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NEWS ABOUT: Dan Rather

Dan Rather stories: 15 news summaries

Court Dismisses Dan Rather's Suit vs. CBS

Appellate panel tosses $70M breach of
contract claim

Sep 29, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS is all but over after an appellate court in New York dismissed his case today. Rather's lawyer vowed to appeal the ruling in the breach of contract suit. Rather initiated the suit following his ouster as Evening News anchor in the wake of... More »

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Dan Rather • lawsuit • civil lawsuits • CBS News • television news • CBS Evening News • breach of contract

Rather Digs In for Legal War With CBS

Tarnished newsman calls lawsuit a stand
vs. corporate bullies

Aug 16, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dan Rather is still out to prove that CBS sacrificed him to appease its corporate backers and conservative allies, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a $70-million lawsuit filed 2 years ago, Rather claimed that CBS, caving to Viacom and the Bush administration, forced him to retract a controversial story... More »

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CBS • Dan Rather • lawsuit • CBS News • George W. Bush • Texas Air National Guard

OPINION

 Rather: Prez 
 Must Save 
 Newspapers 



Corporate interests, internet advertising crippling industry

Aug 9, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media's troubles mean that "this country is in trouble," writes Dan Rather, and no academic study or think-tank report is going to save the industry. We need no less than a “nonpartisan, blue-ribbon” presidential commission “to address the perilous state of America’s news media,... More »

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media • Internet • newspaper • Dan Rather • online news • President Obama • newspaper industry • committee

(Newser) - A judge has reinstated Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS and granted the former anchor access to thousands of pages of documents pertaining to his ouster following a network story he ran critical of former President George's Bush performance in the Texas Air National Guard. Rather's attorneys believe the... More »

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military • CBS • Dan Rather • pilot • anchor • George W. Bush • ROTC

 Rather's Suit 
 Likely to 
 Embarrass 
 Bush 

Documents may have been falsified, but Bush's National Guard record still spotty

Dec 28, 08 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Regardless of the outcome of former anchor Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS for his firing over a George Bush National Guard story, one man is not going to be pleased: the president. The case is bound to revisit embarrassing charges that Bush received favorable treatment and dodged requirements serving in... More »

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CBS • Dan Rather • lawsuit • Air National Guard • George W. Bush • Texas Air National Guard

CBS Sought to 'Mollify Right'
in Rather Investigation

Ex-anchor's lawsuit reveals GOP influence

Nov 17, 08 2:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Former anchor Dan Rather appears to be making headway in his $70 million lawsuit against CBS for his firing, the New York Times reports. With the power of subpoena, Rather has unearthed documents showing that the network used Republican operatives to vet members of the supposedly independent panel set up... More »

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CBS • Dan Rather • National Guard • GOP • lawsuit • 60 Minutes • George W. Bush

 Schieffer Vows to Get Straight Answers in Debate 

Says he will get tough with both candidates

Oct 15, 08 4:31 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Dan Rather • debates • Election 2008 • Bob Schieffer • Tom Brokaw • Jim Lehrer • Gwen Ifill • moderators • Jeff Greenfield • debate format

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

News anchor's lawyer says case is "slam dunk"

Sep 23, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Claims Chucked in Rather's Suit Against CBS

$70M action can go forward, but without charges against execs

Apr 10, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 CBS May Dump Couric Early 

'Evening News' anchor has brought all-time low ratings

Apr 9, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

CBS in Talks
to Outsource
News to CNN

Deal would mark watershed for mother
of network news

Apr 8, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Bitter Rather Wants CBS to Pay

Determined to stick it to ex-bosses in court

Sep 21, 07 10:34 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Rather Sues
CBS for $70M

Anchor alleges fraud
in Guard report aftermath, says contract violated

Sep 19, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Rather's 'Tart' Comment makes CBS Chief Sour

Former anchor called sexiist for remarks on Katie Couric.

Jun 12, 07 10:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Walter Reed Bars Baez

Army blames short notice for activist's exclusion from hospital

May 2, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(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: "... More »

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

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