Dan Rather sues CBS for $70 million over \”intentional mishandling\” of aftermath of discredited story about George Bush
Newsvine.com reports:
Former CBS news anchor Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit Wednesday against the network, former corporate parent Viacom Inc., and three of his former bosses.Rather’s complaint stems from “CBS’ intentional mishandling” of the aftermath of a discredited story about President George W. Bush’s time in the Texas Air National Guard.
According to the NY Times’ account, Rather now claims to have been
“little more than a narrator of the disputed broadcast, which was shown on Sept. 8, 2004, on the midweek edition of \”60 Minutes\” and which purported to offer new evidence of preferential treatment given to Mr. Bush when he was a lieutenant in the Air National Guard.”