Dan Rather, CBS News Anchor
1) given documents he thought were true
no evidence for this whatsoever
2) failed to thoroughly investigate the facts
within 3 hours of the release of these "documents," they were fully exposed as fake -- proving that almost no investigation was necessary. All other news agencies (NBC, Time for example) tuned done the initial offering out of hand.
3) reported documents to the American people as true to make his case
the only news anchor to do so
4) when confronted with the facts, apologized and launched an investigation
two weeks later and after being under intense pressur to do so .. his initial response was one of defiance.
5) number of Americans dead: 0
Well, one out of six isn't bad (?)
6) should be fired as CBS News Anchor
Since I stopped watching Blather after his kiss up interview with Saddam, I don't really care. Network news has lost nearly 70% of its audience since the early 1980's.
It can be argued that Larry Flint's filth has caused "0" deaths -- but Flint's standard of worth is not the war issue. Understand that I am not arguing for the war in Iraq. It is just that the implied standard of judgment should not be whether or not someone has died.
a brother
John
