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21 Sep, 2007 3:41 pm
On Larry King's program, Dan Rather insisted again that the 60 Minutes story about George W. Bush's
National Guard "service" - based in part on the documents that ... t know whether the documents were fraudulent or not. Meanwhile, over at Huffington Post, Rather's producer, Mary Mapes, writes: We reported that since these documents were ... no serious doubt on those issues. But in the 60 Minutes story Mapes and
Rather, who had done some great journalism in their careers, ducked out on their responsibility ...
30 Aug, 2007 9:35 am
... district attorney Sam Millsap who originally sought the death penalty for Cantu but now believes he made a mistake. Rather also speaks with
principal investigators in the case and eyewitnesses, who expose serious discrepancies in the evidence that ultimately led to the execution of Cantu, who was only 17 at the time of his
arrest. DAN RATHER REPORTS also investigates the 1989 execution of Carlos De Luna, whose conviction
relied on uncertain eyewitness testimony. ...
30 Sep 1:25 pm
... and Employment Lawyers, we have been following television news anchor Dan Rather's high profile
two-year employment lawsuit--dismissed yesterday ... incorporated copies of documents by Bush's commanding officer, supporting aspects of the story. Rather received harsh criticism from conservative partisans following the broadcast, accusing him of trying ... s contract, because they continued to pay him
"applicable compensation." Rather's annual CBS salary of approximately $6 million was paid until June 2006 ...
21 Sep, 2007 4:20 am
... a lawsuit against his former employer, CBS, and others. He's seeking $70 million. Rather alleges that he was wronged in the aftermath of
the scandal surrounding CBS' investigation of President Bush's Vietnam-era ... in the scandal; and (3) tortiously damaged his reputation. What do you think? Should Dan win? No Yes Yes, but just in case he doesn't, I'm willing to send in a personal check in the amount of $10 made out to the "Save Dan Rather from Abject Poverty Foundation" View Results Share This
29 Sep 11:06 am
... appellate division of the New York Supreme Court has tossed 75-year-old former anchor Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS Corp and others. arising from Rather's participation in a controveresial,
ill-fated "60 Minutes II" story about former President George W. Bush' ... see "TUOL" 7/22/09). Writing for the Court, Judge Catterson concluded that CBS did not owe Rather a fiduciary duty and had not breached his contract by warehousing him after the error-laden Bush ...
4 Oct 8:56 pm
Dan Rather was famously terminated following his 2004 "60 Minutes II" report which used forged
documents to accuse George W. Bush of evading military service. And a New York State Appellate Court ... or play" provision of the original 1979 employment agreement was specifically
reaffirmed in the 2002 Amendment to the employment agreement. The Court also dismissed Rather's final claim that CBS breached a fiduciary duty
on the ground that "employment relationships do not create fiduciary relationships."
18 Sep, 2007 1:32 pm
This just in: The New York Times reports that Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS
today. Update: Here's a copy of the lawsuit, filed by Martin Gold of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal. Rather, 75, whose vaunted career at CBS
News ended on a sour note last year over his ... in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. These days, Rather anchors a
weekly news program "Dan Rather Reports" on HDNet, a hi-def cable channel owned by billionaire
impresario ...
19 Sep, 2007 2:32 pm
He says they scapegoated him over the discredited show on the National Guard service of President-to-be George W. Bush. He wants $70 million. (TMZ.com, Sept. 19). More: WSJ law blog has
a copy of the complaint (PDF). And: Michelle Malkin, Kevin Drum, Beldar ("'garbage' is about the nicest term that can be applied to this pleading"), Althouse.
11 Apr, 2008 4:19 am
Dan Rather (pictured) sued his former employer last September. Yesterday, most reports suggested that
CBS won something of a victory, with headlines such as "Dan Rather's CBS Lawsuit Loses Some Steam,"
"Court Dismisses Majority Of Claims In Dan Rather's Lawsuit...
26 Sep, 2007 7:42 am
Eric Boehlert reminds us that Rather got his facts right but got fired anyway: 1) The Republican-led CBS investigation failed to show that the
documents in ... ) Every major media organization (save the Boston Globe) used the meta-flap of the Rather story as cover to ignore the fact
that the story was true: George W. Bush was a deserter from ... request. But why do I bother with these silly facts? Everybody knows the Guard story is bogus. And everybody knows
Dan Rather is crazy for suggesting otherwise.
