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| Dan Rather stepping down from CBS News! |
| 2004-11-23 |
| No details yet--leading headline at Drudge--"Developing" |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #43 AP, because their egos know no bounds Jarhead nails it. I've heard (and can be reasonably concluded) that Rather still wields mucho power in that newsroom and used that to 'save face' as much as he can. Look at it as a demotion to the bullpen. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-11-23 9:31:12 PM |
| #42 AP, because their egos know no bounds. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-11-23 9:21:33 PM |
| #41 tu3031 has it right---the geriatric angle. Why do these guys hang around till they get alzheimers? They made good money. They spun many a story to their POV. They were good tools for the LLL. They advanced their sick agenda to the best of their abilities. Why do they not retire and count their money? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-11-23 9:09:25 PM |
| #40 Brokaw's leaving, too, y'know. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-23 8:52:35 PM |
| #39 One down (sorta), a whole sick industry to go... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-11-23 8:36:10 PM |
| #38 Okay, I'm ready. Let's me dock, that means park for you lubbers, this fine yacht. Avast and away, mizzen the main mast, pull heart of the kliplines! I don't know what that means but I like to say it. And that's the way it is. |
| Posted by: Uncle Walter 2004-11-23 7:13:39 PM |
| #37 Well one good thing. This lowers the median age of "60 Minutes" correspondents to about, what, 87 maybe? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-23 6:48:51 PM |
| #36 Time to Say Good-Bye |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-23 5:59:30 PM |
| #35 Yep Phil. First story is ShuffleBoard Gets Ugly, and Down. And Ugly Again. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-11-23 5:31:51 PM |
| #34 Didn't they say Rather would be staying on at sixty |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-11-23 5:19:12 PM |
| #33 Tibor- That's cruel and unusual punishment! |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-11-23 4:31:25 PM |
| #32 Fred wrote: "I'm not sure I have a lady fat enough for when Kofi departs..." Why not use the Star Jones pictures from her wedding? |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-11-23 3:44:42 PM |
| #31 It's appropriate that he should announce this the day after the JFK assassination anniversary, for it was that event that made Rather's career. Largely by chance, he happened to be there to cover a what started as a minor story about JFK's partisan fence-mending visit to Dallas. Fate intervened and "the most trusted man in America", Walter Cronkite, relied heavily on Rather's breathless and melodramatic reports from the scene. This combination; long on emotion, short on fact; was seen to be ideal for television, and Rather's climb to the top was ensured. It didn't hurt that Rather, like Cronkite, was a member of the small but fanatically devout corps of old-time Texas lefties. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-23 2:58:05 PM |
| #30 Stepping down is nothing, I wanna see felony charges. Tricky Dan needs to be in a federal prison. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2004-11-23 2:35:01 PM |
| #29 LOL Spot! |
| Posted by: Mhz 2004-11-23 2:29:17 PM |
| #28 It's with mixed emotions I say so long to Dan. Happy to be seeing him going, Sad it wasn't sooner! |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-11-23 2:02:40 PM |
| #27 Sooooo, CBS? How's that investigation coming? |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-11-23 2:01:19 PM |
| #26 Thing is, he'll still be doing fake stories on 60 Minutes! Not much of an improvement. |
| Posted by: someone 2004-11-23 1:35:19 PM |
| #25 Apparently, Kenneth has identified the frequency. |
| Posted by: Spot 2004-11-23 1:30:50 PM |
| #24 Well, I hate to rain on the parade, but didn't we know this already? Hadn't we heard that Dan was going to be retiring sometime next year? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-11-23 1:19:52 PM |
| #23 Maybe the next development will be that the New York Times asks for terms. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-11-23 1:11:27 PM |
| #22 Time for a new graphic: a collage showing Arafish, Rather, Kerry, Blofeld-Soros, Mikey Boy, and Kofi all hitting the canvas together |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 12:57:28 PM |
| #21 ...and there's still a week left! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-11-23 12:54:40 PM |
| #20 I'm not sure I have a lady fat enough for when Kofi departs... I hear Suha Arafat is looking for work. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-11-23 12:52:50 PM |
| #19 .com, ROTFLMAO. Lex, you got that right. |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-11-23 12:45:51 PM |
| #18 CNN dezinformatsiya, maybe? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 12:45:14 PM |
| #17 Are we sure this story isn't "fake but accurate"? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-23 12:43:24 PM |
| #16 Accordian Lady......aarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh my eyes!!!!!! I agree lex...and it just keeps gettin' better. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-11-23 12:43:08 PM |
| #15 Best November ever. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-23 12:36:16 PM |
| #14 Dan falls on his |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-11-23 12:33:23 PM |
| #13 We're gonna miss ya. Not long but soon. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-11-23 12:33:14 PM |
| #12 I'm not sure I have a lady fat enough for when Kofi departs... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-23 12:32:13 PM |
| #11 Fred - it's not a violin, but... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-23 12:31:20 PM |
| #10 Sea - As opposed to, say, flint... heh. Now Fox is working the story about how Coffey is feeling the pressure and, just possibly, on the ropes to resign. Norm Coleman is saying aloud what we've been saying for years here in RB: America won't pay the tab, fill the ranks, provide the resources, the whole nine yards, for the UN if it isn't honest and transparent. So a 2-pronged attack - finally. Once the crack opens, the farce will crumble. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-23 12:27:48 PM |
| #9 So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersein, Adieu |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-23 12:27:40 PM |
| #8 four more months? |
| Posted by: growler 2004-11-23 12:27:34 PM |
| #7 No Fat Lady until March. Until then... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-23 12:24:33 PM |
| #6 Fred you old softie, you. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-11-23 12:20:35 PM |
#5 From CBSNews article:Dan Rather announced Tuesday that he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News in March, 24 years after his first broadcast in that position. Rather will continue to work full-time at CBS News as a correspondent for both editions of 60 Minutes, as well as on other assignments for the news division. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-11-23 12:19:10 PM |
| #4 March! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgh...Death By a Thousand Sneers. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-11-23 12:18:16 PM |
| #3 Where's the Fat Lady? Gotta have more Fat Lady! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-11-23 12:17:20 PM |
| #2 Fox sez in March... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-23 12:16:45 PM |
| #1 [Waves hankie] [Wipes imaginary tear] [Snickers] [Blows nose into hankie] |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-11-23 12:14:40 PM |