Since ouster from CBS in 2006, after getting kicked off the CBS Evening News in 2005 after Memogate, veteran journalist Dan Rather has busied himself with two schemes. The first is running and hosting Dan Rather Reports, the HDNet news magazine. And second, it’s suing his old bosses at CBS for some $70 million, claiming wrongful termination and accusing Sumner Redstone & Co. in engaging in a smear campaign that branded him unemployable by other networks. (Not HDNet, apparently.) Now, wouldn’t it be great fun if that pair of projects could somehow come together. They just might, in this way: A source who was contracted by Rather says the news anchor has yet to pay him some $22,000 for work completed for his HDNet show. Is Rather just refusing to pay, or does he need some of the proceeds from this CBS lawsuit to pay his bills?
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