Rather Jumps a Shark -- but its His Own Reality
Highlights of Dan Rather's oddball tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News:
"Courage."
"What's the frequency, Kenneth."
Going dark for 60 seconds while protesting a CBS decision.
Ambushed and stunned by the elder George Bush bringing up the 60 seconds dark incident.
Running with a story based on shoddy journalism using obviously forged documents.
Defending said story after everyone in the world realizes that it was not merely bogus, but embarrassingly so.
And, the post-mortem: quixotically suing his former employer for allegedly undermining him after he ran said story and defended it to the bitter end. I guess CBS was supposed to follow him over the cliff.
"Courage."
"What's the frequency, Kenneth."
Going dark for 60 seconds while protesting a CBS decision.
Ambushed and stunned by the elder George Bush bringing up the 60 seconds dark incident.
Running with a story based on shoddy journalism using obviously forged documents.
Defending said story after everyone in the world realizes that it was not merely bogus, but embarrassingly so.
And, the post-mortem: quixotically suing his former employer for allegedly undermining him after he ran said story and defended it to the bitter end. I guess CBS was supposed to follow him over the cliff.
posted by MCO at 10:00 AM
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