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Dan Rather And Mary Mapes Together Again?

Posted by Kevin · Published: July 12, 2006 · Comments (7)

It could happen on "Dan Rather Reports"... PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Former CBS anchor Dan Rather said Tuesday he will be the ultimate authority on a weekly news program he'll begin in October on HDNet for owner Mark Cuban, promising "independent journalism." While he carefully framed his remarks, saying... [Full Story]

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Dan Rather Considers Blogging

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: June 19, 2006 · Comments (45)

Dan Rather is considering many different possibilities to pursue upon his retirement from CBS -- including blogging. According to the NY Times:Dan Rather also said that in April, in anticipation of what seemed to be his imminent departure from CBS, he had formed a company -- he named it News... [Full Story]

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The AP Katrina Briefing Story - Rathergate Connection

Posted by Kevin · Published: March 2, 2006 · Comments (51)

Yesterday, in looking at the AP piece on the Bush Katrina briefings (Rewriting Katrina History - AP Style), I had this to stay about the AP's work:...[I]t has all the hallmarks of the Bush Air National Guard story on 60 Minutes II by Dan Rather and Mary Mapes. The AP... [Full Story]

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Is Andrew Heyward The Fall Guy In Mary Mapes New Book?

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 26, 2005 · Comments (3)

David Bauder's AP report on the ouster of CBS News President Andrew Heyward contains an interesting tidbit about the curious timing of the announcement (emphasis added):.NEW YORK (AP) -- CBS announced Wednesday it is replacing embattled CBS News President Andrew Heyward with Sean McManus, chief of CBS Sports, who will... [Full Story]

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Quote Of The Day - Rather Semantic Edition

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 26, 2005 · Comments (6)

As for my own plans, I do not intend to 'pursue other interests' or even 'spend more time with my family,' wonderful as it is. I am going to remain fully engaged in the media business.CBS News President Andrew Heyward, from his announcement that he would be quiting by the... [Full Story]

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Rathergate - Rather And Mapes Still Don't Get It

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 28, 2005 · Comments (37)

Perhaps when on is running a covert political hatchet job - especially on which rehashes previously told stories to showcase a supposed new smoking gun - you assume that everyone critical of your work is running their own secret black op. What else can explain the conspiratorially obsessed musing of... [Full Story]

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The Peabody's Love Them Some Fake News

Posted by Kevin · Published: April 8, 2005 · Comments (8)

Mary Mapes gets a Peabody to go with her pink slip, meanwhile 'The Daily Show' extends its presidential campaign coverage winning streak to two - they won in 2000 as well.When the George Foster Peabody Awards for excellence in electronic media were announced yesterday, they cited a program that was... [Full Story]

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Fired CBS News Producer Mary Mapes To Write Her Side Of Story

Posted by Kevin · Published: March 22, 2005 · Comments (22)

From Crain's New York Business:Mary Mapes, the CBS News producer fired over "Memogate," has reached a deal to tell her side of the controversial story that effectively ended the career of Dan Rather and sent morale into a tailspin at the venerable news organization. St. Martin's Press has agreed to... [Full Story]

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Dan Rather Signs Off

Posted by Kevin · Published: March 10, 2005 · Comments (18)

After uttering his infamous "Courage" for the last time, Dan Rather's gone fishing... Where to start (or finish) with Dan Rather? As a journalist Rather was a tough-nosed, pompous, arrogant, stiff, and partisan... and those were his good qualities. He's that last of a dying breed, so perhaps its best... [Full Story]

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Dan Rather's Redemption Tour

Posted by Kevin · Published: March 4, 2005 · Comments (7)

Dan Rather is hiding behind the findings of the Thornburgh report, ignoring the meat of the report.NEW YORK (AP) - During a valedictory appearance with David Letterman, Dan Rather pointedly ducked a question about whether CBS News President Andrew Heyward should have quit after last fall's discredited story about President... [Full Story]

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Not Even Mike Wallace or Walter Cronkite Watch Dan Blather

Posted by Paul · Published: February 27, 2005 · Comments (14)

Drudge has up some pre-release snippets from a New Yorker story on Dan Rather. By and large it is the same drivel. Dan Rather is still a legend in his own mind and as clueless as ever. I was about to skip reading the rest when I hit this tidbit:... [Full Story]

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Loony Congressman Says Rove Planted Bogus CBS Documents

Posted by Paul · Published: February 20, 2005 · Comments (43)

Do you have to be insane to be a Democrat today or it is just helpful? From Little Green Footballs Yesterday Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) hosted a community forum in Ithaca, New York, on The Future Of Social Security. An LGF operative was present in the audience and happened to... [Full Story]

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