Why Should He?

9/15/04

That paragon of journalistic virtue and unquestioned impartiality, Dan Rather has said to the President of the United States, "Answer the questions, Mr. President!". My question to him is, why should he? Rather has been not only drinking but gulping the koolaid for the Kerry campaign. If it hurts Bush, push it. If it hurts Kerry, suppress it.

Dan Rather and the CBS 60 Minutes staff have, in the opinion of most reasonably intelligent viewers, totally destroyed the mantle of objectivity and journalistic honesty which they inherited from the giants of the past. Edward R Murrow must be rolling in his grave so fast that the seismographs are registering it. Only someone with an agenda to push would not only refuse to admit error but refuse to even consider the possibility of error.

Mr. Rather's response that the documents might be true is laughable. If he is going to present himself as a responsible journalist, he has to have some confidence in his sources beyond "they could be true". The same thing could be said about any forged document. It could be true. Not bloody likely in this case. If you look at the huge preponderance of evidence coming in that the documents are fake, he should be saying that although they thought they were real, they should be additionally vetted.

He increases the heat of the fire, however, when he parrots the Kerry surrogates and says that it doesn't matter if the documents are true but that Mr. Bush has to answer them anyway. I could create fake documents saying that Dan Rather was committing some crime. Although the documents are fake, should the police arrest Dan Rather and require that he defend the charges or would it be better to find out if the charges are correct before the arrest? In other words, Why Should He?


My response.....Rest in Peace CBS reputation. It is now gone for good!