20 Sep, 2007 6:30 am
Ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather sued CBS and others for messing with him. See the complaint (thanks to
Scribd.com). He wants $20 million in actuals plus $50 million in punies. As far as Blawgletter can tell, Mr. Rather fusses that CBS got him to
report a shaky story and made him a scapegoat after it shook apart. But we invite you to read the complaint to decide for yourself whether it tells that story persuasively. Barry
Barnett Our feed separates wheat from chaff.
9 Nov 9:09 pm
Rather v CBS Corp, __Misc. 3d___(NY Co. September 29, 2009), is an interesting employment case involving famed newman Dan Rather. Approximatgely five years ago, CBS anchor Dan Rather was relieved of his duties after he aired a report questioning President...
13 Aug, 2007 7:19 pm
... a day, and the temperature sometimes soars above 90 degrees. This, and other surprising information, was uncovered by producers of Dan
Rather Reports for an hour-long special that broadcasts tomorrow night on HD Net at 8pm ET and again at 11pm ... determine if there were any
loose parts inside). Even then, only a fraction of the machines underwent this crude test. Rather's producers also spoke with an American
manufacturing expert who was hired by Pivot to manage the Manila factory. The expert told ...
20 Sep, 2007 9:29 am
Dan Rather, former CBS anchor, has sued his former employer for $70 million in a breach of contract
action that claims CBS wrongfully forced him out and ... accurate. The producer responsible was fired and three executives asked to resign, while Rather, despite his limited role in the story, was forced to apologise on air, a move that he ... (proven to have originated much later than the time frame in
question). Second, Rather's conduct strikes many as "much ado about nothing." It's that latter point ...
17 Nov, 2008 8:21 pm
Remember when talkers on the right became so irate over Dan Rather's report (based in part on
documents that may have been fabricated) that George Bush skipped out on some of his National Guard service? ... his resignation. Rather sued,
claiming the rigged investigation violated his contract and damaged his reputation. According to this report, Rather has uncovered evidence to
support that claim. [more ...] Among the materials ... are internal CBS memorandums turned over to his lawyers, showing that ...
4 Sep, 2007 10:59 am
... , HDNet, which only goes into 400,000 households across the country, airs a special, commercial-free, 40-minute report entitled, "Dan
Rather Reports: Did Texas Execute Innocent Men?" The report, partly reported and entirely anchored anchored by Dan Rather, looks at the cases of Ruben Cantu and Carlos De Luna, who were two of the four people included in
NCADP's 2006 report, "Innocent and Executed: Four Chapters in the Life of America's Death ...
24 Sep, 2008 4:20 pm
We've mentioned before that Dan Rather has sued CBS for breach of contract. Here's an update from the
Austin Business Journal: A New York judge ruled Monday that former CBS anchor and longtime newsman Dan Rather can proceed with a...
1 Oct, 2008 12:56 pm
If you have DirecTV or another provider that carries HDNet, this week's edition of Dan Rather Reports
is about foreclosures in Georgia. The episode is "Dirty Money Down South," and will be on several times in the next week. I recorded it, but have not yet watched it. With
Dan Rather and Roy Barnes as the primary guest, I do not expect it to be flattering for lenders.
23 Oct 4:48 pm
This week, Dan Rather presented a report on HD Net, on what he calls "CDL mills" that conduct
threadbare training courses for new truck drivers. The report stresses what California truck accident lawyers have been saying for long now - ... them, there are no practices of hiring
younger inexperienced drivers, because there is no real shortage of drivers. However, producers for the Dan Rather Reports program have said that they have been flooded with e-mails from truck drivers across the country, who ...
19 Sep, 2007 9:48 pm
What a mind-boggling legal theory! Dan Rather's reputation had to do with the appearance that he was
vouching for the stories he read on the air, that he was taking personal responsibility for their truth. He's suing CBS for allowing him ... he was a lieutenant in the Air National
Guard. Instead of directly vetting the script he would read for the Guard segment, Mr. Rather says, he acceded to pressure from Mr. Heyward to
focus instead on his reporting from Florida on Hurricane Frances, and on Bill ...
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