Rathergate

Think Again: CBS and Dan Rather -- Doing the Right's Dirty Work

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media


Eric Alterman

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.

Is Bernie Goldberg Right? Had Bush "In Fact Volunteered to Go to Vietnam?"

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Thomas Lipscomb

Bernard Goldberg has unearthed a "lost fact" in the Rathergate mess: that George W. Bush volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Until valid paperwork is produced, that claim will remain a supposition.

Rathergate, The Movie: Hollywood Insiders Working On Film Adaptation

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media


The Media Mob has learned that a team of Hollywood insiders is currently working on a screen adaptation of Truth And Duty: The Press, the President, a...

Dan Rather on The View: "One Of The Nicest Guys In This Business," And Also, A Sex God

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


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 ...

Rather Speaks On Rathergate: What Pure, Unadulterated Bullshit This Whole Thing Is

New York Magazine | Joe Hagan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


If he weren't famous, he'd be mistaken for a veteran of a long-ago war: khaki safari shirt on his back, scuffed combat boots on his feet, that wiry cr...