Looks like memogate isn't over yet!
Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:10 PM ET
Canadian Press: By Samuel Maull, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canadian Press: By Samuel Maull, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Dan Rather filed a $70-million lawsuit against CBS and his former bosses Wednesday, claiming they made him a "scapegoat" for a discredited story about President George W. Bush's military service during the Vietnam War.
The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, claims the network intentionally botched the aftermath of the story about Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, and had Rather take the fall to "pacify" the White House. He was removed from his job at "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.
The 75-year-old Rather, whose final months were clouded by controversy over the story, said the actions of the defendants damaged his reputation and cost him significant financial loss.
Besides CBS Corp., the suit names former CBS parent company Viacom Inc., CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone and Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News. The suit seeks $20 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. ...
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