Dan Rathers sues CBS

Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS, its former parent company and three former bosses. Rather contends that CBS used him as a scapegoat in the controversy surrounding his report on President Bush's National Guard service in March 2005.

The New York Times initially broke the story so their version is the most in-depth. It goes into the general details of the lawsuit followed by a refresher of the scandal itself. Next, it covers the allegations that Rather was denied air-time and used as a "patsy" during the fallout from the scandal. They also report that Rather makes the interesting claim that the board which was supposed to investigate the reporting was biased.

The story was also covered by the Los Angeles time, although in less depth. It's interesting to me the aspects of the case that appealed to them. It has little mention of the scandal itself, focusing on the lawsuit and Rather's claims as well as his professional trajectory, the closing sentence noting that he now anchors a small program on an HDTV channel. The LA Times, however, does explicitly mention "pressure from the white house" as a factor while the NY Times only mentions "pressure from the right wing."