| Submit your comments on this article |
| Home Front: Politix |
| Dan Rather Blames George Bush For Being Fired By CBS |
| 2012-05-03 |
| Like a State media arm (CBS) supports Republicans?? Get a grip Dan. Dan Rather, former "CBS Evening News" host and current star of Mark Cuban's HDNet, has been out promoting his new book, "Rather Outspoken." In an interview with Piers Morgan on Tuesday, Rather recalled the last conversation he had with George W. Bush after his controversial 2004 CBS News report on the former president's Air National Guard service record. "I was at the White House for a briefing for reporters, and I asked him a couple of questions and he answered the questions," Rather said. "And then afterward he said to me, 'I hope you'll be happy retired in Austin.' That's my home. I had no intention of retiring in Austin. I have a passion for my work and I plunged myself back into doing work. But that's the only conversation I've had with him since." Rather also defended the report that led to the end of his network news career. "We reported a true story," he said. "That's why I'm no longer with CBS News." The End |
| Posted by:Glereger Ebbolutch8005 |
| #4 I think someone on Rather's team cooked it up but Rather believed them until his heels were so dug in his career was on the line. Even now he's just hoping to sell books to the usual idiots who will believe his story. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-05-03 22:39 |
| #3 What's the frequency, Kenneth? Dementia and rabid partisan hate in a perfect storm |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-05-03 21:15 |
| #2 It may or may not have been a true story; the documentation presented to support the story was flat-out fraudulent, and destroyed all credibility of the story itself. Either the Bush team was way smarter than anyone thought, and created the fake documentation, or Rather's team was way stupider than they (not we) thought... |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-05-03 18:48 |
| #1 So he made up a story about George Bush and then blamed him for being fired by CBS??? Liberalism is a mental disorder. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-05-03 17:12 |