Dan Rather has had enough of not being a respected elder spokesman and plans to sue CBS for, you know: Stuff. To the tune of a cool $70 million.
Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ground to an inglorious end 15 months ago over his role in an unsubstantiated report questioning President Bush’s Vietnam-era National Guard service, filed a lawsuit this afternoon against the network, its corporate parent and three of his former superiors.
Mr. Rather, 75, asserts that the network violated his contract by giving him insufficient airtime on ‚Äú60 Minutes‚Äù after forcing him to step down as anchor of the ‚ÄúCBS Evening News‚Äù in March 2005. He also contends that the network committed fraud by commissioning a ‚Äúbiased‚Äù and incomplete investigation of the flawed Guard broadcast and, in the process, ‚Äúseriously damaged his reputation.”
I always did think that the upper tier network suits got off a little easy with their, “shocked, shocked do you hear” poses after the RatherGate scandal blew up in their faces.
And hey, looking on the bright side, with Gunga Dan back on the investigative beat, maybe now we’ll find out who the mysterious Lucy Ramirez is. As well as who really killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Brown.
Because I can’t be sure? But it seems like maybe OJ’s going to be off the case for a while.
Excuse me if I am wrong but wasn’t the esteemed Mr. Rather his own EXECUTIVE PRODUCER? Seems to this poor uneducated person the buck on his show stopped with him. I have been no fan of the MSM for many years but this is ludicrous even for those clowns!
“Dead Air Dan” is busy this week. Not only is he cluttering up the legal system seeking false vindication after smearing the President, he is also smearing Boeing with presentation of a disgruntled engineer who will cry “It’ll never work…” on cue reference the new 787.
Hmmmm………. Jimmy Carter, Dan Rather, Old Boeing Guy–watch out when has been “failures” with money and microphones try to resurrect their legacies.
But does he have the Kenneth’s frequency?
Hey Danny Boy, in the words of the inimitable and far more respect-worthy Edward R. Murrow - Good Night and Good Luck.
Oh Kris…You’re such a wag… and far to kind to ” Danny Boy”… who is at best a prevaricating liberal pecker-head. Best
Damn You Geo6! You beat me to it, but get it right. Kenneth, what is the frequency!
CBS produced a biased report? Say it ain’t so Dan (since you know so much about how that is never done)!
/sarc
Rick,
They weren’t mad that it was a biased report, they were mad they got caught!
Best,
Nose
Nose,
Isn’t that ripe! Bwahahaha!!!!
Casca- I know what the dude said to him as he was getting his ass kicked but it didn’t fit quite as well.