They came not to praise rather, but to bury him.(Column)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: March 21, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

THE way the far right reacted to Dan Rather's final broadcast reminded me of soldiers watching an enemy plane exploding in flames. I was waiting to heat "We got one! We got one!"

This is both sad and silly. It's sad because everything today seems to be a right-or-left issue. And it's silly because any network news anchor--despite rugged claims of being a reporter and the occasional wearing of a khaki vest--mostly sits and reads a teleprompter.

Of course, the fault lies in the elevation of the network news anchor in the first place, to a status just short of papa familias. ...

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