20060615 KDDC Goodbye Dan Rather and good riddance

Goodbye Dan Rather and good riddance
June 15th, 2006

Captain's Quarters said it best of the idol of the left: "Has there ever been a major journalist as egotistical and hypocritical as Dan Rather?" (Posted by Captain Ed at March 13, 2006 07:31 PM)

Then again, perhaps Mr. Rather did us all a favor. His bias, liberal and agenda driven reporting is partially responsible for the backlash and subsequent evolution of conservatives demanding a voice in information dissemination. He was quite instrumental in proving that the "MSM-Big 3" could not be counted on to give us fair, accurate and objective news.

Howard Kurtz, writing for the Washington Post brings us up to date on the future of Dan Rather.

Stopwatch Ticking for Dan Rather

CBS to Drop Ex-Anchor From '60 Minutes'

By Howard Kurtz

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 15, 2006; Page C01

NEW YORK -- CBS executives have decided there is no future role at the network for Dan Rather, making it certain that the man who sat in the anchor chair for 24 years will depart by this fall.

Read the rest of the story here.

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