Comments on: Dan Rather and the Ego Hall of Fame http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 07:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fong the Invincible http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-40397 Fong the Invincible Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:57:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-40397 <p>Thank Gawd for clear-headed posters like Enema-Foundry. That GWB is the REAL terrorist and criminel! But O'Billary will bring justice to the entire crony Administration. Iron Coffins with spikes on the inside would be too good.</p> Thank Gawd for clear-headed posters like Enema-Foundry. That GWB is the REAL terrorist and criminel! But O’Billary will bring justice to the entire crony Administration. Iron Coffins with spikes on the inside would be too good.

]]> By: Fong the Invincible http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-46202 Fong the Invincible Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:57:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-46202 <p>Thank Gawd for clear-headed posters like Enema-Foundry. That GWB is the REAL terrorist and criminel! But O'Billary will bring justice to the entire crony Administration. Iron Coffins with spikes on the inside would be too good.</p> Thank Gawd for clear-headed posters like Enema-Foundry. That GWB is the REAL terrorist and criminel! But O’Billary will bring justice to the entire crony Administration. Iron Coffins with spikes on the inside would be too good.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-40396 Don Marti Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:21:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-40396 <p>Showing the documents in the first piece was a mistake, but an understandable one. The problem was the failure (by Rather and producer Mary Mapes) to get a qualified person to address the bloggers' point that "hey, this looks like Microsoft Word" in subsequent pieces.</p> Showing the documents in the first piece was a mistake, but an understandable one. The problem was the failure (by Rather and producer Mary Mapes) to get a qualified person to address the bloggers’ point that “hey, this looks like Microsoft Word” in subsequent pieces.

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-46201 Don Marti Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:21:43 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-46201 <p>Showing the documents in the first piece was a mistake, but an understandable one. The problem was the failure (by Rather and producer Mary Mapes) to get a qualified person to address the bloggers' point that "hey, this looks like Microsoft Word" in subsequent pieces.</p> Showing the documents in the first piece was a mistake, but an understandable one. The problem was the failure (by Rather and producer Mary Mapes) to get a qualified person to address the bloggers’ point that “hey, this looks like Microsoft Word” in subsequent pieces.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-40395 enigma_foundry Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:19:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-40395 <p>Yes, to have a commentator who actually criticized W, boy that's off balance.</p> <p>BTW, CBS's own experts vouchsafed the authenticity of those documents, so Dan was reporting what the expert said--as he should have. By doing so, the conflict between two opposing point eventually resulted in the truth coming out.</p> <p>Of course, only the "truth" that compliment W is allowed to come out. Anything that would describe him as a war criminal and a terrorist, which are the most fair-minded and reasonable descriptions I can think of for W, is not given much play.</p> <p>See Noam Chomsky's excellent book Interventions for dozens of Op-Eds criticizing W, not one of which was ever carried by a mainstream American newspaper. Freedom of the Press, Yeah Team!</p> Yes, to have a commentator who actually criticized W, boy that’s off balance.

BTW, CBS’s own experts vouchsafed the authenticity of those documents, so Dan was reporting what the expert said–as he should have. By doing so, the conflict between two opposing point eventually resulted in the truth coming out.

Of course, only the “truth” that compliment W is allowed to come out. Anything that would describe him as a war criminal and a terrorist, which are the most fair-minded and reasonable descriptions I can think of for W, is not given much play.

See Noam Chomsky’s excellent book Interventions for dozens of Op-Eds criticizing W, not one of which was ever carried by a mainstream American newspaper. Freedom of the Press, Yeah Team!

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-46200 eee_eff Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:19:22 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-46200 <p>Yes, to have a commentator who actually criticized W, boy that's off balance.<br><br>BTW, CBS's own experts vouchsafed the authenticity of those documents, so Dan was reporting what the expert said--as he should have. By doing so, the conflict between two opposing point eventually resulted in the truth coming out.<br><br>Of course, only the "truth" that compliment W is allowed to come out. Anything that would describe him as a war criminal and a terrorist, which are the most fair-minded and reasonable descriptions I can think of for W, is not given much play.<br><br>See Noam Chomsky's excellent book Interventions for dozens of Op-Eds criticizing W, not one of which was ever carried by a mainstream American newspaper. Freedom of the Press, Yeah Team!</p> Yes, to have a commentator who actually criticized W, boy that’s off balance.

BTW, CBS’s own experts vouchsafed the authenticity of those documents, so Dan was reporting what the expert said–as he should have. By doing so, the conflict between two opposing point eventually resulted in the truth coming out.

Of course, only the “truth” that compliment W is allowed to come out. Anything that would describe him as a war criminal and a terrorist, which are the most fair-minded and reasonable descriptions I can think of for W, is not given much play.

See Noam Chomsky’s excellent book Interventions for dozens of Op-Eds criticizing W, not one of which was ever carried by a mainstream American newspaper. Freedom of the Press, Yeah Team!

]]> By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-40394 James Gattuso Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:52:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-40394 <p>Good point. Thanks for participating in my wikiproofreading system...</p> Good point. Thanks for participating in my wikiproofreading system…

]]> By: James Gattuso http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-46199 James Gattuso Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:52:36 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-46199 <p>Good point. Thanks for participating in my wikiproofreading system...</p> Good point. Thanks for participating in my wikiproofreading system…

]]> By: Cabalamat http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-40393 Cabalamat Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:49:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-40393 <p>I think CBS should just pay up the seventy dollars; it'd be cheaper than defending the suit.</p> I think CBS should just pay up the seventy dollars; it’d be cheaper than defending the suit.

]]> By: Cabalamat http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/comment-page-1/#comment-46198 Cabalamat Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:49:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/01/10/dan-rather-and-the-ego-hall-of-fame/#comment-46198 <p>I think CBS should just pay up the seventy dollars; it'd be cheaper than defending the suit.</p> I think CBS should just pay up the seventy dollars; it’d be cheaper than defending the suit.

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