CBS Disses Dan Rather on Last Day

1. To say that we live in a democracy, is nothing but a shameless mockery of the very ideal and definition of what democracy is. So there is nothing wrong with the President twisting information, fabricating "stuff" to do what is in his and his buddies' selfish interest, at the cost of many lives lost in New York and Iraq, but if Dan Rather tries to expose the truth about the miserable record about the President's blatantly disgraceful conduct during his service years, Dan has to be humiliated and disgraced for trying to bring the truth out!! What has this nation come to!! What has this world come to!! The liers and the absolute crooks will manipulate and use everyone and everything to their advantage, and the worthy and the courageous will be shamed and disgraced!!!!!! And to add insult to injury, the crooks even use spin to the extent that they end up covering up all their filth, and come out(or succeed to some extent) trying to look good, whereas the good and the genuine come out looking like they did something wrong!!!!! What an irony! How do we allow this????? Who are we as a nation!!?????...........

Posted at 1:48PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Archana

2. Is THIS still AMERICA? When was it exactly that we LOST our freedom of speech? Dan Rather is AWSOME! He doesn't mince his words, and if you republicans don't like it... Continue to watch FOX. Now THERE is a ONE sided view point.

Posted at 1:53PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Allison

3. EXACTLY when did we loose our Freedom of Speech and our ability to THINK Freely! OH YEAH>>> We have Pres. BUSH! Dan is AWSOME! For those of you who don't agree... CONTINUE to watch FOX. Now thats one sidded

Posted at 1:55PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Allison

4. In his statement, Gunga Dan spoke about the role of "honest, real news in a democracy".

Come on!!

In at least one high-profile case, Gunga Dan and his producers broadcast a "news story" that was anything but honest or real.

If you want my honest opion, the man should have been fired right after Memogate emerged.

He took a broadcast news organization that was once without equal anywhere in the world and not only drove it into the ground, but very nearly destroyed his entire industry as well.

Posted at 2:11PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Jofus

5. I were Dan i would have considered that artical a compliment.

IfI don't think Fox is any more biased then CNN or CNBC.

Posted at 2:35PM on Jun 20th 2006 by kelley

6. Dan Rather is a good and honest man and I commend him. There are many others who appreciate having such a person reporting the news. CBS has degraded and embarrassed him only to their own detriment. It will all come home to CBS. What goes around, comes around. I won't be watching CBS.

Posted at 2:46PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Maxine Howell

7. Sounds like a company I used to work for. We have gotten what we needed from you, now don't let the door hit you on the way out. Good luck to Dan in what ever he may choose to do.

Posted at 3:04PM on Jun 20th 2006 by J.E.Saucier

8. am i only person that remembers that day in 1981, when president reagan was shot, and rather (!) than be RIGHT, dan decides to air "the president is dead." he should have been canned then and there. and he wasn't even close to having the public in his corner the way uncle walter did. good riddance.

Posted at 3:10PM on Jun 20th 2006 by c. eyer

9. Well, it seems as you are only as good as your last deed. It is a shame that after so many years, the powers that be had not class enough to at least respect Mr. Rather for his abilities. One mistake and you are dead meat...some things are only done for ratings. I used to work for CBS Television in 1980 and 1981, where the ratings are God. You have ONE time to not be perfect or to disagree with the hipocrit that hired you, and you are dead meat. Dan Rather has too much class to sit in a room with nothing so that CBS doesn't look bad by taking one incident to get rid of someone when they had all intentions of looking for the right time to get rid of Dan Rather. I can't believe that the comments about Bush were drastic enough for him to lose his job. I believe that the scheme was set in place before they decided to use the Bush incident to get rid of him. Is there any honesty these days? You know, Power in some hands is like a keg of dynamite. You never know when it is your time for the fuse to blow. Rather will do much better somewhere else because he has his dignity and he is knowledgeable enough to have others enjoy him. Karma will come into play one day for the one that strategically plotted Mr. Rather's exit..."every dog has a day..and if you are a good enough dog, you may get two days"...the hole you dig for someone else, my mother used to stress to me, is YOUR hole, so stand over it and wait..there was a newswoman that was hired at CBS in 1980 or 1981, I won't mention her name, but the station manager didn't think she was attractive enough, so they gave her assignments out of the limelight...today, that same woman is at Channel 5 in a pretty good position...maybe this is good for Dan Rather. I will give him that he is is own man and will not let them take away his dignity. For them not to give him a send-off is probably good because I would hate to have hipocrits wishing me well, knowing that they took part in this man's demise. Let's hope that Mr. Rather can have the last word and make THEM choke on their futile efforts to bring a man down that the public got to know so well. God bless him in whatever endeavor he undertakes. If Mark Cuban comes to his rescue, all well and good...at least he will have more fun and will be where someone actually believes in his ability to get the job done...

Posted at 3:24PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Linda Singleton

10. I have watched Dan Rather's work since the early 1960's. I will no longer be watching CBS news. They have let a good man down and I would only hope that he finds a place to use as a forum that will repect the Man that he is.

Posted at 3:31PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Laila Hinger

11. Dan was a good reporter and it's obvious CBS is gearing up for Katie the grinning idiot and don't want anyone to even think about serious news reporting. They are a shameful lot and I have now decided to no longer watch CBS although I am sure they are hoping they will pick up the trailer trash fakenews watching morons who have made fakenews ratings higher than most cable news outlets by pandering to the lowest common denominator.

CBS should be ashamed of itself.

Posted at 4:17PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Buzzramjet

12. I always believed Rove planted the fake documents among genuine ones to scuttle a real story that would damage Bush.
Turns out we don't need past deeds to demonstrate Bush is King George the incompetent.

Posted at 4:19PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Nell Reece

13. CBS should be ashamed of itself for the way they treated Mr. Rather... time will tell how corrupt Mr. Bush and his lawyers, and yes, his family and friends, have been at hiding the truth regarding his National Guard service... Mr Bush has been an embarrassment from day one... Mr. Rather, thank you for 44f years of great service to the nation... something we will NEVER be able to say to Mr. Bush.
Mr. Bush you are a national and international disgrace.

Posted at 4:27PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Malena Gomez

14. First they took down Bill Moyers, now Dan Rather. Who's next?

Posted at 4:28PM on Jun 20th 2006 by Jacqueline Tate

15. dan rather does not tow the propaganda line...end of story...i can't wait for dan to get even and he will...as for me and cbs...i have cut them loose along with fox, cnn,abc, and all the other propaganda networks...stopped paying to hear the endless stream of propaganda all for 45 bucks a month and my blood pressure is back to normal. good ridance cbs and good onya dan.

Posted at 4:28PM on Jun 20th 2006 by jonyblue