Dan Rather is right

[antiimperialist]

Tue, Sep 25, 2007 1:59pm EST
Media Matters for America

The story was true. -- Dan Rather, September 20

At first, I was wondering whose blood was boiling hotter last week when former CBS news anchor Dan Rather announced he had filed a $70 million lawsuit against his former employer in response to Rather's unceremonious CBS exit following the botched 60 Minutes II story about President Bush and his military service.

Was it executives at CBS News who now face the prospect of reliving one of the network's darkest chapters via endless depositions from a plaintiff who says he won't accept a cash settlement?

Or was it right-wing bloggers, some of whom likely punched their TV sets in frustration watching Rather go on national television and claim, correctly, that nobody has ever proven that the memos he used in his report were fake, and pointing out that the basic facts of the Texas Air National Guard story -- that Bush walked away from his military commitment during the Vietnam War for months at a time--are still not in dispute.

After all, for lots of Bush bloggers, two absolute truths that must never be questioned in public are that the CBS memos were proven forgeries (they weren't), and that the whole Bush-skipped-out-on-his-National-Guard-duty story was bogus (it wasn't).
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[zbdent]

1. Rather is an INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER (on the endangered-species list)

and I'm sure that he made sure that all his evidence is airtight on this one ...

HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!

[5fingersurfer]

2. Actually.........

Rather is not an investigative reporter, Greg Palast is.

The story was a virtual carbon copy of Greg Palast's report aired on BBC a few weeks before Dan Rather decided to run it. In some of the interviews with Rather and Palast, it sounds like Dan was tired of being a corporate shill and finally decided to report some real news. Wonder if he (Dan) thought it was worth it?

[Cha]

3. Let's get this baby on the Front Page..

Media Matters does such a fantastico job!

Wonder if little bushit's head was doing any exploding?

[bonito]

4. Another worthy kick here!!!

[Mike Nelson]

5. Notice how even-handed the "Liberal Media" was...

... touting heroic Veteran Kerry against all those AWOL Bush stories....
(NOT)

[Raster]

6. And I sincerely hope that several of the reich-wing bloggers are subpoenaed to give testimony.

I'd like to see the lying bastards reveal where they got their "information."

[tridim]

7. What was that dude's name? Buckhead or something?

Wonder if his phone records show a call from the WH? From the desk of Rove?

I really want Rather to take these fuckers out. I think he will too.

[Raster]

9. Buckhead, Fuckhead--one of the two!

[zbdent]

10. The connection between the Swifties and the White House gives a prime example

of why numbered bank accounts in Switzerland and the Caymans are popular ...

[Senator]

8. Rather Is Right To Impeach CBS

Win or lose, objection must be voiced.

Failure to impeach is complicity.

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