CBS is having enough problems trying to get people to notice it still does network news, so maybe Dan Rather can help.

Except he's doing it in the way they'd probably prefer he didn't.

Rather has filed a new lawsuit against CBS rehashing some of the claims he made two years ago that he was used as a scapegoat in a report gone bad that turned into a scandal involving former U.S. President George W. Bush.

The lawsuit demands $70 million from CBS' chief executive Les Moonves and CBS News President Andrew Heyward as a way to compensate Rather for what he alleges is fraud by the two men.

"These are the two individuals who committed the crime on behalf of CBS, and we're holding them personally responsible," Martin Gold, the attorney representing Rather, told Reuters.

CBS, however, says the lawsuit is just a waste of time.

"If anything, this latest tactic confirms that the whole charade is more a tiresome plea for attention by Rather than a serious lawsuit," the network said in a statement.

Gold said the two can be reinserted into the original 2007 lawsuit because Rather can now show how he has lost "several million dollars" since being booted by CBS, and forced him into exile on HDNet.

Rather's demise began in September 2004 on the CBS show "60 Minutes" when his new team detailed a group of memos he said were critical of the then president while he was serving in the Texas Air National Guard.

However, the blogosphere called the documents into question, saying they were produced on machinery way too modern for the time period Bush was in the military. CBS later retracted the story.

"If I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question," Rather said.

CBS later fired four producers, and it was believed that Rather's retirement a year later may have been pushed by the scandal.