Dan Rather sues CBS for $70 million

DAN RATHER SUES CBS FOR $70 MILLION
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: ]
Former news anchor Dan Rather sued CBS on Wednesday for $70 million, claiming the network violated his contract by not giving him enough air time and made him a scapegoat in a bid to "pacify the White House." The 75-year-old Texan stepped down as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" after 24 years in March 2005 following a scandal over his reporting on President George W. Bush's military record. He kept reporting for the weekly news program "60 Minutes," but left CBS in June 2006 because he said they offered him no assignments. The lawsuit was filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan against CBS, CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves, Viacom, Viacom Chief Executive Sumner Redstone and Andrew Heyward, the former president of CBS News. It claims CBS cost Rather "significant financial loss and seriously damaged his reputation."
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1929787220070919

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