Russert would probably be a good choice. Rathergate
Russert anchoring the news?
Filed under: General— Kevin Craver @ 11:45 am
Several regulars at Rathergate.com suggested earlier this month that cBS whistleblower Bernard Goldberg would be the best choice to replace Rather and try to restore credibility to cBS “News". Newsweek, Fox News and RatherBiased are reporting that a buddy of Goldberg’s may be in the race.
Newsweek is claiming that Meet the Press host Tim Russert is being wooed for the job, as is Today host Matt Lauer. The liberal weekly newsmagazine reports that cBS is seeking outsiders to reinvent the lagging news show.
Despite the fact that cBS “News” is beyond saving, I think Russert’s hiring would be an interesting coup.
Goldberg devoted a chapter of his book “Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite” to an interview with Russert, who Goldberg champions as a journalist who does it right and understands how bias is killing mainstream credibility.
I do not believe cBS has any desire to truly restore political balance, but Russert’s hiring would be a good ploy at face value. After all, Goldberg made a bundle exposing cBS’ slanting of the news and other dirty laundry for all to see. To see a journalist that cBS’ arch-nemesis considers one of the good ones sitting in Rather’s seat could score the corrupt “news” network some seriously-needed points.
Some people may not see Russert’s hiring as a good thing. His name scores 645 hits on the Media Research Center site, which is a place where journalists’ names are rarely listed for a pat on the back. However, having read Goldberg’s book, I feel that Russert would do the best job he can to bring both sides of the story to the news.
I sure as hell don’t want to see Lauer behind the desk. In-house candidate John Roberts is almost as biased as Rather, and fellow newsman Scott Pelley is a relative nobody who would be a long shot at bringing back viewers.
cBS “News” needs outside blood untainted by Memogate to anchor the show. Russert could be their best choice, if he can escape his NBC contract.
THIS JUST IN: Rather Biased is reporting that Matt Drudge said Rather resigned after top cBS brass got a progress report on the Memogate investigation. Drudge said on his Sunday radio show:
“I was told that last Monday the preliminary report on the Rather document matter was given to management at CBS. This is before the Rather announcement, and I’ve got immaculate sources at CBS. So it must not be good. CBS News President Andrew Heyward is now in the bullseye. They can’t let too many people go, they don’t have that many left.”
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