On Rather" "Sad, bloody story" - OP: Hope he takes his anger

and proves that AssHat never went to Guard duty and while he was supposed to be there - was snorting coke....OP




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Rather's CBS exit "sad," Mike Wallace says By Paul J. Gough
Thu Jun 22, 2:48 AM ET



NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Calling it a "sad, bloody story," veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace expressed regret about Dan Rather's departure from CBS News but said Rather wasn't finished yet.


"You wait and see, he's going to find his place," Wallace told a packed house on Wednesday at the annual conference of PromaxBDA in New York. "We're going to be hearing from Dan. He's a superb reporter."

Wallace and CNN host Larry King received the organizations' TV Century Awards.

Wallace has in the past suggested that Rather should have resigned for his role in the discredited "60 Minutes Wednesday" report on President Bush's military career that led to the firing of one producer and the forced resignations of four executives. But Wallace was much more conciliatory Wednesday, a day after Rather and CBS News parted ways.

"It's a sad, sad story. He's a good man, a hell of a reporter, (he) made a mistake," Wallace said. When asked about why Rather would go ahead with a report that seemed shaky, he said: "I don't know. Ask him."

And Wallace didn't mince words when asked whether incoming "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric, the longtime former co-host of NBC's "Today" show, has the gravitas to carry an evening newscast.

"Katie Couric is a fine reporter, a superb interviewer," Wallace said.


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