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See you later, Dan. Did he miss anyone in his comprehensive list of the downtrodden?

"To Mary Mapes ..."

UPDATE: A guest poster at the Llamas' place shares one of my favorite Dan Rather moments. (Requires Realplayer)

Actually, I think that it's my favorite "George Bush" moment ...

Be sure to review Dan's vast legacy of overt, ridiculous bias. This one's a doozy:

“Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What drives American civilians to risk death in Iraq? In this economy it may be, for some, the only job they can find.” — Leading off the March 31, 2004 CBS Evening News.

And my favorite:

“Today, on the Internet and elsewhere, some people, including many who are partisan political operatives, concentrated not on the key questions of the overall story, but on the documents that were part of the support of the story. They allege that the documents are fake....The 60 Minutes report was based not solely on the recovered documents, but on a preponderance of the evidence, including documents that were provided by what we consider to be solid sources....If any definitive evidence to the contrary of our story is found, we will report it. So far, there is none.” — CBS Evening News, September 10, 2004, two days after his 60 Minutes reporting alleging President George W. Bush failed to fulfill his National Guard service.

And ...

“Powerful and extremely well-financed forces are concentrating on questions about the documents because they can’t deny the fundamental truth of the story." — Rather quoted in the New York Observer, Sept. 15, 2004.

(Emphasis mine)

In the end, he was half right.

UPDATE: At the risk of adding to the "triumphalist, scalp-hunting blogger" meme, I have to showcase the photoshoptastic talents of Bluemerle.

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