Hmmm, maybe we should begin a cynical campaign to keep Rather on the air to serve as a sort of "straw-man" liberal commentator.

Good heavens what a pompous prick. Anyone with a shred of sympathy for Rather should be made to watch that.

The finish is just perfect. Tosses a question out... doesn't stop flapping his pie hole long enought for even a grunt, much less a actual retort from his guest... announces what the answer must therefore be... fade to black. A Chris Matthews beta version.

Testing, Testing, One, two, Three ...

Whew. That was a relief. Nonetheless whenever I try to post here things like this:
The New York media elite retreat from reality has been going on for decades.

http://ratherbiased.com/content/goldberg_transcript.htm

BERNARD GOLDBERG: These people live in a bubble, they live in a bubble with like-minded people who think the same way they do about all the big important social issues of our time. Not talking about politics, I'm talking about feminism, gay rights, race, you know, affirmative action, abortion. All the big issues of our time. And because they're in this bubble, it would be incredible if they didn't come out as biased as they are. And that's why, and this is a major, major difference from this book and Bias that at the end of the book I have a solution section. Actually, it's a twelve-step section. If it's good enough for alcoholics, it ought to be good enough for journalists. If twelve steps can help them, maybe, just maybe it can help journalists.

It just never occurred to these wannabees that a new technology might emerge that would expose their laziness, their midtown mentality and, yes, bias, to the public.

For the record, I was an immediate debunker of the Phil Parlock (They’ve mashed my darling little daughter! Errr, that’s P-A-R-L-O-C-K. Phil with a “PH” instead of an “F.”) I truly hate subterfuge and manipulation from either side in an election that should stand tall to the rest of the world. My grandparents and father decided how to meet Hitler and the Rising Sun on better information from – not the MEDIA – but the humble, hard-working press.

It just never shows up. I've never had the same problems at EZBoard, the late and much lamented Excite or Lycos. It MUST be just me.

I don't know what to think, Bill. Sometimes I post a comment and it shows up. Othertimes it doesn't. What to think? I think sometimes your bandwidth capability is over the top. I want to think that when I hold fellow-conservatives feet to the fire that I am getting a fair hearing.

Meanwhile, I received this e-mail from Michelle Malkin this morning:
Thanks very much for your honest thoughts on this. But I am not "championing" Parlock. Some bloggers accused him of faking the union sign-tearing incident. I am pointing out that they were wrong. President Bush was right to make amends to the little girl for what the IUPAT thug apparently did and for which the union has apologized.

Best,
Michelle"

I disagree. We should not harbor the Parlocks of our world and the Democrats should not harbor Burkett.

Simple objective truth should reign.

And, if I am being paranoid about the selectiveness of my postings here allowed, think again.

I've never believed in conspiracies because human garrelouness makes the insupportable. Every human being thinks he or she is terribly important, that there side of the story is the most important.

Watch the CBS story and its cast of characters ratting each other out to prove it.
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Why would Slate call Dan Rather "bonkers"? Perhaps because making Dan Rather's constitution the culprit absolves the CBS organization, the DNC and every leftist partisan operative.

If this scam can be written off as mere lapse or loss of control - personal or corporate - it's no longer a scam. Gone are duplicity, conspiracy, calculation and malicious intent. We end by declaring that to err is human, and by moving on.

You know, I've never had the opportunity to watch that entire exchange before between Rather and V.P. Bush. I'm more convinced than ever that Dan Rather is bad for Big Media, and bad for the country.

Just noticed that Rather actually said "You made us hypocrites in the FACE of the world." (Not "...in the EYES of the world."

Trivia, I know. But GungaDan was apparently flustered enough to flub what was probably a rehearsed line.

I remembered when Katie Couric ambushed him in the Whitehouse as she was doing a piece on the building's history. She caught him in passing and laid into him. She was praised to the ends of the earth for this by all the MSM outlets for not passing up this golden opportunity to "interview the President" (it was a real hatchet job). I didn't remember seeing this, but that is not surprising since I don't watch Dapper Dan. After seeing this, I have no doubt that the documents he used on 60 Minutes were fake, he knew or at least suspected, and didn't care. He had it in for G.H.W. Bush and has it in for G.W. Bush and will stoop to new lows to try and bring them down. He is nothing more than a whore and a media outlet for the Democratic Party. I am ashamed to be from the same state as him (Texas), which says alot. we were raised to be polite and have manners where I come from, even if you don't like or agree with the other person.

Thanks for linking to this video which I had never seen in its entirety. I, too, was appalled at Rather's interviewing style and demeanor.