He’s still on the air until March.
I’m waiting to see how TPTB over at Viacom handle the Memogate scandal.
Who will the right point to as the journalistic son of Satan? Rather has had a long and distinguished career. I wish him well in his coming retirement. I hope his replacement is equally loathed by the right. May I suggest Al Franken?
We quit watching the CBS national broadcast after the bogus story was run. I wonder what the actual impact that misadventure had on their ratings nationwide.
Who’ll be his successor… Pelly or Roberts?
I know that several radio stations have dropped CBS news as their source.
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
Setting aside the issue of bias, alleged or real, I’ve long thought it was time for Rather to go, just because he’s gotten so f’n weird… from “What’s the frequency, Kenneth”, to “Courage”, to “Gunga Dan”, to the fake-memos scandal.
A pity, because he was once an excellent reporter.
Rather was never really comfortable in the anchor chair. Whenever he had a chance, he headed for the field, which was where he really belonged.
Roger Mudd could have grown into the avuncular, “Most Trusted Man in America” mantle that Cronkite left behind. Rather never could.
Nah. He’s certainly loathsome enough, but he’d also need at least a modicum of intelligence and facade of impartiality…you know…like Rather.
What makes the elephant charge his tusk in the misty mist, or the
dusky dusk? What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
In my previous post, I claim that Rather was preferred working in the field to the anchor chair. It appears that Rather agrees. On the MSNBC site, He is quoted as saying:
“I have always been and remain a ‘hard news’ investigative reporter at heart,” he said. “I now look forward to pouring my heart into that kind of reporting full time.”
I think he has the potential to do very good work in the field – as long as he stays away from fake memos.
Great, as if the loony right needed more encouragement…