Growing up, Dan Rather was the man-- intrepid, fearless, a reporter's reporter, with stints in London, the south, Vietnam, Washington...
It all unraveled in 2004 with a botched report on George W. Bush's National Guard record. A "60 Minutes II" story relied on questionable documents. It was botched, flawed and sloppy reporting. A few people lost their jobs, including Rather. His apology was half hearted, at best. I never thought Rather fully took responsibility for what happened. The conclusion on Bush's service record might have been true, but Rather and his team couldn't prove it. The story shouldn't have been on the air. It was an embarrassment.
In later years, Dan Rather hasn't been shy about expressing his political views, as is his right as an American. Let's just say he's reinforced every "liberal media" stereotype in the books.
It just makes me think if any stories during a long and distinguished career at CBS were slanted toward Dan Rather's way of thinking.
Opinion is a dangerous thing.
As always, just because you can doesn't mean you should.
