Rather: "I'd Probably Just Sit Here And Drink" If I Had To Read CNN's News

Rather: "I'd Probably Just Sit Here And Drink" If I Had To Read CNN's News

This morning on "Morning Joe," Dan Rather responded to the New York Times report that CBS may outsource its newsgathering operation to CNN (since denied by both parties).

Rather stressed that he did not support the plan but used the opportunity to knock Viacom and CBS executives in explaining how "the home of the most celebrated news division in broadcasting" may now be considering farming out its reporting to a cable news network:

Things are changing. With Sumner Redstone and Les Moonves, they're facing a situation for the network as a whole. Ratings are down, the stock is down, and I can understand — while I don't agree with it — I can understand someone saying, "Listen we've got to make some cost-savings here."

Joe Scarborough also asked whether Rather would be nervous trusting news reported by "somebody in another building, in another part of the city, with other managers," to which Rather respoded: "I'd probably do what Merle Haggard suggested. I'd probably just sit here and drink."

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From MSNBC, 4/8

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