Rather Quitting as CBS Anchor in Abrupt Move

NY Times ^ | November 24, 2004 | JACQUES STEINBERG and BILL CARTER

[aroostook war]

He added that a Bob Dylan lyric had been rattling around his head for the last few days that "he not busy being born is busy dying."

Right-O Dan. And "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," do you now?

[BluH2o]

Dan Rather, may, or may not, hang around 'til March 9. However, I can assure you the '60 Minute' gig will be over very soon ... after the memogate fiasco, and the embarrassment to CBS ... Rather will fade away quickly. Very quickly ...

[plangent]

The only way John Roberts has held on this long is to toady to Rather's
insatiable hate of Republicans and anything on the conservative
side of politics.

Robert is a fitting substitude for bile-driven news and
a perfect choice to help CBS wither further on the vine.

[OSHA]

I think he's trying to beat the upcoming heat with some "self-sanction" in hopes to avoid being unceremoniously FIRED!

[Lancey Howard]

Mr. Moonves said he felt compelled to inform the investigative panel of Mr. Rather's plans.

Translation: Moonves hopes the panel will now take it easy on Rather. No sense beating a dead horse, etc.

[spinestein]

The question of the day is: Will his replacement be MORE or LESS biased and intellectually dishonest than D.R..

[Lancey Howard]

There is no turning back for Rather - - no possibility for redemption, and no amount of spin that can change anything. Rather will always be, first and foremost, the crooked newsman who tried to corrupt a Presidential election by using forged documents to support a one-sided hit-piece interview with a Kerry fundraiser just weeks before the election. THAT will be Rather's well-deserved epitath. I don't care when the scumbag retires.

[lyingisbetter]

"I think he's trying to beat the upcoming heat with some "self-sanction" in hopes to avoid being unceremoniously FIRED!"

Come on, he was fired! This is the way a Dan Rather gets fired by CBS. Dan doesn't want to step down.

HE WAS FIRED!!!!!! THAT'S THE STORY.
Dan is spinning again. and people are buying it:(
haaaaaaaaaaah

[WorkingClassFilth]

One more terror ally down. Rather is the Ace of Clubs in the Deck of Weasels:

http://www.newsmax.com/weasels/images/A-clubs.gif

[Theresawithanh]

It's not an abrupt enough move for me. Rather has been fabricating stories for awhile, the fake Vietnam Vets story years ago, and the fake ANG memo. He should've been sacked long ago.

[plangent]

How could the NYT forget to mention his other memorable
scandal...''The Wall Within'' in 1988...reciting Vietnam
atrocities from on-camera witnesses later proved never to have
been there?

So much to cover, so little space. Understandable that the
Times would scratch Dan's many failings under the kitty litter.

[Peacerose]

Abrupt?! Abrupt???

I've been under the impression for the last four years that a retirement announcement could be expected from Dan following the 2004 elections.

[Raycpa]

"One reason I wanted to do this now was to make the truth clear - this is separated from that."

Truth ? Do you mean fake but accurate ?

[bigbob]

If the door left an imprint on his ass, that still might not be abrupt enough!

[MinuteGal]

"I feel born again", Rather stated. "Not in a religious sense. Born again because I see the path".

You may see the path, Danny boy, but you'll never know the frequency.

Leni

[xp38]

If Roberts becomes the anchor 2 of the big 3 alphabets evening news anchors will be Canadian. I think Brokaw may be leaving soon too. Likely replacement is Brian Williams there.

[kayak]

Both he and Leslie Moonves, CBS's chairman and co-president of its parent company, Viacom, emphasized that the timing of the announcement was dictated by events largely out of their control.
...
In a measure of the awkward predicament in which CBS finds itself ...


Sorry, CBS. That doesn't wash. These events were entirely within your control ... you made the decision to air the fabricated story, hoping to bring down the President. You didn't "find" yourself in this predicament ... you put yourself there!

[kayak]

ROFL!!!

[Viet-Boat-Rider]

WHERE IS THE INDEPENDANT INVESTIGATION INTO CBS' ACTIVITIES INTO THEIR ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE IN A FEDERAL ELECTION??? THEY PROMISSED TO HAVE THE INVEVTIGAITON SHORTLY AFTER THE ELECTION, WHERE IS IT???