@izzythepush,
I actually like Dan Rather.....he was one of the last on-air reporters to deliver the honest to God news. During the long drawn out spectacle of that sad strung out soul 'Anna Nicole Smith' he would not lead with that story. He may have been the lone reporter to do that (and not that it wasn't a tragedy, I'm not heartless) all the other news was shortchanged on all the that other networks.
However, despite our media's earlier lapses, it looks like they are finally getting serious. They got lazy, now they need to work.