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Dan Rather Sues CBS, Seeking To 'Restore His Reputation'
The Washington Post ^
| 9/20/07
| Howard Kurtz
Posted on 09/20/2007 7:29:56 AM PDT by steve-b
In an extraordinary move that reflects the depth of his resentment toward his former network, Dan Rather sued CBS yesterday, charging that he was made a "scapegoat" for a discredited 2004 story about President Bush's National Guard record because CBS wanted to "pacify the White House."
CBS management "coerced" the veteran news anchor "into publicly apologizing and taking personal blame for alleged journalistic errors in the broadcast," says the $70 million suit, which also names Sumner Redstone, chief executive of the network's then-parent company, Viacom; CBS Chairman Les Moonves; and former CBS News president Andrew Heyward....
Gold, Rather's lawyer, maintained that "nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. The way we look at it, it's more than likely the documents are authentic."...
Bernard Goldberg, a former CBS correspondent and a sharp critic of Rather, said yesterday that the former anchor is a great reporter, "but the dark side is that he's unwilling or incapable of accepting responsibility. . . . This is the man who signed off his newscast with 'courage,' and now he's alleging 'they made me do it, they just put the words in front of me.' This is ridiculous on so many levels."...
Rather clearly intended to make a splash with the suit: He has agreed to appear tonight on "Larry King Live."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; cbsnews; kenneth; kurtz; postedyesterday; rather; rathergate; seebs
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Gold, Rather's lawyer, maintained that "nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. The way we look at it, it's more than likely the documents are authentic." Oooookay....
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:30:04 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
"Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:32:01 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: steve-b
Gold, Rather's lawyer, maintained that "nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. The way we look at it, it's more than likely the documents are authentic." Super. Let's make this the central issue of the case, put people under oath, subpoena all involved, bring in document experts and get a jury to make a finding of fact on it.
You gotta love the fact that CBS will be in a position to prove the docs are at fault.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:32:42 AM PDT
by
Uncledave
To: steve-b
"nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. in a word, Buckhead.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:33:05 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: steve-b
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:34:02 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: steve-b
I didn’t realize this C-BSer had a reputation in the first place. CBS should have gone with Roger Mudd when they had the chance.
To: steve-b
Bernard Goldberg, a former CBS correspondent and a sharp critic of Rather, said yesterday that the former anchor is a great reporter, “but the dark side is that he’s unwilling or incapable of accepting responsibility. . . . This is the man who signed off his newscast with ‘courage,’ and now he’s alleging ‘they made me do it, they just put the words in front of me.’ This is ridiculous on so many levels.”...
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Yes, Rather remains and continues to prove, he is a lying, anti-American leftist POS. Liberals NEVER accept blame for anything THEY DO. Somehow that keeps them out of jail. Just ask Bill and Hillary about that. Such despicable people are the MSM and their leftist complicit operatives...
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:35:54 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: steve-b
Dan Rather Sues CBS, Seeking To 'Restore His Reputation'
Hey Danny Boy, how do you restore this? :
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:36:04 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: steve-b
Everybody is out to get you! Run Dan, RUN!!!
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:37:16 AM PDT
by
John123
("What good fortune for the governments that the people do not think" -- Adolf Hitler)
To: steve-b
Whiny, sissy butt boy Dan.
“Courage”,..ROFLMAO.
“Give it up Dan, MoveOn. Get overs yourselves.
Egocentric, narcissistic crybaby.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
garyhope
To: steve-b
Gold, Rather's lawyer, maintained that
"nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. The way we look at it, it's more than likely the documents are authentic."As previously stated on Free Republic, September 8, 2004, it was all about the typeface: fonts were monospaced on 60s and 70s typewriters not Times New Roman; also, superscript was achieved by rolling up the typewriter - letter sizes were not smaller as they appear on a document prepared with Word in superscript font.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:40:28 AM PDT
by
xtinct
(I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
To: TommyDale
Reputation? What? What reputation. He destroyed that with his own big, pathetic, liberal mouth. He’s just reminding us of just how much of an egomaniac he really was.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:42:00 AM PDT
by
Bitsy
To: steve-b
Rather has been confirming his reputation; with his every thoughtful ‘sharing’ since his CBS departure. This effort alone; speaks more than a thousand words. And none, in his favor.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:43:12 AM PDT
by
cricket
To: steve-b; hellinahandcart
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:43:12 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(You can’t spell crap without the AP in it.)
To: steve-b
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:45:20 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(DC scandals. Republicans address them, Democrats reelect them. (Tom DeLay 8/30/07))
To: steve-b
Rather clearly intended to make a splash with the suit: He has agreed to appear tonight on "Larry King Live."Larry King: "And now, appearing to us live via satellite, we go to former CBS news anchor Dan Rather..."
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:47:29 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
To: steve-b
The ratherbiased.com people need to put up a companion website: rathercrazy.com.
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:50:33 AM PDT
by
freespirited
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. -- P.J. O'Rourke)
To: steve-b
How can you tell when a lawyer’s lying?
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:51:30 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
To: steve-b
nobody's proved the documents were forgeries. The way we look at it, it's more than likely the documents are authentic." Good luck proving their authenticity. :oD
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:52:40 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: steve-b
"The documents were just as real as the tail feathers off a duck pouncing on a June bug!"
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posted on
09/20/2007 7:59:28 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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