Rather sues CBS for $70 million, saying he was made a scapegoat
Associated Press September 20, 2007
NEW YORK - Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and his former bosses yesterday, stating that they had made him a scapegoat for a discredited story about President Bush's military service during the Vietnam War.
NEW YORK - Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS and his former bosses yesterday, stating that they had made him a scapegoat for a discredited story about President Bush's military service during the Vietnam War.
The 75-year-old Rather, whose final months as a news anchor were clouded by controversy over the story, said the actions of the defendants damaged his reputation and caused him significant financial loss.
The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, states that the network intentionally botched the aftermath of the story about Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard and had Rather take the fall to "pacify" the White House. He was removed from his job at "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.
CBS MADE DAN RATHER TAKE A FALL WHEN THEY BOWED TO WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE. HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER ENDED IN A CLOUD OF CONTROVERSY. I HOPE HE WINS THIS LAWSUIT!
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