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  • October 2008

    • Schieffer Vows to Get Straight Answers in Debate

      Politico  |  12 hours, 40 minutes ago

      Schieffer Vows to Get Straight Answers in Debate

      (Newser) - CBS veteran broadcaster Bob Schieffer has vowed to stand firm when he moderates the final presidential debate tonight, and will press the candidates to answer questions put to them, Politico reports. Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill and Tom Brokaw have come under fire for being too easy on candidates in previous televised debates. Schieffer may be aided by an in-your-face format in which he and the candidates will be seated together. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • debates  • Tom Brokaw  • Dan Rather  • Gwen Ifill  • Bob Schieffer  • Jim Lehrer

  • September 2008

    • Judge Won't Toss Rather's $70M CBS Suit

      Associated Press  |  Sep 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Judge Won't Toss Rather's $70M CBS Suit

      (AP) - A New York judge yesterday allowed news anchor Dan Rather to proceed with his $70 million lawsuit accusing CBS of breach of contract over his dismissal. The judge also let Rather's breach of fiduciary duty complaint against CBS continue. But he threw out two other claims, a fraud complaint against CBS and a business interference complaint against CBS and former parent company Viacom. More »

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      Dan Rather

  • April 2008

    • Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

      Variety  |  Apr 10, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

      (Newser) - A judge dismissed today some claims of fraud, breach of good faith, and fair dealing in a lawsuit filed against CBS top brass by former anchor Dan Rather, Variety reports. The $70 million suit charges CBS made Rather a scapegoat in the firestorm following revelations “Sixty Minutes” used dubious sources in an exposé on George W. Bush’s National Guard service. More »

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      lawsuit  • National Guard  • 60 Minutes  • Leslie Moonves  • Dan Rather  • CBS Evening News  • Sumner Redstone

    • CBS May Dump Couric Early

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 9, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      CBS May Dump Couric Early

      (Newser) - CBS may part ways with "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric as soon as the January 2009 inauguration, and long before her contract expires in 2011, reports the Wall Street Journal , citing anonymous sources from both camps. Network executives are tired of all-time low ratings that began with the switch from Dan Rather to Couric in 2006—after an interim with Bob Schieffer, whose ratings Couric still hasn't bested, the Journal notes. More »

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      television  • media  • CBS  • Katie Couric  • news anchor  • TV ratings  • contract  • Larry King  • Nielsen Ratings  • television news  • Dan Rather  • CBS Evening News

    • CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      New York Times  |  Apr 8, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      CBS in Talks to Outsource News to CNN

      (Newser) - CBS, the network of Ed Murrow and Walter Cronkite that is widely credited with inventing television news, is considering outsourcing some of its news gathering activities to CNN, according to the New York Times. No deal is imminent but talks are reportedly taking place at the highest level at both networks. CBS denied negotiations were under way. More »

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      NBC  • CBS  • Time Warner  • CNN  • Katie Couric  • ABC News  • television news  • Today Show  • Dan Rather  • CBS News  • Good Morning America  • CBS Evening News  • TNS Media Intelligence

  • September 2007

    • Bitter Rather Wants CBS to Pay

      Washington Post  |  Sep 21, 07 10:34 AM CDT

      Bitter Rather Wants CBS to Pay

      (Newser) - Three years after the dust settled around CBS' firing of Dan Rather, the former anchor is quite content to fan the flames around his career low point—all in the name of revenge. Rather, 75, tells the Washington Post that he filed his $70 million suit against the network he says abandoned him because, "The only punishment they understand is the money." More »

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      George W. Bush  • White House  • CBS  • Dan Rather  • Leslie Moonves  • scapegoat

    • Rather Sues CBS for $70M

      New York Times  |  Sep 19, 07 5:15 PM CDT

      Rather Sues CBS for $70M

      (Newser) - Dan Rather has filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and its corporate parent, claiming bias and fraud in the investigation of the broadcast that brought him down—and then violated his subsequent contract with “60 Minutes.” The filing says Rather was made “a scapegoat” in order “to pacify the White House,” the Times reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • television  • lawsuit  • White House  • CBS  • Viacom  • reporter  • National Guard  • 60 Minutes  • Dan Rather

  • June 2007

    • Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      Breitbart  |  Jun 12, 07 10:10 PM CDT

      Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

      (Newser) - CBS chief Leslie Moonves returned fire on Dan Rather today, calling his criticism of Katie Couric "sexist."  In a telephone interview with MSNBC Monday, Rather had accused his unsuccessful successor of taking the nightly news and "dumbing it down, tarting it up." Rather cited Couric for playing up celebrities at the cost of war coverage. More »

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      television  • CBS  • news  • Katie Couric  • Dan Rather  • Leslie Moonves

  • May 2007

    • Walter Reed Bars Baez

      Rolling Stone  |  May 2, 07 3:45 PM CDT

      Walter Reed Bars Baez

      (Newser) - Patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center were treated to tunes by John Mellencamp last week, but not Joan Baez—hospital officials refused to let the legendary folk singer and antiwar activist join him. A spokesman told Rolling Stone the request to include Baez came too late. Said Mellencamp: "We asked why and they said, 'She can’t fit here, period.' " More »

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      US Army  • Walter Reed Army Medical Center  • Dan Rather  • John Mellencamp

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