Dear Dan Rather, You are my hero!

[cally]

CBS news has consistently maintained journalistic credibility in the last few years. I've always looked to 60 minutes and CBS news for the truth. I admire your courage and integrity. In this era of biased news coverage, CBS shows both sides. You remember journalist ethics. Thank you.

****** (I'll send my own name)

Anyone else want to agree. I'll send the entire thread.

[CatWoman]

1. CatWoman, reporting for duty!!!!

:D

Dan is da man!!!!!!!!

[Demi_Babe]

2. do you have an email for him?

[cally]

6. Here's the CBS feedback number:

I'll look for the actual email address:

http://www.cbsnews.com/feedback/frameset/0,1712,412,00.html

[barb162]

3. Dan, thanks so much. You are a true journalist

[BJ]

4. Dan Rather is not a journalist.

Repeat: Dan Rather is not a journalist!

He is merely a News-Reader.

[cally]

10. I disagree

I think it's true of most 'anchors' but not Dan Rather. Sometimes he disappoints me, but I think he is true journalist. I wish more were like him.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. He started out a journalist back in the day. Walked the streets

and all that. Anchors don't have to have that experience now, and more is the pity.

[RevCheesehead]

24. Don't forget his reporting in VietNam

I think he's probably as fed up about the Swifties as the rest of us.

And remember TANG is TEXAS - so is Dan!

[BJ]

25. Still doesn't make him any more that what he now is...

a new reader.

As is Brokaw, Jennings and Koppel, and, therefore, still open to critcism as such.

[napi21]

30. It called a REPORTER!

Dan dones not do the investigating, and never claimes to. But he has his own credibility and is very protective of that. I'm positive he doesn't just take the copy and read it!

[lukasahero]

Add me to the list

Way to go Mr. Rather!

[MuseRider]

5. I looked

for his e mail but was unable to find an address that went directly to him. If someone has one please post it.

[rndmprsn]

7. send CBS evening news a support email

they probably will need it.

[Scorpious_Maximus]

8. Absolutely!

Thank you Dan Rather and CBS News.

[Shopaholic]

9. Done n/t

[seabeyond]

11. at least half the nation and most all the world

has waited for over three years for questions to be asked of bush. the media hasnt been doing there job in so many areas allowing bush to define himself in total illusion even though the facts clearly present he is not telling the truth. yet consistantly he is not being challenge.

thank you for this small amount of truth coming out about bush. those of us that follow bush, what he says, and what he feeds the people, those of us that have investigated his past know these stories already. yet the media ignores it. and asks us, what does 30 something years ago matter. it matters because today he is still lieing.

hold fast. this is important for our nation. hold fast and dont let the illusion be our reality. this is to important. whether we just lose our media all together, or we fight to hold the ability to be given truthful information on our nation and leaders and world events.

[olddem43]

12. CBS and PBS are the only ones left with any objectivity and

credibility.

[Upfront]

13. I agree.

I watch cbs news every night. The rest are a joke. I give Rather credit.

[michigandem2]

15. i agree

we need more REAL stories...about the truth...not a smoke screen for what is really going on..not silly distractions...He did a great job!

[wryter2000]

16. I already sent e-mails

But please add me to this thread. One night, the CBS Evening News was moved for a sporting event, so the dh and I watched one of the other networks. I could not believe the lack of quality or objectivity. We'll never make that mistake again.

The CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes I and II, and Dick Meyer (Editorial Director) are the only commercial news outlets that still practice journalism. Keep up the good work. Don't let pressure from people who disagree with you stop you. More than ever, the United States needs to hear the truth.

[AnnInLa]

17. My family and I agree whole-heartedly that,

Dan Rather is a TRUE American journalist. What does being a true journalist mean --- it means presenting BOTH sides of an issue, in this case, the integrity and honesty of the candidates running as President of the United States. In this age of "talking-head-personalities" who pretend to be journalists, Mr. Rather has demonstrated that true journalists actually investigate for information, and has demonstrated that the information should be presented to the citizens of the country. Thank you, Mr. Rather for trying to maintain another American right: the right of citizens to have access to pertinent information.

[Chichiri]

18. Add me to the list

I've had faith in Dan Rather since childhood, and he has affirmed that faith today.

[NuckinFutz]

19. Thanks, Dan,

for finally bringing this out in the open, where it should have been years ago.

[leftynyc]

20. Dan Rather may be the only person around who

deserves the title journalist. The rest are hacks who stick their finger to the wind to determine which stories get covered. Mr. Rather can hold his head high.

[Scorpious_Maximus]

21. Email Text - Sent

To: Dan Rather, CBS NEWS

RE: Document-Gate


Mr. Rather,

Many in America thank you for years of honest journalism. In this face of outright attacks by the right wing and unfortunately, your competition, I urge you to stay stong and never compromise.

