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apocalypse-nowish
11/17/08

In reply to Republicans Vetted Dan Rather Panel
Even though he inadvertenly screwed with the House Select Committee On Assassinations (by essentially viewing the Zapruder footage backwards), Dan is pretty awesome. And I am amazed at the fact that Andy Rooney is still on the air - I wonder if CBS actually listens to him, because all he complains about are long plane rides and how salty foods don't sit right with him. Rather was screwed over and made the brunt of many jokes and the man was ruined. It just sucks.
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MissNormaDesmond
11/18/08

@apocalypse-nowish: Rather may or may not have been screwed over. Mary Mapes, however, is something of an idiot. The first thing I thought upon hearing about the supposedly damning documents was, "they'd better be fucking sure they're not forged, because getting them to bite on a forged document would be the ultimate dirty trick". Letting herself be tricked was amateurish, and talking to the Kerry campaign, even if it wasn't with the specific intention of alerting them to the story, was plain stupid.
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MissNormaDesmond
11/17/08

In reply to Republicans Vetted Dan Rather Panel
When do I get to be a magic old person? I hope soon. I'm not fifty quite yet, but I'll be much more receptive to the idea if superpowers are involved.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/17/08

In reply to Republicans Vetted Dan Rather Panel
How neutral and objective of CBS.
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Spirit Fingers
11/17/08

In reply to Republicans Vetted Dan Rather Panel
I'm sorry, but isn't CBS marketed toward those aged, Christian-based, right wing society, you know those who watched Touched By an Angel, Joan of Arcadia, and a myriad of other holy, happy, gun-totey, shows about magic old people, like Murder She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, and Newhart?

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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/17/08

@Spirit Fingers: Murder She Wrote used magic?! How did I miss this?
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Shelwood
11/17/08

@Spirit Fingers: If right-wing Christians had watched Joan of Arcadia, it would have been yanked off the air as quickly as Nothing Sacred. They do probably watch Ghost Whisperer. And CSI: Miami. Somebody must be watching those shows, and I'd like to blame them.
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
11/17/08

@Shelwood: Unfortunately, my boyfriend also watches CSI: Miami.

You are more than welcome to blame him for the prolonging of David Caruso's career; I've tried my best, but to no avail.
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City_Dater
11/17/08

@Spirit Fingers:
Everything on your list isn't on television anymore. The audience for those shows has long since died (literally), and CBS has begun airing gay-friendly, pro-choice, liberal bias gun-toting shows like Cold Case.
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CrazyPantsMGee
11/17/08

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"CBS News, fairly or unfairly, had a reputation for liberal bias,"

what in god's name is he talking about?
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Weegee's bored
11/17/08

@SorrowFloatsnMalteds: True that. But mainly in the Murrow and Conkite years.
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Weegee's bored
11/17/08

@Weegee's bored: Cronkite.
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