Comments on: Kurtz: Rather’s out at CBS

By: Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:07:00 +0000

Hey MSM – looks like Dorothy’s house just landed on you.

By: RolandHall

RolandHall — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:59:50 +0000

I’ll miss you too, nutjob… but I’m practicing my aim!

By: sMack

sMack — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:03:34 +0000

“hurt and puzzled”, isn’t that the way all liberals end up at the end of the day?

By: dman

dman — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:34:48 +0000

I just love Photoshop! Great job.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:30:26 +0000

Dan on the way out?…

Well, well. It looks like what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, as they say.NEW YORK – Dan Rather, who has been working at “60 Minutes” since leaving as “CBS Evening News” anchor last year, apparently……

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:53:40 +0000

Slublog, you wrote “Dan said that despite this generation’s ready access to information, we still “aren’t as informed as we ought to be”.

What he meant is that we no longer believe what the MSM says.

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:22:43 +0000

Breaking: Truthout just offered Mr. Rather a prominent and life-long correspondent spot.

By: Kini

Kini — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:00:18 +0000

Maybe he should run for office. I’m sure somebody would vote for him.

By: Slublog

Slublog — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:40:57 +0000

Well, that was inevitable.

I think what hurt Dan the most was not the initial story. If the story had run, then he had honestly examined it again after questions were raised, he might have made it out with his reputation intact.

The beginning of the end for Dan was his red-faced defense of the original story on the CBS Evening News, which ignored the mounting evidence against the authenticity of the documents. It was a stunning example of arrogance, and showed that Dan really didn’t believe the information landscape has changed.

I saw Dan speak last November at a college in our area. He still doesn’t get it. Dan said that despite this generation’s ready access to information, we still “aren’t as informed as we ought to be” because so much of our information comes from those with “partisan and ideological” motives. He drew a clear distinction between the news smaller outlets (such as blogs) report and the “news we need to know about.”

I believe he will go to his grave thinking he was right and everyone else was wrong on this story.

By: PAPA BEAR

PAPA BEAR — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:26:58 +0000

HILARIOUS PHOTO—When i recognized the face of DELIRIOUS DAN I couldn’t stop laughing for several minutes. A fitting end for a certifiable STRAWMAN .

By: speed647

speed647 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:50:06 +0000

Good riddance.

By: clyde

clyde — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:46:12 +0000

The next bozo has already been hired. It’s a bozoette. Her name is Katie Bozo.

By: birdman

birdman — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:42:59 +0000

Bring on the next bozo.

By: Clark1

Clark1 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:16:46 +0000

I can’t wait for the bitter memoir.

By: High Desert Wanderer

High Desert Wanderer — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:15:59 +0000

I think your proof that Rather was the real scarecrow is more convincing than CBS’s proof that the National Guard documents were real. Nice work as usual.

By: DirkBelig

DirkBelig — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:06:27 +0000

Now he can go work for “The Daily Show”, since he has a proven track record of making up “fake news”.

By: clyde

clyde — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:01:32 +0000

On second thought, maybe he and Mary Mapes can go to lunch.
No telling WHAT might develop, as long as one of them has access to Photoshop.

By: clyde

clyde — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:00:34 +0000

This is obviously a right-wing plot.

By: BelchSpeak

BelchSpeak — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:58:49 +0000

You think he checked the authenticity of his pinkslip? Or did he accept it at face value?

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:52:04 +0000

Buh-bye. You won’t be missed. Courage!

By: Sandys Beach

Sandys Beach — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:32:54 +0000

Well, we are watching history in the making, folks. Dan could have gone out with class, but instead, like the old codger that has no clue, thinks he is still relavent to what makes news, these days. Notice I said “makes news” as in the fake documents, Mary Mapes, and that whole hot air thing. He realy should have resigned directly after that but could not pick up on the ‘frequency’ and so stayed around long after his expiration date. Dan..please don’t go away mad…just GO AWAY….! Perkey Katie is still around to hold up your legacy….just so we don’t forget what you were all about. Buh Buy!!!!