TV & VIDEO - April 20, 1988

Fairness in Media this week announced the onset of yet another campaign to oust CBS anchorman Dan Rather and force the network to end what the groups calls a “liberal bias.” Rather’s well-publicized Jan. 25 on-air clash with Vice President George Bush apparently drew the ire of the arch-conservative organization, which last year tried to get Rather fired for comments he made on the Iran-Contra investigation. The anti-Rather campaign got its latest push in letters, one from Rep. Philip Crane (R-Ill.), the other from Fairness in Media co-founder Jesse Helms, who wrote: “It’s no secret that liberal, left-wing activists dominate the three network TV news departments.” Wanted: $250,000 and 2 million signatures on a petition protesting the Rather-Bush episode.