Kind of a turnabout for the old fool. Apparently the former CBS news anchor has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Viacom Inc, CBS and three of his former bosses.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday afternoon in New York State Supreme Court and in the suit Mr. Rather claims that CBS and it's executives made him a scapegoat in an attempt to pacify the White House. Well, isn't that sort of what happens when you create a false story using false documents and sources that don't exist? Gee, that sort of sounds like fraud. Perhaps they should file a countersuit against him and claim that they damaged their news reporting reputation...
Here's an AP video about the deal...
It's amazing that he can even claim that it's CBS fault and that it's their fault that the discredited story tarnished his final months at the network.
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Mr. Rather, 75, asserts that the network violated his contract by giving him insufficient airtime on “60 Minutes” after forcing him to step down as anchor of the “CBS Evening News” in March 2005. He also contends that the network committed fraud by commissioning a “biased” and incomplete investigation of the flawed Guard broadcast and, in the process, “seriously damaged his reputation.”
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday afternoon in New York State Supreme Court and in the suit Mr. Rather claims that CBS and it's executives made him a scapegoat in an attempt to pacify the White House. Well, isn't that sort of what happens when you create a false story using false documents and sources that don't exist? Gee, that sort of sounds like fraud. Perhaps they should file a countersuit against him and claim that they damaged their news reporting reputation...
Here's an AP video about the deal...
It's amazing that he can even claim that it's CBS fault and that it's their fault that the discredited story tarnished his final months at the network.
Trackposted to Outside the Beltway, Blog @ MoreWhat.com, Perri Nelson's Website, Rosemary's Thoughts, The Random Yak, DeMediacratic Nation, Adam's Blog, Right Truth, Big Dog's Weblog, Inside the Northwest Territory, The Meat Scale, Nuke's News & Views, Webloggin, The Amboy Times, Cao's Blog, Conservative Cat, Pursuing Holiness, Rosemary\'s Thoughts, third world county, Faultline USA, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The World According to Carl, Pirate's Cove, Blue Star Chronicles, The Pink Flamingo, Republican National Convention Blog, Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker, Dumb Ox Daily News, Right Voices, CatSynth.com, The Yankee Sailor, and Gone Hollywood, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.
This is also my Open-Trackback post for Wednesday/Thursday September 19th and 20th. If you are interested in participating in open track-backs go to Linkfest Haven and check it out.
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