The Rather Lawsuit

We haven't talked much about Dan Rather's big lawsuit against CBS. It's taken me a couple of days to learn enough about it to feel comfortable writing much of anything.  However, after hearing an interview with Rather on MSNBC early this morning, I'm beginning to think he's honestly just sticking up for what he thinks is right.  And good.  There are many who are saying, basically, that Rather has become a crazy, old, man who's way out on a limb that sure to be cut off.  Myself, I sense that he's just fed up with big media corporations buckling to political pressure.  And, he sees the lawsuit as a way to prove it.  I say, go for it!  Here's a post that pretty much summarizes some of the key points -

Two More Details on the Rather Complaint

Hey! Howie Kurtz has decided to do some reporting!! He has two pieces on the Dan Rather lawsuit today. In a piece based on an interview of Rather, he notes that Moonves and Heyward demanded Rather resign the [...]

More analysis of the lawsuit -

I've been going...

I've been going through the big lawsuit that Dan Rather filed against CBS the other day, and there's some stuff in it that's pretty eye-opening and definitely deserving of more attention. Rather's lawsuit, of course, deals mostly with the scandal [...]

And, guess what?!  Because Rather is taking on the Bush Administration, the conservative bloggers are whipped into a frenzy -

Third time's a charm?

With the return of Dan Rather, we get two for the price of one. Mary Mapes crawls out into view with a blast into the past at the Whipping Post. I actually read Mapes's fraudulent book about her 60 Minutes II escapade and had my say about her in "Second time's a charm?". Ed Morrissey comments on [...]

Rather's compared to O.J. over here -

Dan Rather, OJ and the Culture of the Delusional Celebrity

What do an unpunished celebrity murderer and a disgraced former anchorman have in common? According to Roger L. Simon, Dan Rather and OJ Simpson both feel their fame diminishing and are out to reclaim it [...]

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