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Sep. 27th, 2007 08:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
noahgibbsIt took him long enough, but it appears that Dan Rather is fighting back against his pretty-certainly-unfair dismissal in response to Bush administration pressure some time ago.
He's a guy that's capable of making this happen, and I hope he does well at it. He deserves to.
According to the article, he's not particularly interested in the $70 million he's suing for -- but he *is* interested in using the lawsuit to take a lot of sworn depositions from a lot of people who have worked hard to screw up the integrity of the news.
I'm really, really glad he's doing this.
He's a guy that's capable of making this happen, and I hope he does well at it. He deserves to.
According to the article, he's not particularly interested in the $70 million he's suing for -- but he *is* interested in using the lawsuit to take a lot of sworn depositions from a lot of people who have worked hard to screw up the integrity of the news.
I'm really, really glad he's doing this.
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The fact of the matter
Date: 2007-09-27 10:05 pm (UTC)It may end up getting dismissed, but I don't see that happening.
Whether you agree with what happened, what he is saying or the righteousness of his motives . . . this should be an interesting ride.