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It doesn't take psychoanalysis to figure out what Dan Rather's motivations were; the legal system has a process for recognizing bias.THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL which investigated CBS News's faked memos found no basis to accuse Dan Rather or Mary Mapes of political bias in connection with their roles in the offending 60 Minutes story about President Bush's National Guard service. In its report the Panel characterized the very question of whether a political agenda could play a role as "subjective" and "difficult." And panelist Louis Boccardi later explained that "bias is a hard thing to prove." Yet questions about motivation...

Dan Rather will be anchoring from Indonesia and the Navy released a photo of him on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in his flight suit. I find this hillarious after the way the left pilloried Bush for "wearing a costume" for his landing on the....ta da!....USS Abraham Lincoln! LOL! The Lefties...the gift that keeps on giving.

yesterday i posted my first message on the free republic website i may of got some things wrong but it was my first thread. I dont think i will post another because of the more than harsh reply i got. goodbye

"We don't know what to do. We don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon." "Could be game set and match Republicans." "They're about first and goal from 4 yards out." "He swept through the South like a tornado through a trailer park."

The end of an eraThe criticism,” growled NBC's Tom Brokaw, went “beyond any factual information.” Indeed, it was nothing less than “a political jihad.” ABC's Peter Jennings, equally outraged, chimed in: “I don't think you ever judge a man by only one event in his career.”They were speaking, of course, about l'Affaire Dan Rather, rising in defense of their fellow elite anchor. Trouble is, Jennings was right. We shouldn't judge a man by a single event; we should judge him by all his biases and errata. These, Rather has in overplus.(Researchers may visit Ratherbiased.com, where they'll find them carefully compiled...

November 03, 2004 Ed Bradley Calls Election for Bush on CBS, Rather Objects In a rather testy on-air exchange, circa 12:30am PST, between Dan Rather, CBS anchor, and Ed Bradley, long-time corresponent for CBS's 60 Minutes and an election night commentator, Bradley rather roundly criticized both Kerry and his own network for not accepting the obvious mathematics and calling the election for Bush. Bradley pointed out that Bush leads Kerry by 145,000 votes in Ohio, and even if 250,000 provisional ballots remain (which he considered a high estimate), and that even if all the provisional ballots are valid, Kerry would...

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Sometimes Rather jumps the gun out of eagerness to be the first to report. Other times, his jumping the gun is for partisan, political reasons. Jumping the Gun Over the years, Dan Rather has acquired a reputation for "jumping the gun" on big news events, reporting something as a fact that has not been established in his haste to get the scoop. Here are a few of Rather's "exclusives." For our coverage of Rather being tricked by a Howard Stern fan during his coverage of the space shuttle Columbia disaster, see Previous News. Winging it at the Nixon White House...

The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!

(Houston-AP) -- Investigators in Houston say a radio-controlled aircraft instructor died when he was struck by a model helicopter. The accident happened yesterday at a park in southwest Harris County. Sheriff's authorities are looking into the death of 41-year-old Ronald Kyle of Houston. Officials say it appears Kyle had been doing flight maneuvers with a model helicopter when he turned the controls over to the student who owns the mini-aircraft. Authorities say the plane apparently went out of control and ended up flying toward the two people -- and Kyle was struck in the throat area.

Rather's Anti-Recall Plea2003-10-07 03:00:10 ET Voters Needed to stop 'Republican Schwarzenegger'-- The California recall is the biggest story of the moment and that was certainly true at last night's Evening News. After devoting the first two stories of his broadcast about the election, the anchorman decided to add one more thing. Harking back to the days when he routinely used "Republican" as the first name of former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, Rather sounded an ominous note about California's political future, and what needed to be done: "You may want to note that among political professionals, there is a wide-spread...

What's New We post our latest site additions on this page. It's regularly updated as Dan Rather gives his updates. For older update information, see our Previous News section. In Hunt for Suitable Subjects, CBS Rejects BlacksEmail Reveals Collusion with Liberal Thinktank2003-07-30 04:19:34 ET An electronic message from a spokeswoman at a liberal thinktank obtained by RatherBiased.com has provided new evidence of backdoor contacts between CBS News and left-leaning organizations. The document also indicates Joan Golder is the perfect type of person CBS producers were seeking. She was featured on a July 28 segment entitled "Seniors Sour Over Prime...

Top Ten Surprises In Dan Rather's Interview with Saddam Hussein 10. Saddam's responses to American charges were mainly of the "your momma's so fat" variety 9. The good laugh they shared at how wimpy the French are 8. Saddam kept calling Dan "Wolf" 7. The palpable sexual tension 6. Not only do they get CBS in Iraq, Saddam loves "Becker" 5. If the United States invades, Saddam would like us to do it in March, after the Baghdad tulip show 4. Entire interview was Saddam demonstrating a low-impact aerobic workout 3. Saddam fell for it every time Dan yelled, "Incoming!"...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House sought to have an administration official counter Saddam Hussein's claims in an interview with CBS' Dan Rather, but could not reach agreement with the network on the right person to do it.</p> <p>Much of the interview was airing Wednesday night on "60 Minutes II."</p>

(CBS) There are just two men in the world now who can prevent a new U.S.-led war in Iraq, and CBS News Anchor Dan Rather sat down with one of them: the president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. In his first interview with an American journalist in a decade, Hussein talked for more than three hours about the looming war and his efforts to head it off. Saddam indicated he will not destroy -- as ordered by the U.N. -- his arsenal of controversial al Samoud missiles. Saddam also challenged President Bush to a televised debate about their differences. CBS News...

NEW YORK, Feb 24, 2003 (AP Online via COMTEX) -- CBS News' Dan Rather said hard work and luck helped him land his interview with Saddam Hussein on Monday - the Iraqi leader's first interview with a foreign television journalist in 12 years. CBS posted a report about the interview on its Web site Monday afternoon, saying Saddam has challenged President Bush to a live debate on their nations' differences. It's the biggest interview "get" of the year in television news, one all the national news organizations had been seeking. Reached by telephone in Baghdad, Rather credited his executive producer,...

Hussein calls for debate with Bush Iraqi leader also tells CBS anchor he won't destroy banned missiles 02/25/2003 Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on Monday challenged President Bush to an internationally televised debate and indicated that he did not intend to follow U.N. orders to destroy his al-Samoud 2 missiles. In an interview with CBS anchor Dan Rather, Mr. Hussein said he envisioned a live debate with Mr. Bush along the lines of those in a U.S. presidential campaign, CBS said on its Web site. Regarding chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix's order that Iraq...

So why did Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein choose CBS tycoon Dan Rather to be his propaganda tool? Rather claims it was because of "hard work and luck." Here's the truth: Fanatical Bush-hater Ramsey Clark, a force in the pro-Saddam appeasement movement, set it up. Thus reports the Associated Press. Clark, of course, was attorney general to the disastrous Lyndon Johnson, who pursued that really popular Democrat war in Vietnam. Clark has even visited his pal Saddam in Iraq. Useful IdiotIn giving Saddam a propaganda platform to spout his self-serving rhetoric, Rather handed him a nationwide audience for his attempt...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House criticized CBS television on Wednesday over what a spokesman said was a spurned offer to rebut comments by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during an interview to be broadcast on Wednesday evening. "This seems odd they wouldn't let the White House have a voice," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told Reuters. He said the White House had offered a representative to counter what he said would be propaganda, lies and irresponsible statements by Saddam in the rare interview, but he said CBS replied it was interested only if President Bush made the response himself. CBS...