CBS: Rather not air 60 minutes II anymore!
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CBS: Rather not air 60 minutes II anymore!
Dan Rather's legacy takes another hit!
Tick, tick, tick: Dan Rather loses another perch at CBS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CBS said Wednesday it is cancelling the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," insisting the decision was made because of poor ratings and not last fall's ill-fated story about President Bush's military service.
Dan Rather, the newsmagazine's lead correspondent, will contribute stories to the Sunday edition of "60 Minutes," said CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves.
"This was a ratings call, not a content call," Moonves said Wednesday.
The newsmagazine spinoff was where Rather reported last September that Bush skirted some duty while in the Texas Air National Guard and a commander felt pressure to sugarcoat an evaluation of him. An independent panel later concluded that documents used in the story could not be verified.
Moonves said that story didn't figure in the decision to cancel it, "not even slightly."
"60 Minutes" Wednesday has been sinking in the ratings, a decline accelerated by the success of the ABC drama "Lost" in the same time slot. The show also has one of the oldest audiences in prime-time television, considered a turn-off to advertisers.
Moonves said CBS News President Andrew Heyward was telling his staff of the decision on Wednesday and it was too soon to tell if any layoffs will result.
CBS will likely run news specials during the year in prime-time, he said.
The show was Rather's home base since he stepped down as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in March. While he will report for "60 Minutes," it's not clear whether he will become one of the correspondents pictured every week at the beginning of the show.
Tick, tick, tick: Dan Rather loses another perch at CBS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CBS said Wednesday it is cancelling the Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," insisting the decision was made because of poor ratings and not last fall's ill-fated story about President Bush's military service.
Dan Rather, the newsmagazine's lead correspondent, will contribute stories to the Sunday edition of "60 Minutes," said CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves.
"This was a ratings call, not a content call," Moonves said Wednesday.
The newsmagazine spinoff was where Rather reported last September that Bush skirted some duty while in the Texas Air National Guard and a commander felt pressure to sugarcoat an evaluation of him. An independent panel later concluded that documents used in the story could not be verified.
Moonves said that story didn't figure in the decision to cancel it, "not even slightly."
"60 Minutes" Wednesday has been sinking in the ratings, a decline accelerated by the success of the ABC drama "Lost" in the same time slot. The show also has one of the oldest audiences in prime-time television, considered a turn-off to advertisers.
Moonves said CBS News President Andrew Heyward was telling his staff of the decision on Wednesday and it was too soon to tell if any layoffs will result.
CBS will likely run news specials during the year in prime-time, he said.
The show was Rather's home base since he stepped down as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" in March. While he will report for "60 Minutes," it's not clear whether he will become one of the correspondents pictured every week at the beginning of the show.
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Dan Rather is a legend who made one slipup. give the guy a little slack.
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The cover up always is worse than the crime. Rather is no different than Nixon. Funny how one watergate's hounds hangs himself in the same manner!
Legend? Legend of what? One slip up? His first slip up ws calling himself a marine when he couldn't make it out of boot camp! The guy been a liar and a crook is whole life and it finally caught up with him.
Slack for an arrogant, egomaniac like that. No way. Especially since he still has the audacity to claim everything was accurate and on the level.
Legend? Legend of what? One slip up? His first slip up ws calling himself a marine when he couldn't make it out of boot camp! The guy been a liar and a crook is whole life and it finally caught up with him.
Slack for an arrogant, egomaniac like that. No way. Especially since he still has the audacity to claim everything was accurate and on the level.
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Nixon in all honesty was not that bad of a president. Sure, as a person he was dirt, but he usually made good decisions. Clinton was quite the same. G.W. Bush however is very different. He is probably a very nice guy, whom I would like, but his policies, speaking, and decisions could be quite a bit better.
Oh, and let us not get into a mudslinging contest as to who makes more mistakes, please.
Oh, and let us not get into a mudslinging contest as to who makes more mistakes, please.
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Pale Rider> And, she's [Laura Bush's] not a lesbian like Ellen Degenerate or Rosie O.
TAE> A person's worth is definitely determined by sexual orientation.
TAE> A person's worth is definitely determined by sexual orientation.
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Never thought Nixon would be compared to Clinton! Nixon was a victim of his own paranoia.
DCP: Can you name one good policy decision attributed to Clinton?
DCP: Can you name one good policy decision attributed to Clinton?
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