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Oh cry me a river. Dan Rather wants Obama to save the news media. And he gets all teary eyed too. Well, boo-hoo-hoo. The best part of the article are the reader comments at the end. Click on the link and read some of them. Rather sure doesn't seem to be eliciting much sympathy. Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassioned speech at the Aspen Institute.
�I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,� the legendary newsman said.
Such a commission on media reform, Rather said, ought to make recommendations on saving journalism jobs and creating new business models to keep news organizations alive.
At stake, he argued, is the very survival of American democracy.
�A truly free and independent press is the red beating heart of democracy and freedom,� Rather said in an interview yesterday afternoon. �This is not something just for journalists to be concerned about, and the loss of jobs and the loss of newspapers, and the diminution of the American press� traditional role of being the watchdog on power. This is something every citizen should be concerned about.�
Rather, who has been a working reporter for more than six decades and currently hosts �Dan Rather Reports� on HDNet, pointed out that there are precedents for such national commissions, which have been used to help other at-risk industries.
Corporate and political influence on newsrooms, along with the conflation of news and entertainment, has created what Rather called �the dumbing down and sleazing up of what we see on the news.�
It has also thinned the amount of investigative and international journalism. The latter loss of correspondents covering America�s two foreign wars, Rather opined, is both a critical detriment to the nation and a disservice to our troops.
Tears welled in the lifelong reporter�s eyes as he discussed the dwindling number of war correspondents.
�I feel particularly strong about coverage of the wars,� he said, noting that covering the war in Afghanistan is his top priority on his HDNet program. �No apologies, both as a journalist and as a citizen I just can�t stand to leave those guys out there, fighting, dying, bleeding, getting torn up and say, �Look, it�s page 14 news.� Or �Sorry, not on tonight�s newscast.� It�s an example of the problem, that and not having the watchdogs.�
The free press, as established by the First Amendment to the Constitution, ought to operate as a public trust, not solely as a money-making endeavor, Rather argued, and it�s time the government make an effort to ensure the survival of the free press. If not the government, he suggested, then an organization like the Carnegie Foundation should take it on. Without action, he predicted, America will lose its independent media.
�If we do nothing more than stand back and hope that innovation alone will solve this crisis,� he said, �then our best-trained journalists will lose their jobs.� Link to story
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ROTFLMAO... Dumbazzes like Dan Rather are the ones that have CAUSED the news media to become the laughing stock of the world..
What a complete and total imbecile...
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"A truly free and independent press".....that's a howler
Obama owns their asses
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�I personally encourage the president to establish a White House commission on public media,� the legendary newsman said.
I.e., establish a means to control all news information from the White House.
Funny, didn't the Soviets have something like this? Don't the Iranians, the North Koreans, and the Chinese?
Thought so.....................
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Who is going to save the MSM from themselves?
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I can send MSM a nuke, Bob! That would save us from them, at least...
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Asking Obama and the government to save the press and keep it independent ... is like asking the fox to guard the hen house.
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Dan Rather is a scum bag...
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The only thing that will save the media and restore true journalism is a quick death to most of the MSM and people like asswipe Rather. I almost puked at his remark about saving Democracy. What an [bleep].
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Without action, he predicted, America will lose its independent media. DR, you mean will lose it's biased libtard media.
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Dan Rather is just sucking up to be appointed Media Czar.
The problem with the "news" is that some people can see through the propaganda and double speak of the liberal media.
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Fax News keeps winning market share for a reason.
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I loved the reader comments...really hey, Dan ya big blowhard, no 1st with out a very solid 2nd in place!!
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The old media is obsolete, just like the horse and buggy. Get over it.
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Given our shifts in technology and that the me generation is only concerned with self, news as an industy is going to have to reinvent itself. I think half of today's young adults keep up via Letterman and Obrian monologues.
Sensationalism and ratings are the in thing for radio, press, and TV, and objective reporting is out the window. The foregin press does a better job of covering relevant issues in this country, than our own. The only paper left worth reading is the Wall Street Journal.
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The reason they're going out of business is because of their blatant bias and love affair for the liberal politicians. People have figured out their corruption and moved on to other sources. If they want to stay in business, I suggest they start REPORTING the facts vice passing the propaganda. Isn't it ironic that Fox News has no financial problems at all?
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"Without action, he predicted, America will lose its independent media."
"independent media" bwahahahahahahahahahaha.
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I feel Dan Rather is right. After all it would be pay back for all the support for decades of service for the liberal fascist democrats. After all, it was easy for one group of liberal fascist to deliver hand in hand for a different group of liberal fascist.
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I feel Dan Rather is right. Why, am I not surprised?
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