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  • Appeals court tosses Dan Rather's $70M suit against CBS

    09/29/2009 1:28:32 PM PDT · by Ben Mugged · 14 replies · 886+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | September 29th 2009 | Jose Martinez
    Bad news for Dan Rather: His $70 million lawsuit against CBS is no more. In a 19-page decision made public Tuesday, a state appeals court dismissed the legendary newsman's suit against CBS. Rather, 77, sued the Tiffany network in 2007 after his career at CBS collapsed in the wake of a "60 Minutes II" report about former President George W.Bush's Vietnam-era military service. The folksy newsman accused CBS executives of caving to Republican interests, coercing him into a public apology after the controversial report aired in September 2004. The report claimed "high-level political influence" kept Bush out of combat by...