On September 19, 2007, Dan Rather filed a lawsuit against his employer, CBS, alleging that the network made him a "scapegoat" for a discredited story about President George W. Bush's National Guard service.FOX News: Judge Favors ...lawsuit (January 10, 2008)
Controversy
After the story broke in 2004 regarding President Bush's time in the National Guard, CBS and Dan Rather came under attack. Just before the election, CBS retracted the story and said the information they had received was falsified. Rather still contends that the information was true, and wants it to come to light in the court room.National Public Radio: Dan Rather Hopes To Tell His Bush Story... (December 23, 2008)
