Rumsfeld co-owns NM ranch with......

[Rose Siding]

Dan Rather.

Small World "You would think, especially after the capture of Saddam, that Rumsfeld could pack it in, go out on top and settle down in that ranch in Taos, N.M., that he co-owns with, among others, Dan Rather."
-- From a Time magazine year-end portrait of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld by Michael Duffy and Mark Thompson.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2004/01/01_501.html

(Times is linked at the mj site but requires subscription)

I've seen the picture of Rummy with Saddam in the day, but I can't remember any more shots with US citizens until the Rather interview just before the invasion. Isn't that odd?......

[Superfly]

1. And?

this has any bearing on anything, how? :shrug:

[Minstrel Boy]

2. Oh nothing at all. Raising such linkages is a waste of our precious time.

From Dan Rather's interview with Donald Rumsfeld, "Camp Victory", Iraq, September 5, 2003.

RATHER: First of all, thank you. Mr. Secretary, I do not know of any American who doesn't admire what you did in helping secure the battlefield victory that resulted in the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. I don't know of anybody who doesn't appreciate your service.

RUMSFELD: Thank you.

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030905-secdef0649.html

[Superfly]

4. What link?

The link between Rumsfeld and the NM ranch?

Or, the link between Rumsfeld and Rather?

[Minstrel Boy]

7. Rumsfeld and Rather, of course.

The intimacy between America's "watchdogs" and its rulers always bear examination.

[Superfly]

8. I'm not sure I'd call today's media "watchdogs"

more like "lapdogs"

ANd that goes for the media in pretty much every corner of the globe

[wtmusic]

10. Rather is the best one of the 'big three'

got considerable heat for the Saddam interview, and is the only one to go public with Pentagon pressure to make the war look good (albeit in London).

Oh yeah, Christine Amanpour--three months after the fact.

[ElementaryPenguin]

13. Because Rather is the best (of the 3) - we are TOTALLY fucked!!!

Most 'Muricans admire Herr Scumsfeld?? :wtf:
Not the ones I know!!
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:puke:

[Cocoa]

6. Dan Rather didn't talk to me

I don't admire anything that liar ever did.

Rummy is one of the worst liares in the administration, including lying to Congress.

[Rose Siding]

3. I wish I knew!

How tight would you have to be with someone to share property with them?

I think it raises a multiplicity of ethics questions- For instance, how does Rather, a powerful media personality, balance his personal relationship with government officials, and his responsibilities as a journalist?

I thought that might be obvious, but maybe I'm just the suspicious type.

[HootieMcBoob]

5. ethics?

Should journalists be partners in business deals with the people they're supposed to be covering?

Of course he has every legal right to do it but can we trust his judgment/reporting if he's in bed financially with the very people who are centrally involved in the most important news of the day.

It seems clear to me. :shrug:

[el_gato]

9. Rather is a Propagandist

nothing more

[readmylips]

11. So what...Schiefer owned Tx Rangers with boosh....

and so did Schiefer's brother. Forgot Schiefer's first name. They are all super rich and hang out with the super rich. Newscasters cook up dirty politics so that they can make money.

[w13rd0]

12. Since when...

...did Conflict of Interest become a "Family Value" and something to highlight on ones resume?