@Curmudgeon,
Curmudgeon;38660 wrote:Rather was wrong in reporting about Bush, and derelict in his duty to vet the story. Now he is chasing the snipe again and probably will lose.
Rather was absolutely correct to report the story....information, had we been armed with, may have resulted in Gore being elected outright.
As it stands, CBS, got in bed with the Bush administration, as did many media outlets (on the corporate side, for hope of gain in clout and profits), and chose not to criticize this president, on all fronts...especially softballing on the ascent to war, and in essence, gave him the open door to do anything, unhindered.
The result...an executive branch trumping the other two branches of government, with the judicial, actually becoming an extension of the executive branch...the most powerful and corrupt administration in US history, bar none.
CBS, hung Rather out to dry, capitulated and deferred to the powers that be.
In doing so, they became complicit in the deterioration of freedom of the press, and the pursuit of "truth", above all else.
They (CBS) will either settle out of court, or they will lose in court.
George Bush used daddy's pass to get through school, to get out of active combat during the Vietnam War, to get into business (baseball & oil), and to get elected to both governor of Texas and the US presidency. No rocket science needed.