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Other Topics => Completely Off-Topic => Topic started by: keith on November 23, 2004, 03:42:34 pm
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This saddens me :cry:
NEW YORK - Dan Rather, whose nearly 24-year tenure as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” was clouded by a recent questionable report on President Bush’s National Guard service, said Tuesday he will step down in March.
Rather said his last broadcast as anchor would be March 9, the 24th anniversary of when he assumed the position from Walter Cronkite.
The 73-year-old newsman said he will continue to work for CBS, as a correspondent for both editions of “60 Minutes.”
“I have always been and remain a ‘hard news’ investigative reporter at heart,” he said in a statement. “I now look forward to pouring my heart into that kind of reporting full time.”
He made no mention of the National Guard story in announcing the change, saying he had agreed with CBS executives last summer to leave sometime after the Nov. 2 election. But he was forced to fight for his professional life after anchoring a September “60 Minutes Wednesday” story about Bush’s service that turned out to be based on allegedly forged documents.
Investigation of Guard story imminent
A report on what went wrong with the National Guard story, from a two-man independent investigative panel, is due imminently.
CBS didn’t talk about potential successors. Newsmen John Roberts and Scott Pelley have long been considered in-house candidates, but the network will also probably look outside.
Rather has been with CBS News for more than four decades and made his name as a reporter covering the Nixon White House.
“He has been an eyewitness to the most important events for more than 40 years and played a crucial role in keeping the American public informed about those events and their larger significance,” CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves said.
Changing of the anchor guard
Rather’s announcement comes eight days before his NBC rival, Tom Brokaw, steps down as “Nightly News” anchor and is replaced by Brian Williams (MSNBC is part of a joint venture between NBC and Microsoft).
The triumvirate of Rather, Brokaw and ABC’s Peter Jennings has ruled network news for more than two decades. Rather dominated ratings after taking over for Cronkite during the 1980s, but he was eclipsed first by Jennings and then by Brokaw. His evening news broadcast generally runs a distant third in the ratings each week.
His hard news style was mixed with a folksy Texan style that led him to rattle off homespun phrases on Election Night. But odd incidents dogged him: In 1987 he walked off the set, leaving CBS with dead air, to protest a decision to let a tennis match delay the news. And his claim that he was accosted on the street by a strange man saying, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” led rock band R.E.M. to write a song with the same name.
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This saddens me :cry:
Me too! :cry:
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Oh, I bet he resigned... Liberal media, :roflmao: :headshake: .
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He's an old man. Old men retire.
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Good.
Dan Rather puts the B.S. in C.B.S.
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Dan Rather puts the B.S. in C.B.S.
LMAO!
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Good.
Dan Rather puts the B.S. in C.B.S.
Yes, Kev, I remember that little joke of yours during our post election chat on AIM (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/keithrj997/19.gif)
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I for one, am utterly devastated :cry:
Kevin, 8O Your dial (yes dial, I know you still have a floor set) isn't tuned into that great conservative FOX News 24/7? I didn't think you even watched CBS. :)
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Kevin, 8O Your dial (yes dial, I know you still have a floor set) isn't tuned into that great conservative FOX News 24/7? I didn't think you even watched CBS. :)
no dial (http://www.blackvulture.com/pics/summer02/entertainmentcenter.jpg), last floor set burned out in the late 90s.
and I almost never watch Complete Bull Shit. not for news, not for CSI, and def not for Survivor!
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Kevin, 8O Your dial (yes dial, I know you still have a floor set) isn't tuned into that great conservative FOX News 24/7? I didn't think you even watched CBS. :)
no dial (http://www.blackvulture.com/pics/summer02/entertainmentcenter.jpg), last floor set burned out in the late 90s.
and I almost never watch Complete Bull Shit. not for news, not for CSI, and def not for Survivor!
I less than three people who avoid hearing both sides of every news story. It makes them so much more intelligent and informed than the rest of us.
I mean, look at it this way. If I only watch one news channel, then I never have to challenge my own beliefs and opinions on what happens in the world! I can just be forcefed ONE world view!
Now THAT is how a strong nation is built. Uniformity of belief.
Now, if we only had a ministry of thought and a ministry of language to standardize these concteps for us. That would be double-plus good.
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I less than three people who avoid hearing both sides of every news story. It makes them so much more intelligent and informed than the rest of us.
I mean, look at it this way. If I only watch one news channel, then I never have to challenge my own beliefs and opinions on what happens in the world! I can just be forcefed ONE world view!
Now THAT is how a strong nation is built. Uniformity of belief.
so funny.
more times than not I watch ABC news, but I I do watch the varous cable news channels too. I just cant stand the talking-heads shows like Crossfire. Even Fox News has a lot of those which are annoying.
But when they have straight news "from studio B" or "The G block" its all good.
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so funny.
more times than not I watch ABC news, but I I do watch the varous cable news channels too. I just cant stand the talking-heads shows like Crossfire. Even Fox News has a lot of those which are annoying.
But when they have straight news "from studio B" or "The G block" its all good.
Awwww... you totally cropped out the best part of the post!
Here... let me repost it.
Now, if we only had a ministry of thought and a ministry of language to standardize these concteps for us. That would be double-plus good.
You right-wingers do realize that's a joke, right?
Or is that book on your censored list?
In all fairness, I can't stand most of those "lets get a right winger and a left winger together and let them shout at eachother" shows either. They don't actually promote information, just propaganda.
I get 90% of my news from the internet these days. Everything on the internet is true.
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yes I know it was a joke ;-) I was just addressing the issue at hand.
I get 90% of my news from the internet these days. Everything on the internet is true.
HAHAHAHA! sigworthy!
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yes I know it was a joke ;-) I was just addressing the issue at hand.
I get 90% of my news from the internet these days. Everything on the internet is true.
HAHAHAHA! sigworthy!
Just out of curiosity... how does censorship become a popular topic in a party that claims to support small government?
What's your opinion on the topic? Any one else who considers themselves a republican have an opinion?
I am genuinly curious how thes two can co-exist or if most republicans are choosing one OVER the other.