UPDATE (10:46 EST): Kaplan is, of course, an old Bill Clinton buddy. But beyond that, he defended former CBS "Evening News" anchor Dan Rather well after the Memogate scandal as a "balanced and accurate" journalist.
Noted MRC Vice President and NewsBusters Editor Brent Baker in his Oct. 4, 2005, "CyberAlert":
MSNBC President Rick Kaplan, a former executive at ABC and CNN,
asserted that "Dan was meticulously careful to be fair and balanced and
accurate" during his career. Kaplan then lashed out: "When did we allow
those with questionable agendas to take the lead and convince people of
something quite the opposite? It's shameful." Kaplan went so far to
declare that Rather's "legacy" is "the gold standard journalists today
have struggled to live up to."
Rick Kaplan is the new executive producer for the CBS "Evening News."
For more, check PublicEye.
UPDATE (15:41 EST): The Moderate Voice has a nice take on the staff shakeup, along with a humorous pic of Katie Couric.
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i guess the current wackos at
March 8, 2007 - 10:00 ET by pmohbucksorry ... double post
"at some point people need to realize that there is more to being an american than just exercising his/her rights" - me
i guess the current wackos at
March 8, 2007 - 10:00 ET by pmohbucki guess the current wackos at CBS aren't liberal enough ... i don't think these TV executives have realized that, like newspapers, traditional network news is passe.
"at some point people need to realize that there is more to being an american than just exercising his/her rights" - me
I don't understand why CBS &q
March 8, 2007 - 10:25 ET by TEI don't understand why CBS "News" is not celebrating Couric's ratings. She gets 85% of the audience that Brian Williams gets. MSNBC, Dan Abrams and dozens of fools writing in American newspapers and magazines have hailed the "impressive" (i.e., abysmal) ratings of Keith Olbermann, who has only 25% of the audience of Bill O'Reilly. Maybe Dan Abrams should coach CBS on MSNBC "logic".
Shakeup? Really?
March 8, 2007 - 10:33 ET by halfmanhalfamazingIs this really a shakeup or will it just amount to more of the same over at CBS?
Is there any info available on Kaplan? Is there any indication at all that he'll strive to bring something to CBS which it hasn't know for decades? Objective reporting.
I mean, sure, there was a shakeup with dan rather's departure, but he was just replaced with another dan rather, so the end result was just more of the same.
More of the same. The reall
March 8, 2007 - 10:40 ET by sarcasmoMore of the same. The really-bad decision (Katie's giant salary) has already been contractually-made & can't be unmade now.
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Kaplan once worked for CNN. H
March 8, 2007 - 10:48 ET by Dave RKaplan once worked for CNN. He's big buddies with Bill Clinton.
He will be the grease on the rails that will accelerate CBS's news division's trip to the abyss.
I fail to see how this could
March 8, 2007 - 11:27 ET by SharkI fail to see how this could possibly help See B S, They need to clean house, rework their entire ideaology, and REPORT the news, not Dimocratic talking points.
Kaplan has lousy track record
March 8, 2007 - 11:46 ET by Dave RShark,
Kaplan hasn't shown much talent as far as running news outfits. This, of course, makes him a success in the eyes of liberals, who consider failure a virtue.
Kaplan was the producer of th
March 9, 2007 - 01:53 ET by DemonhunterKaplan was the producer of the lying "Tailwind" propaganda piece. He has as many fraudulent stories to his credit as Dan Rather does.
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Dan Rather Was Fair and Balanced?
March 8, 2007 - 11:34 ET by emjem24Wow, this Kaplan guy is really self-deluded if he thinks that Dan Rather was fair and balanced. The author of Memogate is now the "gold standard" of journalism. I find that a little hard to believe. I guess to these bozo journalists anybody that tells lies about Pres. Bush is a "hero" but anybody who slanders a dem is a villain. The double standard hypocrisy is so thick in this statement you can cut it with a knife.
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emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.
emjem, anybody who slanders a
March 8, 2007 - 13:08 ET by MikeBemjem, anybody who slanders anybody is a villian. I haven't seen much slandering of libs, though. It's kind of like when that drug dealer sued Carroll O'Connor for slandering his reputation: the jury allowed that you can't possibly slander the reputation of a drug dealer.
It would be nice (never will happen though) if the "journalists" would say to themselves, "how would I report this Democrat's scandal if he were a Republican?" How would the media treat Harry Reid and his land deals and association with Abramoff if Reid were a Republican? How about "Cold Cash" Jefferson? Hillary "Cattle Futures" Clinton? Cynthia "Hairdo" McKinney? Gerry "the Pedophile" Studds? Barak "I snorted and inhaled" Obama? John "Let's hire angry lesbian marxist bloggers" Edwards? For that matter, how would the LibMedia have handled Nancy "I want a BIG plane" Pelosi, if she had been a Republican?
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CBS has and "Evening New
March 8, 2007 - 12:22 ET by jdhawkCBS has an "Evening News?" Who knew?
This is priceless. The dolts
March 8, 2007 - 14:02 ET by midnight cowboyThis is priceless. The dolts at CBS have just handed Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailles a gift on a silver platter, They put in charge the guy who drove CNN's ratings into the toilet.
You think the idiots at CBS would realize that their ratings nose dived when Ms. Perky took the anchor desk. So instead of extracting the Couric canker sore, they rid the one who hired her. And they call us dumb.
Heads up Rick! The letters
March 8, 2007 - 14:06 ET by RackieHeads up Rick! The letters in "Katie Couric" also spell "I ace Rick out".
I heard about this before I g
March 8, 2007 - 19:18 ET by bigtimerI heard about this before I got out of bed this morning and started the coffee...I was still laughing and snickering about it by lunch!
Kaplan to save the day....
LMAO!
What absolute nit-wits all.
Just when you didn't think CBS Nightly News couldn't sink much lower you find out it can and will...
Still LMAO!