Rove Wanted Rather's Scalp for Trophy and CBS Was in His Way!

[KoKo]

Truth and Duty : The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power (Hardcover) by Mary Mapes

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Having been fired as a result of White House pressure (disguised as an internal CBS "investigation"), Mapes is free to chronicle -- as an insider -- how the major media takes its orders from the White House when push comes to shove. Reading the book, one can easily conclude that this was another Rovian set up job. It's got his modus operandi fingerprints all over it.

Like much of the Bush Administration, the truth is buried beneath slanderous assaults on character and integrity by the Rovian smear machine. His target was Dan Rather -- and Mapes just happened to be in the line of fire. Rove wanted another scalp to intimidate the already servile media even further into submission. And what could be a better trophy than Dan Rather's retirement announcement?

Rather stood by Mapes, but there was nothing he could do. The powers that be at CBS and Viacom knew which master they served: the Bush White House and not the truth.
This is a must-read book for anyone interested in a personal account of a corporate media that is no longer beholden to the public or the truth. It's a candid and chilling account from an accomplished professional broadcast veteran. It's the victim's perspective of the slash-and-burn media intimidation politics of the Bush Administration

More of the Review here at:
http://www.buzzflash.com/reviews/05/11/rev05115.html

[Junkdrawer]

1. Soon after Rathergate broke, Limbaugh was saying that the CBS...

board would be weighing in on Mr. Rather.

So how much stock do the Saudis own in Viacom? :shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

2. It's a little thin for a book review, but the basics come through.

the authenticity of the memos has never been actually disproven.


And the one rationale for declaring it faked has been proven false as well. Soundly.

So what does that leave us?

Pure intimidation.

[UTUSN]

3. When KKKarl Goes Down, Dan Will Be Laughing Last n/t