Rather Speaks Out About Suing CBS
NEW YORK (AP) — Retired CBS anchorman Dan Rather says his lawsuit against his former network was worth it, even though the $70 million breach-of-con...
NEW YORK (AP) — Retired CBS anchorman Dan Rather says his lawsuit against his former network was worth it, even though the $70 million breach-of-con...
Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011
Dan Rather won't let go of his 2007 lawsuit against CBS. There's a reason. He's holding a decent hand, and he's got sticktoitiveness.
Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011
CBS is attempting to portray Rather as some crazy old grandpa. What's more significant, however, is the "Memogate" scandal that could be answered by the Rather lawsuit.
Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.25.2011
Like Garrison, Rather forged ahead. Challenging those in power...digging up buried bodies no matter who might end up dead.
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011
Dan Rather told Fox News/Fox Business' Neil Cavuto Thursday that his lawsuit against CBS "is not over." Rather called the case "a long, hard fight" a...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011
The Huffington Post hears that Neil Cavuto has landed an exclusive interview with Dan Rather, his first since his lawsuit against CBS was dismissed Tu...
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011
By Karen Matthews, AP NEW YORK — A New York court on Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather's $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp., n...
The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011
The latest contretemps involve such momentous issues as: whether the forced-out anchorman, who held the job for 24 years, would be welcomed at the rec...
Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011
Former TV news anchor Dan Rather sued CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward on Monday in a bid to have them ...
nytimes.com | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011
Dan Rather won significant victories Tuesday in his suit against his former network, CBS. He won access to more than 3,000 documents that his lawyer s...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Dan Rather could have made millions of dollars more per year if CBS had not defrauded him before firing him, his lawyer said Tuesday....
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — A New York City judge says news anchor Dan Rather can proceed with his $70 million lawsuit accusing CBS of violating its contract wit...
New York Times | Jacques Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011
The chief executive of CBS and the former president of CBS News have agreed to answer questions from lawyers for Dan Rather, who has accused the netwo...
Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011
There was only one Tim Russert, but in selecting a suitable replacement for Meet the Press, in my opinion, there are only two names from which to choose: Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw.
Huffington Post via Hollywood Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011
The Hollywood Reporter's Paul J. Gough reports that Dan Rather has amended his complaint against CBS, this time alleging that the network cut off his ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011
Yesterday, I spoke to former "CBS Evening News" anchor Dan Rather about the recent travails of the current anchor of that program, namely Katie Couric...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011
Justice Ira Gammerman, the judge hearing Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS, has issued a motion to dismiss four of the seven counts of the suit. Three...
NY Magazine | Lloyd Grove | Posted 05.25.2011
Everybody who is anybody in television news -- with one glaring omission -- showed up for last week's twentieth-anniversary blowout for 48 Hours, whic...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011
Barbara Walters and her sisters at The View welcomed Dan Rather to their couch today, with an especially warm welcome from Walters, who called Rather ...
AP | Samuel Maull | Posted 05.25.2011
A judge said Wednesday that he was leaning toward allowing Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit over his being fired by CBS to proceed. "I concluded ther...
New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, in New York Supreme Court, in response to Dan Rather's civil lawsuit, CBS filed a lengthy 30-page motion to dismiss the case. CBS executives a...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011
There may be plenty of contested stuff in Dan Rather's complaint, but he more than makes a sufficient prima facie case to warrant proceeding with the lawsuit.
DC Examiner | Posted 05.25.2011
Former "Evening News" Dan Rather choked back tears on several occasions today when discussing his decision to file a lawsuit against CBS and he left m...
Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011
Dan Rather said Thursday that the undue influence of the government and large corporations over newsrooms spurred his decision to file a $70 million l...
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 04.25.2012