OT- Dan Rather Canceled like a stamp
- From: "Chuck" <chuckadams05@xxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 May 2005 10:28:58 -0700
Ooooppssss.... Guess it is time for Dan to retire and be done with it,
before they ship him off to do field reporting in Siberia for their
other reporters. ;-)
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CBS Cancels Wednesday '60 Minutes'
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer
1 hour, 27 minutes ago CBS said Wednesday it is cancelling the
Wednesday edition of "60 Minutes," insisting the decision was made
because of poor ratings and not last fall's ill-fated story about
President Bush's military service.
Dan Rather, the newsmagazine's lead correspondent, will contribute
stories to the Sunday edition of "60 Minutes," said CBS Chairman Leslie
Moonves.
"This was a ratings call, not a content call," Moonves said Wednesday.
The newsmagazine spinoff was where Rather reported last September that
Bush skirted some duty while in the Texas Air National Guard and a
commander felt pressure to sugarcoat an evaluation of him. An
independent panel later concluded that documents used in the story
could not be verified.
Moonves said that story didn't figure in the decision to cancel it,
"not even slightly."
"60 Minutes" Wednesday has been sinking in the ratings, a decline
accelerated by the success of the ABC drama "Lost" in the same time
slot. The show also has one of the oldest audiences in prime-time
television, considered a turn-off to advertisers.
Moonves said CBS News President Andrew Heyward was telling his staff of
the decision on Wednesday and it was too soon to tell if any layoffs
will result.
CBS will likely run news specials during the year in prime-time, he
said.
The show was Rather's home base since he stepped down as anchor of the
"CBS Evening News" in March. While he will report for "60 Minutes,"
it's not clear whether he will become one of the correspondents
pictured every week at the beginning of the show.
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