Rather's Blather

Jonothan Goldberg sums it up. Here are a couple of paragraphs from his column this date.

"Indeed, Rather's thinking has become axiomatic: Good reporting offends conservatives. I am a good reporter. Therefore, anyone who objects to my work is a conservative. And, of course, conservative objections are, by definition, illegitimate objections. After all, liberal media bias is a myth.

The fact is, good reporting isn't liberal or conservative — though it can be either. What good reporting does is expose those who would lie for a "higher truth." Which, ironically, is why so much of the criticism of Rather is not really "partisan" at all — it's good reporting."

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