Anti-Dan Rather protest in D.C.

[Tonio]

From dcrtv.org:

Anti-Rather Protest Hits DC - 9/22 - WMAL reported that an anti-Dan Rather protest took place in front of the DC bureau of CBS News on M Street Tuesday afternoon. The conservative group Free Republic was "calling for Rather's head," according to WMAL reporter Steven Portnoy. Yet more on "Rathergate" from Howard Kurtz in Wednesday's DC Post.....

[Tonio]

This article claims Rather is wacko:

http://www.slate.com/id/2107006/

Rather isn't a liberal hack. He's bonkers.

What other reporter could get away with the spontaneous fits of rage and the homespun corniness that are his trademarks? Raised in Texas, Rather reads the news in a colloquial rat-a-tat: Paul Harvey as performed by Bill O'Reilly. He peppers his copy with aphorisms—e.g., "that dog won't hunt"—and for a while ended the Evening News with a single, baffling word: "Courage"...

He once trekked across the Afghan border on foot and returned with hours of dazzling reporting—all of which he undermined by wearing a ludicrous peasant disguise on camera.

[vraiblonde]

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"



Remember that?