Fighting Mad
Filed under: Legal Matters > Media Minute
Dan Rather is suing CBS and Viacom….for $70 million!!!!
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday afternoon in State Supreme Court in Manhattan alleges fraud against CBS. Rather also claims that the network also didn't live up to their certain contractual agreements they had made with him and that he was made to be a "scapegoat" in his acrimonious departure from the nightly news.
Posted: September 19, 2007 at 4:28 pm
that's a lot of money
WHat a douche
He's so Old. I thought he died 20 years ago. No big lost. He's like a sleeping pill.
first!!!!!!!!!!
Who cares
almost first! haha
i love when they make fun of dan rather on family guy
choo chooo
first
hmmmm good for him.
MAYBE BRITNEY SHOULD SUE MTV FOR SELLING HER OUT TOO?!!!!!
CHEERS~WWW.BRITNEYSCOMEBACK.COM
hmmmm good for him.
MAYBE BRITNEY SHOULD SUE MTV FOR SELLING HER OUT TOO?!!!!!
CHEERS~WWW.BRITNEYSCOMEBACK.COM
OHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD STOP WRITING "FIRST" YOU DUMB IDIOTS
EAT MY SHIT FOR GOD'S SAKE
I totally thought he was dead.
But it was Peter Jennings I was thinking of.
wat a terd!!!!
boring
boring
His hair cut makes him look like ass.
No. 30 Bitches…….
Now I feel like the whores that write FIRST!!
Who Cares?
one of the top people…
first
Apparently no one cares about Dan Rather. Too funny.
he is gay,
Good for him…
There should be a law for filing scrupilous lawsuits. Everyone sues sues, it's going to bring America down. What a greedy f-ck
I was first number 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first
Good for him!
oHHHH sugar daddy!
I thought he was dead.
Why do idiots think everything in the WORLD is reason to sue someone? Lawyers ruin the world.
First Bitches!!!!!
1st
Courage. Dan is still fighting the good fight. I'm not informed enough about the issue, but know that his decades long record of integrity speaks volumes, and that this was one incident. I wish Dan Rather well.
1st
It's about time. They scered him over big time!
70 MILLION!? Why 300 Billion. He would not make 70 Million in the next 4 years of the rest of his life.
Who he thinks he is? Katie "I Look Like A Man" Couric?
1ST
Boooooring
Good for him! CBS treated him terribly! GO DAN!!!!
GO RATHER…fight back against the right wing noise machine that got us into Iraq and keeps us there.
Dan Rather kicks ass!!
I got crabs from Dave Hester
He's still alive?
wahhh fraud
not in our american news networks.
hahahahahaha
Good for Dan Rather. Les Moonves is jerk!!! He should have been fired long time ago for having an affair with Julie Chen. Les had damanged Dan Rather's image. Julie Chen should have been fired for "immorality"—–> taking someone's husband. I feel sorry for Les Moonves ex wife.
this is NOT old or boring news. It has to do with the fraudulent, incompetent, murderous theif who is running this country into the ground. CBS should own up to their shilling for this piece of shit white house and making a respected and credible reporter with a long LONG history of integrity take the hit. Get your heads out of your asses people. Yes it is a chucklefest to check in with Perez (love you!) each day, but don't forget to keep up with what is really going on in this country!
good for him! what a great and honorable man he deserved better than what they did to him. i hope he wins. not for the money but out of principle.
ps all you idiots saying 'who cares' its only because you don't know what perez is talking about because you are selfish bimbos.
go read a book.
He might be boring to all of you, but he's got a huge pair of hairy big ones. Good for him.
What's the frequency… Perez?
hmmm what side is Perez on, freedom of speach, or his new employer?
p.s. no one sold Britney out but herself. I didn't see a gun to her head while she was zombie walking around the stage.
Way to go, Dan! The most respected and honored man in news deserves VINDICATION.
Dan was not treated with the respect he deserves and has always been a great reporter and journalist. CBS has besmirched his hardwon reputation and I'm glad he's standing tall and fighting back. All of you ought to be on his side. He is fighting for integrity in our news media, something long lost in recent years.
Dan The Man! They replace you with that bitch on wheels Katie Couric. She sucks and the ratings are in the toilet. CBS, you got what's coming to you.
Good for Dan Rather. Les Moonves is a jerk!!! I have no respect for someone who's a two timer. Having an affair with Julie Chen while still married. Julie Chen should have been fired for IMMORALITY!!! But look at what's happening with Dan's replacement….what a JOKE!!! I think Les Moonves should replace Katie Couric with Julie Chen (who likes to give blowjob as what I've heard) and maybe people will watch the news.
That's pretty awesome. I graduated from the same law school as him.
"I’m not informed enough about the issue". Then shut up. And, dear tards, Rather peddled documents that were so obviously forged that only an idiot could have thought they came from an air force typewriter in the early 1970s, and then refused to admit or accept any doubts on their authenticity, much less any responsibility for pushing such an obvious during election season. You don't have to like Bush to understand that Rather is an arrogant, stubborn old ass.