Thank you,

XXXXXXXX

[Kahuna]

22. I'm in agreement with your post. So please add this list to

your email.

:hi:

[A_Possum]

23. Thank you for caring about journalistic integrity

Some of us haven't forgotten that this country depends on freedom of the press, and the responsibility of the press to report the truth and stand by it.

Thank you, Mr. Rather.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

26. Thank You CBS! You are America's last bastion of truth!

You are the soul of America!

:kick:

[merh]

27. Thank you for your never ending search for the truth!

CBS & DAN RATHER :yourock:

Don't let them bother you - they can't handle the truth!

:grouphug: :loveya: :grouphug:

[Zuni]

28. CBS is the best network for reporting

on TV. Dan Rather has always been the best anchorman since Walter Cronkite retired.
I think Rather is impressive---first American in Afghanistan during the Soviet Invasion, for starters.

[Zuni]

29. count me in. I support CBS

They are under attack by the right wing smear machine, and I hope they will stand up and fight back.

[A_Possum]

31. kick

:kick: for Dan!

[The Magistrate]

32. Thank you Mr. Rather & CBS

Thank you for not buckling under White House pressure, and for the exposes of Abu Ghraib and AWOL Bush. You have my appreciation, and my viewership.

Edit to add: I'm sure The Magistrate agrees, however this was posted by SheWhoMustBeObeyed, who mixed up our logins.

[A_Possum]

33. An authoritative household!

:yourock:

[cally]

34. CBS' Response!

Dear xxxx,

Thank you for taking the time to write. Your support is appreciated. As you can imagine, we've been inundated with negative emails. It's refreshing to hear from a viewer such as yourself. We strive for the highest level of journalistic integrity and will continue to do so, no matter what the cost. A free society demands free, unmuzzled media expression.
Regina,

CBS Evening News

[cally]

35. CBS needs more kudos

See my post above. They say they need more positive comments.

:kick:

[DeepModem Mom]

36. It takes courage to stand up to Karl Rove -- you have it, Dan --

Thank you!

[cthrumatrix]

37. CBS restores pride in "media"...they actually ask questions...

not get their news from blogs and the WH like CNN and Fox

[catbert836]

39. Although what happened to him the last time?

The thugs mugged him and asked him: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?". Maybe he can be the subject of another song by R.E.M.

[catbert836]

38. He's the only real reporter

still around. Let's hope he does to Junior what he did to Senior in '88.

[GOPAgainstGW]

40. HERE IS THE "INSIDE SKINNY" ON WHAT IS GOING ON-GOING DOWN!

Dan Rather is a Texas native. He was born and raised outside Houston and then after completing college, cut his television journalist teeth at a National network station in Houston.

He took on the Bush Family "Texas Mafia"(BFTM) several times in the early 70's, and this current situation is more of the "blood feud" between he and H.W. Bush. Dan Rather is very solid, a real pro, first-class credibility (unlike those flake GOP-ops reporters at Fox), and will NOT back down from a deal that he knows he is right. I/we have never seen Dan do it once in 35 years!

The Bush Family Texas Mafia (BFTM) tries to destroy anyone that takes them on, hell just look at their damn track record. You all know this!

More importantly, we will make some phone calls on this deal, and in particular if CBS “60 Minutes” has something cooking to bag the BFTM on several matters we are aware. We keep hearing "little things" on this subject, plus the Washington Post has been digging on this next deal for over a year.

It has to do with the Bush Family corruption, documents the Fed accidentally discovered at Enron (which was a Bush Family business "front operation"), and Bush's "War Dog" House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Houston) being under a massive Texas criminal grand jury investigation, for fraud, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and criminal abuse of his political office.

The big kicker is Bob “$200,000 donor to O’Neill’s SBVT” Perry (Houston) is involved with DeLay in his criminal enterprise and we mean BIG TIME! Also eleven (11) other BFTM members are involved, in varying degree, including the Texas Governor and other ranking elected State officials, and many of them could go to jail over this deal.

The BFTM is doing everything possible to keep the lid on it, and also get W elected. BFTM needs W elected so he can do Presidential Pardons for BFTM Enron buddies, (Ken Lay), DeLay, Perry, and others that get convicted and sent to prison over this massive criminal enterprise.

That in a nutshell is what’s going on with all the Bush-Cheney-GOP totally outright fraud in their campaign. They don’t have a platform to run on, so the con and fraud game is all they got! They are going nuts because Rather stuck his nose in it. If you recall Dan Rather has stayed pretty neutral in his reporting on the O’Neill-SBVT fraud scam. We know, what I just delineated, because we are well connected Republicans, have several influential Houstonians in our “Beat Bush” cartel, along with two Houston criminal attorney’s – NKR

PS: It should be noted that CBS is owned by Viacom. 70-75% of campaign donations by Viacom (VIA) executives and its political action committee, have gone to the Democratic Party and its candidates.


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