctions of these

146 posted on 09/19/2004 3:28:33 PM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: thebride; Howlin; Liz
Rather Ambushed at Dallas Airport...

No home field advantage...

147 posted on 09/19/2004 3:31:56 PM PDT by Libloather (911th Internet Reconnaissance Brigade - Jammie Commando Battalion)
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To: thebride
The reporter, from the local Fox affiliate, asked Rather if he felt he was duped. Rather shot back, "Do you feel like you were duped -- working for Fox like you do?"

A local Fox affiliate has nothing to do with Fox News. What a maroon.

148 posted on 09/19/2004 3:34:21 PM PDT by NYCVirago
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To: thebride

I heard Mr. Rather might be breaking a story about forged documents soon.


149 posted on 09/19/2004 3:34:57 PM PDT by Rippin
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To: Rippin
I heard Mr. Rather might be breaking a story about forged documents soon.

Before December?

151 posted on 09/19/2004 3:36:59 PM PDT by Libloather (911th Internet Reconnaissance Brigade - Jammie Commando Battalion)
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To: CaliGirlGodHelpMe
"Do you feel like you were duped -- working for Fox like you do?" Typical lib flanking maneuver...you will notice they ALWAYS try to change the subject rather than address the issue. For the reporter to say, "No, I don't" even though brief, was falling into that trap. He should have simply said, "So DO you feel like you were duped, Mr. Rather?" - thereby not letting him get away with that classic liberal avoidance mechanism.

Yes, it surely appears that way. One thing he wasn't going to do was admit wrong doing in any form or manner. Answering the question with an ad hominen counter attack was quite clever considering the damaging nature of the question.

152 posted on 09/19/2004 3:37:16 PM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: TheGeezer

The first time I remember seeing Dan Rather was during the time of the Kennedy Assassination. Then I seem to remember him covering the Oswald arrest who had just murdered Officer Tippit of the Dallas Police. I still remember the reporter that called at the Tippit home immediately after the killing of the officer and asked his newly widowed wife "How she felt". Was that reporter Dan Rather? Does anyone who was around during that time remember. I never got over that insensitive quesion that has almost become standard in today's media.


153 posted on 09/19/2004 3:38:02 PM PDT by brydic1
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To: martin_fierro
Rather shot back, ... Liberal Dan Rather bristles in typical circle jerkin fashion.
154 posted on 09/19/2004 3:45:37 PM PDT by SunnySide
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To: DefCon

TAH DAH!! Thank you - I was thinking of "Dirty Laundry" last week. Besides being a hot dance tune - it seems to have been a forerunner of where we are today.


155 posted on 09/19/2004 3:45:46 PM PDT by daybreakcoming
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To: thebride

Rather is in BUSH country now....and we've all got rifles in our pickups....


156 posted on 09/19/2004 3:49:44 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Here is the latest version of a tune about Dan Rather and his soure done to the tune of Mel Tillis's ~ Coca Cola Cowboy

Chivas Regal Cowboy
(c)Copyright Ray Malone Music 2004 All rights reserved

Called Dan up on the Fax
He said don't need me no facts
But it sounds like someone else is forging there
He said just call me some more
With the forgeries galore
We'll forge our lies and then we just won't care

Chorus
And he said ... You're just Chivas Regal Cowboy
With a Rather smile and Johnny Edward's Hair
And You walked across the truth like it was Texas
And you taught me how to lie and just not care.

157 posted on 09/19/2004 3:51:38 PM PDT by Common Tator
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To: Torie

"He wants to beat the competition "

Bingo. I suspect after the ratings Fox got durning the Rep. Convention they were willing to do anything to get ratings. Alas.......they sold their soul to the devil.


158 posted on 09/19/2004 3:53:03 PM PDT by Smartaleck
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To: thebride

I would have asked Rather a different question. "When did you decide to stop being a journalist and start being a shameless political propagandist for the Democratic Party, you old gasbag?"

There are a lot of good retirement homes that can give a senile geezer like Rather a comfortable place to live out his remaining years. It's a shame he hasn't been shipped off to one.


159 posted on 09/19/2004 3:55:08 PM PDT by jagrmeister
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To: EggsAckley

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What sucked was being just one of DAN RATHER's Victims for decades:

http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_set1.htm

.


160 posted on 09/19/2004 3:56:26 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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