Rather is having so many "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" moments these days - He's laughable.

Who do you suppose komrade Rather has in mind for head Kommisar of this commission of state propaganda?????

The way this warped old socialist sees it, he fell on his sword with the Bush NG forgeries for the sake of the revolution, and now expects some sort of pay back or at least recognition.

Well. . . here is it Danny Boy, you are almost universally recognized. . . as a self serving, self aggrandizing stateist.  Maybe you should volunteer to try out the new "end of life counseling" His "O"lliness has in mind for those he can no longer use.

If the media refuses to fix their sliding viewership and readership the honest way - by giving us what want - neutral, fair reporting and analysis of the news - then they should get what they have certainly earned - payment from the DNC and the White House for their public relations and policy support services.

The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.

No Dan, it was people like you that ruined the media. Reap what you sow.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

   Rather just doesn't get it as many of MSM reporters do not.

   The public wants the unvarnished truth without the editoral bias spin. The bias is in what you select not to report because it doesn't fit the template the MSM supports. We want both sides equally and truthfully presentated by an honest non partisan journalist.

 I believe if the MSM gives us fairness they will be a tremendous success.

to find the answer as to why the media AND reporters haven't been doing their jobs???? You have GOT to be kidding me!

Yeah Danny, form a commission to search for the answers to this perilous situation. Because the government is the be all end all to ALL of our woes and $$$ problems........

I believe that media took their first shot during the Clinton Administration, when they allowed the Democrats to say Clinton's impeachment was all about sex. Once they allowed the Democrats cover with that, and avoided the real arguments about perjury, etc., it was the first shot to their credibility. Some would claim the second shot came with the 2000 election, but they were just wounded during that time. They did send an army down to Florida to examine the ballots but, in the long run, they were forced to tell the truth about it. They were wounded when they allowed the Democrats to get away with the selected, not elected routine instead of laying into the Florida Supreme Court who kept trying to work around the USSC, and not count all the ballots. The Democrats must have learned their lessons well, because they've stolen 2 elections since then, although not on this level. The next one was, IMHO, Hurricane Katrina. I don't believe I have ever, in my lifetime at least, seen such an event mis-reported as that was. If you think the press reported this story accurately, look at the aftermath of it and see who the people elected to office, a Republican Governor. The only reason Nagin was re-elected was that more people blamed the governor than the mayor. Had Louisiana had a competent local government, we wouldn't even be talking about Katrina. The press was largely responsible for that. Not that the Bush Administration did everything perfect, but they weren't nearly as bad as the press made it out to be. Had there been a Democrat in office, Blanco wouldn't have been concerned about making them look good, and the press, as is always the case, would have given them a free ride. Next comes the infamous Rathergate. How low would a national news organization go to change an election? I think we found out. Their apology was really weak and they haven't changed their coverage much. The 2006 election of Democrats could not have been accomplished without the national media repeating, day in and day out, the Democrats "Culture of Corruption" mantra. Where are they now??? Can anyone say "macaca"? How many stories did the Washington Post print about that? Last, but not least, the 2008 election where the last serious question to Barack Obama was during a debate with Hilary Clinton and Charles Gibson and George Stephanopolis were roundly yelled at the following day for being unfair to the chosen one. Since that time, they never asked him another tough question. They succeeded in getting someone elected with no experience and no one knowing what he really was going to do. They never looked at his past activities, didn't get his college transcripts, never questioned his actions as far as Reverend Wright was concerned, and left the public in the dark as to who they were electing. Now, Rather wants us to support this trash??? Dan, WTFU and tell your brothers and sisters they need to commit themselves to actually doing some fair journalism. Their coverage of the Townhall meetings isn't any better than their coverage of Obama. No one is going to support what they're putting out, and they shouldn't

Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.  

The free press, as established by the First Amendment to the
Constitution, ought to operate as a public trust, not solely as a
money-making endeavor, Rather argued, and it’s time the government make
an effort to ensure the survival of the free press.

What exactly is a public trust? Public funding? And just how would the government ensure survival of the [formerly] free press?

Is this a joke? This is a joke right?

The free press, as established by the First Amendment to the Constitution, ought to operate as a public trust, not solely as a money-making endeavor, Rather argued

 The old news model is crumbling, while the Internet, for all its immense promise, is not yet ready to rise in its place --

  sheeesh... Danny has answered his own question.  There is nothing stopping Rather from moving his considerable reporting skills to the internet where he can do all his 'nuts and bolts' reporting without a profit.

"The free press, as established by the First Amendment to the Constitution, ought to operate as a public trust, not solely as a money-making endeavor, Rather argued, and it’s time the government make an effort to ensure the survival of the free press. If not the government, he suggested, then an organization like the Carnegie Foundation should take it on. Without action, he predicted, America will lose its independent media."

If he is talking about a independent media well that has been gone for years. The msm did it to themselves when they decided they knew better than the people of this country. The msm quit reporting the news and started creating it. Their bias has caught up with them and they are more a Fifth Column then a Fourth Estate.

I'm laughing so hard here after reading this I can't post anything much more than laughter.

The msm are scared little critters...desperate too!

Who knows what will happen on down the road, but this coming from Rather (once again) takes the cake when it comes to him asking Pres. Bush for helping his cause!

Obama's a Community Agitator, a walking, talking destroyer. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Well, Danny my boy, it's not real hard to figure out and you don't need the Chosen One to figure it out for you.  Here iit is a nutshell for you: the media have become so liberal, so far left of center, so arrogant, and so removed from the feelings and needs of the American people that the American people don't pay attention to the media anymore.  The only people watching the liberal news are people who are liberal and there are not enough of them to support those media outlets.  Witness for example the disaster called liberal talk radio, the decline of CNN and MSNBC, and the disappearance of Time and Newsweek from homes.  What part of that don't you understand, Danny boy?