President of Media Research Center and a columnist whose columns I never miss, Brent Bozell, writes up a good Dan Rather “farewell” (mmm OK not so much “farewell” as “riddance”) in his latest piece. Here’s the first clue: It’s entitled “Dan Rather’s shoddy legacy” (a 2 minute read).
Brent Bozell’s head would explode if he lived in Canada.
[…] But some liberal media types have come out with their dukes up for Dan. CNN’s Mark Shields complained that “the lynch mob won.” Alex Jones, an author and former New York Times reporter, proclaimed it would be a “gross disservice” to remember only the career-ending fraud. “It doesn’t diminish his decades-long career of distinguished broadcast journalism.” He hoped “Over time, this is something that will be put in better perspective, especially if he has another chapter in his career.”
[…] If Rather was really so unquestionably distinguished and impartial, why does he have this flock of alleged conservative assassins unfurling a seemingly endless record of partisan cheap shots? It’s important to argue from the public record that Alex Jones is dead wrong. It is not a gross disservice to remember Dan Rather’s career as a long trail of heavily biased, corner-cutting, liberal-flacking and conservative-trashing journalism. It is also not incorrect to remember Rather as a Bush-loathing, Hillary-hailing, Fidel-flattering, Gorbachev-groveling, Saddam-sweet-talking insult to the ideals of objectivity and professionalism.
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