We used to get Imus in the Morning here in Atlanta a couple of years ago. I'd listen to it occasionally on the way to work. He was always fair and friendly with Dan Rather, IMHO. This is a decidedly different tune now, though.
Radio talker Don Imus apparently wasn't very impressed by his friend Dan Rather's interview with Saddam Hussein last night, telling his audience Thursday morning that the CBS News anchorman went into the tank big time for the Baghdad butcher.
"It was gutless and cowardly," pronounced the I-man of Rather's performance. "And treasonous," he added for good measure.
"It was beyond disgraceful.... Saddam Hussein came off almost like Mother Theresa... It was so disgraceful it was repulsive," complained the acerbic talk host.
The Rather knuckle rapping was particularly noteworthy given the fact that Imus has had the CBS newsman on his own show dozens of times, and staunchly defended him after Bernard Goldberg's Rather expose "Bias" hit the bestseller list last year.
But after watching his friend's sit-down with the Iraqi dictator, Imus announced, "Here's all you need to know about Dan Rather: When he interviewed the first President Bush, he picked a fight with him. When he interviewed Saddam Hussein, he spent an hour kissing his ass."
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I have to agree with Don....but then again If I were in Dan Rather's position I would have figured Saddam had a sniper pointing a gun at the back of my neck... So I would have acted the same.
Why?Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I have to agree with Don....but then again If I were in Dan Rather's position I would have figured Saddam had a sniper pointing a gun at the back of my neck... So I would have acted the same.
I was thinking the same thing. To be fair, Rather wasn't in a position to be confrontational. That said, he knew that going in and should have known better than to do that interview.
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
You listen to that washed up has been coke snorting pissed off that Howard Stern kicks his ass in the rating POS?
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Why?Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I have to agree with Don....but then again If I were in Dan Rather's position I would have figured Saddam had a sniper pointing a gun at the back of my neck... So I would have acted the same.
I was thinking the same thing. To be fair, Rather wasn't in a position to be confrontational. That said, he knew that going in and should have known better than to do that interview.
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Why?Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I have to agree with Don....but then again If I were in Dan Rather's position I would have figured Saddam had a sniper pointing a gun at the back of my neck... So I would have acted the same.
I was thinking the same thing. To be fair, Rather wasn't in a position to be confrontational. That said, he knew that going in and should have known better than to do that interview.
I didn't see the interview so I'll concede to you that the interview might have been weak but I think the fact that he was able to interview Hussien so the American Public could get a personal Glimpse at the Man we are going to overthrow was a coup in itself.Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Why?Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Chadder007
I have to agree with Don....but then again If I were in Dan Rather's position I would have figured Saddam had a sniper pointing a gun at the back of my neck... So I would have acted the same.
I was thinking the same thing. To be fair, Rather wasn't in a position to be confrontational. That said, he knew that going in and should have known better than to do that interview.
Well, Rather is supposed to be a hard-hitting journalist. He went into the Saddam interview with no control over his camera crew or, apparently, the questions he could ask. Thus, he ended up lobbing softballs to Saddam and it turned into a puff piece for one of the most ruthless dictators of our time. Just my opinion, but that doesn't reflect well on Rather.
Originally posted by: axiom
$20 says Law & Order received higher ratings than the Saddam interview. Any takers?
Yes, since until 1-2 days ago I didn't even know about it and I sure as hell didn't know that it would be aired last night. I also represent the massesOriginally posted by: axiom
$20 says Law & Order received higher ratings than the Saddam interview. Any takers?
Whoa. Don Imus = Texmaster? :Q"It was gutless and cowardly," pronounced the I-man of Rather's performance. "And treasonous," he added for good measure.
If that's the case Dan Rather should expect to be signed up for a ton of Gay Porno Spam!Originally posted by: Fausto1
Whoa. Don Imus = Texmaster? :Q"It was gutless and cowardly," pronounced the I-man of Rather's performance. "And treasonous," he added for good measure.
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Whoa. Don Imus = Texmaster? :Q"It was gutless and cowardly," pronounced the I-man of Rather's performance. "And treasonous," he added for good measure.
Originally posted by: squirrel dog
I'm not sure Dan Rather was talking to the "real" Sadam.
Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Imus is probably worried about his ratings.
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Transcript, anyone? Anyone? If what I heard and read here is accurate about it I agree that it was a joke. You can't give somebody an interview in this manner with pre-scripted questions. What a farce.
"It was gutless and cowardly," pronounced the I-man of Rather's performance. "And treasonous," he added for good measure.