WOOT! GO DAN!!
some o'u children are really ignorant. dumber than britney, really.
"The most respected and honored man in news deserves VINDICATION. "
Hahahahahahaha - this douchebag used forged documents to try and discredit a presidential candidate. I guess to libs the end justifies the means, eh? Vindication for what? He caught caught fair and square in a forgery. Maybe on the left standard, that equates to honorable.
Sheesh.
Shades of Imus. Go Dan! Kenneth, what is the frequency?
Yeah but look at who his replacement is, Katie Couric. She's awful and one of the most disliked people at CBS or anywhere else for that matter. I'll take Dan over her any day. She is a terrible excuse for a human being and a horrible anchor..Re: nothanks –
WHY HE WAITED UNTIL NOW TO SUE….MAYBE HIS SHOW IS NOT GETTING MUCH RATINIGS…OR HE IS TRYING TO WARN MS. COURIC
CBS sucks. They should get their a$$ sued by Dan and I hope they lose BIG time. They completely terminated his contract because of the whole "fake documentation" fiasco on Bush's lack of military service back in the days. CBS is Bush's bitch.
hooray!!! it's about time! they DID use dan rather as a scapegoat! hopefully more of the truth about the current administration will be forced to come out before the next election - hah! i can't wait!
He reports a story without any initial proof, sticks with it after learning it's false, and then sues the network for not supporting him after he was caught.
Re: Diana – and whoes bitch are you?
GOOD FOR HIM THAT IS WHAT CBS GETS FOR FIRING A LEGEND AND REPLACING HIM WITH KATIE COURIC WHO SUCKS
the core of the information was true! he just didn't follow the fact checking protocol which enabled cbs and the current administration to take the focus off the point of the whole investigation/story and of course redirect to dan rather, rather than the facts that were actually exposed…
Scapegoat my ass. What a fucknut. I would think reporting faked stories and floating forged documents might violate 'contractual agreements' he had with CBS. This man has no journalistic integrity.
Re: Mogul – the core information was true! he just didn't follow protocol for fact checking which enabled cbs and the current administration to redirect the attention to his failures, rather (no punn intended) that his success in exposing the president.
GOOD FOR YOU DAN! I LOVE YOU!
Not surprisingly, most of you folks commenting here are complete simpletons. Good for Dan Rather! He totally WAS a scapegoat!
The core information was true? Why did he have to invent proof? I guess I can call you an idiot. I have no proof, but the core information is true. What a maroon.
Good for him! He was the only news anchor that really delivered the news…. I hope he gets everything and more!
lolz Dan Rather does not have a case. Check your facts next time before reporting on a story.
This guy is the real deal! Don't you people watch whats happening outside of Hollywood, this shit is important. This is what makes or breaks our world. Bush's people tried to stop this man from speaking the truth and they gave him false info so he wouldn't discuss what was really happening in the White House, if you people like your free speech then I suggest you pay attention on whats going on because if they had it their way we wouldn't have the internet! So learn something, and stop acting like fools….and talking smack about this man. The dumb ass writing shit should loose their freedom ,maybe then you all will wake the fuck up!
To 40 - Karen
Fight back against the right wing noise machine that got us into Iraq ? Really Karen? Check the following:
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the misiles to deliver them."
President Clinton, Feb 1998.
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Sadam is in power."
Al Gore, Sept 3, 2002
"We have known for many years that Sadam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
Ted Kennedy, Sept 27, 2002
"We urge you, after consulting with Congress and sonsistente with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropiate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programas"
Letter to President Clinton signed by: John Kerry, Tom Dashchle and Carl Levin.
Karen, you are mistaken, Sadam had AMD and the liberals knew it, but now, politically, they are against the same war they voted for. Shame. Shame. Shame.
douche bag,,,,,,,, an entire life of media lies.
I've been waiting for this…I'm surprised Dan Rather didn't sue sooner. CBS should just settle this suit fast…it will get very costly for them and ugly details about their corporate and political practices will leak out. Good for him. He certainly has a case.
Hell yes, go Dan, CBS did scapegoat him for telling the truth about GBush and the Stoopid Squad. I hope he gets every fuckin' penny. He spoke the truth when when the modern McCarthy era was destroying peoples lives, like his.
81st.
What an idiot; use to be a day when journalists checked facts and sources….not anymore. He is just trying to blame someone else for his lack of judgement that trashed his reputation….LOSER
GO DAN! You are awesome.
Re: HoneyBEE – Oh, I love you for this.
I HOPE HE WINS!!!!! GO, DAN, GO! Those bastards. One more way corporations are controlling America, and they're coming for the world next. One truthful journalist at a time, until they're all corporate-wanking clones of Sean Hannity and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who are both incarnate of evil.
Dan Rather READ the news. He did not do the research for this story or any other story.
