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If Rather is in trouble, then Bush is, too, for "staging" those endorsements by paid media members.
Rather Interview Staged
Posted Mar 22, 2005
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Could Dan Rather be in trouble again? A new book on Castro tells of a staged Dan Rather interview that was master-minded by a Clinton lawyer.
In Fidel: Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant, author Humberto Fontova reveals for the first time how Dan Rather's "60 Minutes" interview with Juan Miguel (Elian Gonzalez's father) was stage-managed by former Clinton lawyer and friend, Gregory Craig.
According to a Cuban-American translator from the U.S. Treasury Department: "The questions for Juan Miguel were actually fed to Dan Rather by Gregory Craig. After a taping session, Craig would call Dan over, give him some more instructions and exchange papers with him. Then Dan would come back on the set and ask those."
The book reports that during the interview Craig acted like the movie director and even got a bona fide dramatic actor to translate and mouth the responses of Miguel.
If Rather is in trouble, then Bush is, too, for "staging" those endorsements by paid media members.
Yet another tired If/Then political discussion.
Rather is a journalist, Bush is a politician. Do you hold them to equally high standards?
Actually, since news is much more entertainment these days, and Bush is supposedly in the business of running the country, his standard is higher. Besides, this is like Clinton bashing. He's gone, for s sake. Move on!
Actually, it was Rather-bashing.
I certainly agree we should move on, but, the point I was trying to make was that your If/Then logic refuses to move on. It's as if by some strange design you are turning into a republican (at least your methods seem to be) and you don't know it.
Humm..The Elian Gonzalez saga may have not have yet played itself out. It seems that some of Elian's U.S. relatives have been very naughty.
Quit using your own words Dan. They are diseased and weak.
This story is dead.
Link?
Here is the link: www.323fcc4r4tbb7765734259058bbbdfdg.com
As dead as Rather's career and legacy.
But, it is an interesting insight into the relationship between the Clinton administration and (at least) one of the major network news departments.
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