whitelightnin_23
06-14-2007, 12:34 AM
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070612/D8PNI37O0.html
I wish he'd just go to Florida & retire w/ the rest of his old friends...
Rather vs. Couric/Moonves/CBS
Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather escalated a feud with his former employer Tuesday, saying CBS Corp. (CBS (http://finance.myway.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CBS)) (CBS (http://finance.myway.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CBS)) Chief Executive Leslie Moonves "doesn't know about news."
Moonves had said earlier Rather's remarks that the network was "tarting" up its newscast with Katie Couric, Rather's successor, were "sexist."
The spat started Monday when Rather, speaking by phone on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program with Joe Scarborough, said CBS had made the mistake of taking the evening news broadcast and "dumbing it down, tarting it up," and playing up topics such as celebrities over war coverage.
While referring to Couric as a "nice person," Rather said "the mistake was to try to bring the 'Today' show ethos to the 'Evening News,' and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience."
He just wants the news to be even more anti-Bush/anti-war...
I wish he'd just go to Florida & retire w/ the rest of his old friends...
Rather vs. Couric/Moonves/CBS
Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather escalated a feud with his former employer Tuesday, saying CBS Corp. (CBS (http://finance.myway.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CBS)) (CBS (http://finance.myway.com/jsp/qt/short.jsp?symbol_search_text=CBS)) Chief Executive Leslie Moonves "doesn't know about news."
Moonves had said earlier Rather's remarks that the network was "tarting" up its newscast with Katie Couric, Rather's successor, were "sexist."
The spat started Monday when Rather, speaking by phone on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program with Joe Scarborough, said CBS had made the mistake of taking the evening news broadcast and "dumbing it down, tarting it up," and playing up topics such as celebrities over war coverage.
While referring to Couric as a "nice person," Rather said "the mistake was to try to bring the 'Today' show ethos to the 'Evening News,' and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience."
He just wants the news to be even more anti-Bush/anti-war...