Jesus tapdancing christ, does any one of you idiots like Rather for any other reason than that he said things you'd like to believe? That's more important to you than the truth? Fuck off. Talk about your media fascists–you can falsify news so long as it lines up with your political agenda. Not a single one of you is claiming that what he reported was true, or that he acted with a shred of integrity when the memo was shown without a reasonable doubt to be fake, and that the entire new organization complete failed any competent fact checking, due diligence or editorial caution during an election–but 10 to 1 it's "Hooray Dan"! Fucking pathetic.
It will be interesting to see if this lawsuit sheds any new information on the story in question.
Major shame that one incident erases an entire shining career.
Talk about shooting the messenger.
I hope he wins.
Re: jill – It was 60 Minutes Wednesday, not the nightly news. The story was produced by Mary Mapes but he presented it. What's damning, though, is his behavior afterwards. To this day, he still maintains that the memo is accurate, even though it "might" not be genuine.
He had better pray they don't countersue. He disgraced the network with that whole forged documents fiasco. It was his own stupidity that cost him his job and it now may well cost him the livelyhood he has left.
he's a deuce-bag. if you can't report the news for what it is, whatever that is, get out of the business. he should just be speding his time having fun, spending his dough, and stop bashing "his nemesis."
I would love to see someone actually win a lawsuit against viacom. There are no loopholes with them, there is absolutely no way that they would let him win. Somewhere along the line I bet they had him unknowingly sign a contract saying that if he breathed on set, all other contracts will be null and void. He just can't win.
Coulda Shoulda Woulda! Need to check your facts first Dan, but hell take em to court anyway!!!!
Justice for Dan! It isn't easy being an aging newsman today! He told the stories. He had a great way of asking difficult questions, and he actually got people to answer! His pieces were interesting. He risked his life for journalism & keeping integrity in journalism! (In my own humble opinion, this qualifies him as incedibly brave, if not heroic…) This man deserves more respect than CBS gave him, and that $70mm is a freakin' drop in the bucket to them - a drop Dan surely earned!!! He made their damn brand - show some f'n appreciation. Katie Couric sure is cute, but she's no DAN RATHER!!!!
or maybe Dan you were a poor excuse for a journalist who liked to make up stories
that means he is suing sumner redstone… sumner just spoke at my school
yeh boston u
Redstone is easily over a hundred years old and as crazy as a shit-house rat. Can someone please let Sumner know that he's older than dirt and to direct him to the nearest nursing home already, my God. Investors are not amused with his arrogant, wacky and outrageous behavior. First he publicly scolds Tom Cruise for being crazy in love, then claims he fired him, then he actually does fire Tom Freston, probably the best thing that has happened to Viacom, then he gets in public fights with his family for control of the media empire, he fires a few more people just for the hell of it and admits he makes decisions based on some whim of his drugged up wife. Would someone at Viacom please grab the wheel already, he's driving the company over a cliff and all you people are doing is watching the train wreck while stocks continue to downward-spiral.
Redstone is easily over a hundred years old and as crazy as a shit-house rat. Can someone please let Sumner know that he’s older than dirt and to direct him to the nearest nursing home already, my God. Investors are not amused with his arrogant, wacky and outrageous behavior. First he publicly scolds Tom Cruise for being crazy in love, then claims he fired him, then he actually does fire Tom Freston, probably the best thing that has happened to Viacom, then he gets in public fights with his family for control of the media empire, he fires a few more people just for the hell of it and admits he makes decisions based on some whim of his drugged up wife. Would someone at Viacom please grab the wheel already, he’s driving the company over a cliff and all you people are doing is watching the train wreck while stocks continue to downward-spiral.
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Redstone is easily over a hundred years old and as crazy as a shit-house rat. Can someone please let Sumner know that he’s older than dirt and to direct him to the nearest nursing home already, my God. Investors are not amused with his arrogant, wacky and outrageous behavior. First he publicly scolds Tom Cruise for being crazy in love, then claims he fired him, then he actually does fire Tom Freston, probably the best thing that has happened to Viacom, then he gets in public fights with his family for control of the media empire, he fires a few more people just for the hell of it and admits he makes decisions based on some whim of his drugged up wife. Would someone at Viacom please grab the wheel already, he’s driving the company over a cliff and all you people are doing is watching the train wreck while stocks continue to downward-spiral.
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I kinda saw it commin'….they really did use him and he is one of the best newsmen of our time…CBS fuckin sucks donkey dick anyways and I hope he wins.
Right on! Dan was the first big journalist to question George Bush's integrity and job qualifications, back when everyone else was like, "The mission is accomplished, didn't you see War Hero Bush on the aircraft carrier, stupid hippies? Saddam Hussein caused 9/11 and if you disagree then you're a terrorist and hate America! Kill everyone for Jesus!" And he got his battle-scarred ass fired for it. Hah - and now history has absolved him and they're stuck with Katie Couric - that's karma, bitches! (She was a great morning fluffcaster, this heavy gig just wasn't a good fit.) And good luck, Gunga Dan! Nail the bastards!