Rather a Bigger Joke, Right? Oh Yeah, I Meant Dan Rather is a Joke!

So Dan Rather is suing CBS. For some reason, he thinks that while he was anchor, somebody else made the decision to run a hit-piece on President Bush right before the 2004 election that turned out to be slightly more truthful than a Michael Moore film. (Well, in the sense that a Moore film is longer and has more lies in absolute terms. Lying per second could be kinda close.)

Now, the only problem with Danny's lawsuit is that HE was the anchor. And, on network TV, the anchor is God! (Why else is Katie Couric still on the air? Her ratings stink because no one likes to watch her filth.) I am almost positive that any story that "60 Minutes" did had to have Dan's approval. He signed off on this story or else he wouldn't have defended it for 2 weeks while everyone else determined it was a fraud. It was his blown call maybe, but still his call.

Well, Dan is back in the news about this lawsuit in a story headlined "Rather: Government influencing newsrooms." Hmm...okay Danny, if you say so. Dan has fully taken his leftist wacko pills and decided that government and corporate involvement in the news is what puts out crap. (You know, there is an easy way to test his theory. Why doesn't he start his own news show? Oh wait, you mean he would have to get a license to broadcast? Eh, join the club Danny. Wanna fill out some one's tax return? Need a license. Wanna braid some one's hair? Need a license. Wanna own a dog? Darn, need a license.)

You know, maybe Dan is mixed up. See, it wasn't government that forced him to put out his lying hit-piece. It wasn't the corporation that pulled the plug on it before it aired because, oh yeah, CBS aired the dang thing. It was actually other media outlets and ordinary citizens who demanded Dan Rather get thrown on his rather pathetic behind. (Hehe, I love that one!) News is meant to be true. When the New York Times hires a writer who makes up stories (even if they are better than the propaganda pieces the Times usually publishes), consumers get pissed. When Dan Rather goes on TV for 2 weeks and tells viewers that the story about Bush being AWOL from his National Guard unit is true, viewers get pissed as they turn on competing networks and find out it ain't true. Lying to an audience is a pretty easy way to piss off viewers of the news. Deceive them all you want, and Rather was very good at this, but don't outright lie. But more importantly (and this is why Rather is no longer at CBS, even if he "retired" instead of immediately getting fired), don't defend a propaganda piece that has been debunked by even fellow propagandists. That is what pissed off his audience. He had most of his sheeple audience believing his every word. When it turns out he was lying and wouldn't admit it, they quickly turned on him.

Simple enough, eh?