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May 23, 2005

Dan Rather: Proud Member of "A Sort of Magical Mystical Kingdom of Journalistic Knights"

Kind of like metrosexual Yuppie Jedi, I suppose. Plus, prone to fucking up, big-time.

MRC's Brent Baker was one of the few, the proud who watched Dan Rather being interviewed by Tina Brown in a session aired Sunday night on CNBC.
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[B]rown wanted to know: "What are the realistic chances that you're going to be able to do a story that really shakes and rattles the Bush administration?"

Rather maintained they are "excellent" since "CBS News has a culture, has a history that those of us who work here, it's very real -- that we see it as a sort of magical mystical kingdom of journalistic knights."

At least Rather was aware enough to add: "And I know I can mentally hear people rolling their eyes. That's the way we feel."

Did you mentally hear me raking my face with fish-hooks?

Isn't it funny how lately the liberals in the media have just been confirming everything we've said about them for years? It seems like they're collectively deciding that truth is the only remaining defense.

Thankfully. 30 years too late, but whatever.

I've long maintained the media considers themselves the Keeper of the Eternal Flame, better than you (they went to j-school! They work in the media!) and having more important opinions on... well, everything, really.

Dan Rather just confirmed it. They consider themselves a sort of priesthood of knights errant, roaming the despoiled countryside, looking for dragons to slay to protect (who else?) "the little people."

Thanks to Slublog.

Top Ten on the way.

But That's Not All! Order Now And You'll Also Get a Self-Aggrandizing Quote From BBC C***S***ers!

Get the fuck over yourselves, guys:

Thousands of British Broadcasting Corp. journalists and technicians staged a 24-hour strike over proposed job cuts Monday, severely disrupting radio and TV programs.
The stoppage, one of the biggest in the BBC's recent history, prevented flagship morning news program "Today" from broadcasting on Radio 4. The show was replaced by prerecorded programs with only brief news bulletins.

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"The savage cuts proposed will damage programming as well as the organization and will unravel British broadcasting traditions," said Mike Smallwood, national officer of the Amicus union.

"The BBC is a unifying British institution which acts as the nation's conscience, but these redundancies will damage the U.K. at its core."

They think they all dat, but they ain'.

You know who's a unifying institution which acts as the nation's conscience?

Me.

That's who.

Thanks to Irwin.

posted by Ace at 01:37 PM

Comments

...a sort of magical mystical kingdom of journalistic knights."

Treacher was very close.

Posted by: Hubris on May 23, 2005 01:48 PM

Damn you, Hubris! You beat me to it by, like, five minutes. Well played.

Posted by: Robb on May 23, 2005 01:51 PM

I can mentally hear people rolling their eyes.

Dan may have put his finger on the real problem: his head is filled with the infernal sound of rolling eyeballs.

Posted by: Nicholas Kronos on May 23, 2005 01:54 PM

Holy K-nig-hts on the quest for the Holy Grail.
Geezus, this guy is looney.

Posted by: mtnbiker on May 23, 2005 01:57 PM

I'm a little surprised with how this lines up with Treacher's "Queen of the Space Unicorns" gag.

Or was it a gag?

Posted by: Alex_fs on May 23, 2005 01:58 PM

I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
.

Maybe he hears coconuts?

Posted by: Dave in Texas on May 23, 2005 02:07 PM

I guess that should have been "how well this lines up".

Unrestrained waste.

Posted by: Alex_fs on May 23, 2005 02:11 PM

Here's what I don't get. I understand fantasizing about being a Paladin, crusading around the countryside righting wrongs. That's actually not the worst of fantasies to have (if you have to live in a dream world, I mean).

But why does he have to be a "magical mystical" knight? Does he have powers?

Of course, I've answered my own question: Dan must have over five levels of Paladin. Although I thought Paladins automatically got "Turn Undead" at level five, but he seems not to have warded off KKKarl Rove...

Posted by: Pompous on May 23, 2005 02:13 PM

This is an obvious piece of incompetently evil corporate product placement; trying to drop in Jedi/SW references into the interview. Is there no depth that Lucas and/or coporate America will sink?

Do NOT take this post seriously. No, seriously, don't.

Posted by: vonKreedon on May 23, 2005 02:13 PM

Dan Rather...the man is on fire. He's hotter than a coked-up penguin in a wool suit sitting on leather seats in an old Caddy on a blistering Texas day. Call Mabel in from the barn, and tell her to put some extra whiskey in the coffee, because Dan will be back. Tip of the Stetson to you, Dan.

Posted by: brak on May 23, 2005 02:14 PM

I have this mental image of Gunga Dan running around CBS hallways, yelling Ni!....

I wonder if he's looking for a shrubbery?

Posted by: Monty on May 23, 2005 02:16 PM

He's either yelling "Ni" or "Lighting bolt!"

After all, he is a magical knight.

Posted by: Slublog on May 23, 2005 02:17 PM

Over five levels of Paladin? Possibly. He sure as shit wasn't an Illusionist.

Posted by: Alex_fs on May 23, 2005 02:29 PM

Note to the BBC whiners:

Yo, man! You just got knocked the fuck out!

Posted by: Monty on May 23, 2005 03:18 PM

Dan may have put his finger on the real problem: his head is filled with the infernal sound of rolling eyeballs.

Although I thought Paladins automatically got "Turn Undead" at level five, but he seems not to have warded off KKKarl Rove...

You guys have me laughing out loud here.

Cut it out; I'm at work.

Posted by: The Warden on May 23, 2005 03:38 PM

A magical mystical kingdom with sugar pop lamp posts and marmalade skies. And anonymous gumdrop sources with licorice memos and cream puff boobage...

BBC? Here's your bag 'o chips.

Posted by: Claire on May 23, 2005 07:03 PM