r/IAmA (previously) has been gaining in popularity since
Barack Obama stopped by to answer questions last August. Yesterday
Bill Gates showed up to talk about his charity work and his global concerns; earlier in the week, journalist
Matt Taibbi explained why breaking up the banks should be the Holy Grail for activists, and The Pirate Bay's co-founder
Peter Sunde talked about why he hopes TPB dies soon.
Dan Rather fielded questions via
video recordings, while
Arnold Schwarzenegger preferred to
write his answers down (warning: kind of illegible). In the last month alone, three members of the House of Representatives showed up –
Jim McGovern (MA),
Jared Polis (CO), and
Zoe Lofgren (CA). Meanwhile, actor
Dante Basco admitted he had a crush on Emmy Rossum
while she was doing a simultaneous AMA; needless to say,
Redditors mentioned it to her, resulting in an adorably awkward exchange between the two.
posted by Rory Marinich
on Feb 12, 2013 -
66 comments
Newsweek reports that Irony is alive and well. Newsweek reveals that CBS and
60 Minutes, in order to make room for their now-infamous report on alleged documents from George Bush's National Guard Service, dropped their originally planned piece for that evening's show... about the Bush administration being misled on erroneous documents pertaining to the alleged Iraqi purchases of uranium from Niger.
posted by XQUZYPHYR
on Sep 22, 2004 -
18 comments
Dan Rather: : "If the documents are not what we were led to believe, I'd like to break that story. Any time I'm wrong, I want to be right out front and say, 'Folks, this is what went wrong and how it went wrong.'" (reg. req.)
Andrew Sullivan: "Memo to Rather: you can't break that story, because someone else in pajamas already did. Check the frequency, Kenneth. You are so far from being out front on this, you are leagues behind in the dust. Have you heard of the Internet? You can find it on that weird machine in your office they call a computer."
Me: Is anyone else astonished as I am at how far CBS seems to have its head up its ass WRT news media in the 21st century?
posted by ericost
on Sep 16, 2004 -
128 comments
Dan Rather: bad ass or nut? Maybe I'm just too young to remember all of the times the CBS anchorman has been beat up, including the famous "
What's the Frequency, Kenneth" incident. Now there's a web site where you can read about all of the times that he's been randomly assaulted, generally harassed, or tear gassed. There are also a few video clips. I think the best one is of him getting
punched at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. And of course, it wouldn't be Dan Rather without the long list of
weird quotes.
posted by Alison
on Oct 19, 2001 -
23 comments
Praise be to David Letterman for tonight's
Late Show. Questioning himself the appropriateness of returning to the air, there he was--the man famed for his sarcasm and goofy antics--addressing his audience like a wounded child, completely bewildered, emotional, fighting back tears. And then the sight of Dan Rather sobbing despite himself and then apologzing---it was enough to ravage any audience. Perhaps, for the first time in a while, television didn't appeal to our lowest common demoninator but, instead, sought to raise us up and appeal to our humanity. Thanks Dave.
posted by adrober
on Sep 17, 2001 -
59 comments
Dan Rather vs. The World (NY Times link) -- While the
conspiracy theorists and much of the mainstream media were jumping down Gary Condit's throat, Rather and company held firm and kept the "news" off the Evening News. Despite airing a few reports, they intend to keep a comparatively low level of coverage in the future. Is this how we'd like to see the media behave, or is this just a more notable example of The Media's Liberal Bias™ showing through?
posted by mrbula
on Jul 23, 2001 -
31 comments
