It is time and past time for America to face up to the fact that the assumption that CBS, or anyone else for that matter, is wise and virtuous enough to " report without fear or favor" amounts to a "title of nobility" prohibited under the Constitution.Why Broadcast Journalism isYou and I listen to people because they vindicate your trust, not because the government says that they are "broadcasting in the public interest as a public trustee." But it is all too plain that at any given time there are all too many Americans who can be gulled by Public Relations swindles such as Dan Rather's posturing.
Unnecessary and IllegitimateCBS has Swift Boat Veterans for Truth lined up around the block waiting to give firsthand testimony about John Kerry's behavior in Vietnam, and about the effect of his subsequent behavior on the troops then still there after he left. But Dan Rather would rather climb a tree to tell a lie about George W. Bush than he would to stand on the ground and tell the truth about John F. Kerry. "Without fear or favor?" Sure, I believe that!
Media bias bump.
Right, check out his 1988 "The Wall Within". Rather has been lying for decades, and helping to destroy the images of our good soldiers for those same decades.