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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:18 AM Original message |
CBS to boot Dan Rather from "60 Minutes"; Rather "hurt, puzzled" |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. I grew up on late Cronkite and early Rather. |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. "Hurt and puzzled?" Why? He knows these people like the back of his |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. We need "happy news" with Katie at the helm.... |
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Chalco (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. I can't stand Couric. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. What Zanax won't cure, Katie Couric will. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Got to get rid of the few journalists left |
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MadJohnShaft (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe that will 'radicalize' him? |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. That's a great thought. He hasn't lost any credibility, so could do some |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. TV Network News is a dying medium. Rather will probably outlive it. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. No room for journalists at the new improved CBS |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. I've quit watching CBS after a lifetime of getting my news fixes... |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I have enjoyed Bob Schieffer the past few months. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I've watched Bob Schieffer some... |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Honestly, I wonder how these "News People" sleep at night? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Keep Bernard "What would you do if your wife Kitty was raped and |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Done. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe Someone Should Start A Swiftboated Journalists Network |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Goodbye CBS! |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. It sounds like Rather's boobs are not |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. CBS: We need to be more like the Washington Post |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. At this time in history, CBS would sack Edward J. Murrow. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Whose going to replace him? Britney Spears? nt |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Couldn't have seen this one coming... |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I don't think Katie will last very long. |
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MrTriumph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. Another vote for Loni Anderson to replace Katie |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. I've read that Ed Bradley is on thin ice, too. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I remember when Bradley was the new young guy. |
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Minnesota Libra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dan Rather is the last of the "old style" journalists who told the........ |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. That's it for me and CBS then. The owners/executives are very bad. (nt) |
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deminks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Rove must really be asserting himself with his media lapdogs. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That would be my guess, too. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. He's been a lightening rod for the extreme right... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. That ratpie look'n freak. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. Wait - Rather proves that Bushitler was AWOL and gets fired? |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. They should learn from CNN |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. No more CBS for me. Three cheers for Rather! |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
30. hope he writes a tell all |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. Walter Cronkite did it the best way.. he left on his own |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. Seems he didn't sell enough of his soul like Couric and others have done. |
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Tace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. I Think This Is Actually Good For Rather |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. Oh well, Dan can |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. Stupid.. the very young don't watch network news; the older |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. He's a hero - we should send him some love. Roses or something. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. he should be hurt but not puzzled--the corporate media wants to |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
44. Fuck Couric |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. there are no more good journalists anymore |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. Moyers, Mapes, Rather |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
47. Maybe we'll see him reporting for "Frontline"... |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Frontline needs and deserves Rather |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
48. I knew Deborah Norville would get her big gig! |
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Strong Atheist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-16-06 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
50. "These executives ... |
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