Comments on: Dan Rather Podcast from South by Southwest: “Journalism needs a spine transplant; it has lost its guts”

By: Keith Williams

Keith Williams — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:13:05 +0000

Hard questions are what it is all about. From Emile Zola onwards there has been an element of attack.

By: CNN Producer Fired for His Blog — My Thoughts on Corporate Blogging Policies | I'd Rather Be Writing

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:17:37 +0000

[...] to be a part of has lost its way. [By the way, at a South by Southwest conference Dan Rather also echoed a similar refrain, accusing journalism of “losing its [...]

By: Welcome to News and Guts - Video

Welcome to News and Guts - Video — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:54:49 +0000

[...] Video April 10, 2007 – The Martha Stewart Show Dan Rather and Exotic Plants http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem. 79cd0d4bac77d1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=eca8e29db09b1110V gnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy_kw=dan%20rathe&rsc=ns2006_m5 PBS NEWSWAR FRONTLINE http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswa r/interviews/rather.html March 16, 2007 – Real Time with Bill Maher http://www.hbo.com/scripts/video/vidplayer.html?movie=/av/billmaher/season4 /b_maher_ot_3_16+section=billmaher+num=1174410734416+title=Real%20Time%20with%20Bill%20 Maher%3A%20Overtime%2003%2F16%2F07+tunein=Look%20for%20episodes%20of%20Real%20Time% 20with%20Bill%20Maher%20on%20HBO%20on%20Demand March 12, 2007 Dan Rather Pocast from South by Southwest: “Journalism need a spine transplant; it has lost its guts” http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/03/16/dan-rather-podcast-from-south-by-southwest-journalism- needs-a-… [...]

By: Journalist Andrew Meyer Tasered and Cuffed for asking a question in America? « Life in West Tennessee

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:55:09 +0000

[...] could be wrong, but I can’t believe that there is anything really illegal about a journalist asking hard questions, or being a jerk , or even swearing during an interview question. If you know of some precidents [...]

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:22:39 +0000

He comes across as a very compelling, likeable person in the podcast. I don’t have the inside story on his resignation, but I also thought it was unnecessary. He’s a great journalist, and I didn’t realize how whole-hearted and committed he was until I listened to this podcast.

By: Stacia

Stacia — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:54:39 +0000

P.S. Thanks for linking to my meager blog!

By: Stacia

Stacia — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:53:49 +0000

I wonder how hard it was for him to not bring up how much Katie Couric sucks.

I never understood the big deal with him basically losing his job was anyway. I mean, was he the actual person who did the “research” in to those documents? Anyway, still love him.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:14:32 +0000

Thanks. I updated the link now.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:59:14 +0000

Hi Tom

The link to the podcast takes me to the 2006 podcasts, most of which I’ve already heard. The 2007 SXSW podcasts seem to be here: http://2007.sxsw.com/coverage/podcasts/

By: Enviroafrica’s Weblog

Enviroafrica’s Weblog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

(The essential site for journalists) website and found a post on how to become a podcaster, but not why its important for journalists to create podcasts. Other useful sources I discovered include two posts, one by a guy namedTomand another by Andy Carvin. Both posts discuss Dan Rather’s talk at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. Rather is a former anchor and managing director of CBS News and is Dean of the