# Dan Rather Files $70M Suit Against CBS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 20, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832 "2007-09-20T02:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/41 "2009-09-30T02:36:57Z")
Check the date on the OP. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/42 "2009-09-30T12:09:33Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Really. The secretary said the document was not the one she remembered, but she said she saw them with the same message. So while it was a possible forgery, it had the facts correct. So it’s kinda like The Protocols of The Elders of Zion? _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/43 "2009-09-30T14:57:48Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Can’t remember who in blogland pointed this out, but one would think that, if Rather cared more about his reputation than the prospect of winning some moolah, he’d never file this suit. Everyone’s always thought of him as a newsman, for better or worse, rather than a pretty face reading someeone else’s words. The premise of his suit is that he was the latter rather than the former, and that’s admitting to a big step down. I concur with everything you say and would like to subscribe to your newsletter as long as my letters to the editor are not ignored. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/44 "2009-09-30T16:22:12Z")
Rather is very old. I doubt he is trying to gain respect for a new job. I don’t think he needs the money. But hurting corporations can only be done in the pocketbook. There is little else they care about. I am also sure he wants his news reputation back as a legacy. I guess that will not happen now. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/45 "2009-09-30T16:30:02Z")
In related news, _Zombieland_ is in theaters this Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/46 "2009-09-30T17:39:17Z")
I’m sure this case would not have been thrown out if only Kenneth had given him the frequency. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/47 "2009-09-30T18:02:29Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > A question, **Gfactor**. Is it permissible to alter a quote by striking through part of it, replacing the struck through part with something else, and then saying something along the line of “There, fixed that for ya” if the quoted portion being altered is posted without quotation marks? > > I was advised in another thread that the omission of quotation marks might make such alterations possible. > > Thanks. Speaking as a moderator other than **Gfactor** – don’t mess with other people’s quotes, period. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/48 "2009-09-30T18:58:01Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > In related news, _Zombieland_ is in theaters this Friday. Nope, it won’t be there. I have documents to prove it never shows up on weekends. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/49 "2009-09-30T22:04:50Z")
Not that I have any great love for CBS, traditionally the most biased of the big three networks, but they did keep Rather’s sorry, even more blatantly biased and and wacked-out ass (“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”) in the anchor chair for for 24 years despite the fact that he perenially pulled a third-place audience, and given that he did perenially pull in a third-place audience I used to wonder from time to time why CBS was so loyal to him. Then, when his liberal bias finally goes too far and and he more or less says “Yeah, well, this may not actually show what Bush did, but it’s a perfect example of what he does do,” and is forced to resign as a result, _he sues CBS_ – the very network that kept his worthless ass on the air for two-and-a-half decades despite his persistent inability to pull in more viewers than whoever happened to be his competition! What a putz! I hope he’s lost a ton of dough pursuing this through this specious lawsuit through the courts. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/50 "2009-09-30T22:22:27Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > I hope he’s lost a ton of dough pursuing this through this specious lawsuit through the courts. About five million bucks, according to some news sources. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832/51 "2009-09-30T22:25:41Z")
Good to know. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dan-rather-files-70m-suit-against-cbs/419832.md?page=2)