Ha! Television Week spanks freepers for Dan Rather protest

[grasswire]

This is funny. Last week when the freepers were protesting Dan Rather in LA, a columnist for Television Week got interested in them and let them know he would write something that included them. There were hundreds of little essays posted over there on "what fr means to me."

Today, the story is posted. And the freepers are spanked, bigtime. Humiliated!

http://www.tvweek.com/benblock/111703benblock.html

big snip here

I was left saddened that Mr. Rather and CBS News might be hurt and the public might be misled by these silly, noisy, publicity-hungry protesters, some of whom don't even watch TV. What a contrast with a dedicated, hard-working journalist like Mr. Rather, who has spent his life serving the public and his profession.

After the dinner in Beverly Hills I had a moment more with Mr. Rather. I told him the protesters were the same ones from the Press Club dinner. And the leader hadn't watched TV in four years.

He laughed and said: "You couldn't make that up."

As he walked away, I remembered something Mr. Rather told me earlier in the evening about how journalists should act when attacked for doing their job: "Democratic, Republican, independent, Muslim, they all try to do it," said Mr. Rather with a shrug. "It's our job to resist it the best we can."

No one has done a better job than Dan Rather.#

[Cloud]

1. Haha

Did it say 10 freepers showed up? I always love hearing about freeper protests. What is the most that have ever gathered? A dozen?

I remember the freeper rally for the war on Iraq. It was a priceless pic on CSPAN with a bunch of empty chairs. I think someone here has it in their sig.

Classic!

[el_gato]

2. freepers suck but so does rather

that guy is a flaming media whore

[dbt]

4. And he USED to be a Journalist!

There's your trouble.

:freak:
dbt

[jhfenton]

6. "flaming media whore"

Amen.

[peekaloo]

3. this line made me LOL

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As Mr. Metz spoke, Mr. Smith poked a Kleenex at drops of blood on his face from cuts inflicted by an oversize Saddam Hussein mask he was wearing.
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[Mountainman]

5. Man I would have loved to be there when rim job read this

His whole body must have exploded not just his head!

Freepers have no clue as to how foolish they look to the rest of the world.