Dan Rather fought the truth and won, and the media never recovered

Why did Dan Rather leave CBS?

After all, seems like the world’s come around to his views now. 

Witness a true tongue-bath of an interview at his old home network this weekend, PR for a documentary about the man’s life — and proof positive that he fought against truth in journalism and the truth lost.

Yes, Rather was forced out at CBS for his disastrous reporting on George W. Bush’s National Guard service, in which he relied on fabricated documents to allege that Dubya got special treatment and that his superiors had been ordered to lie about his record. 

As all the follow-up reporting showed, it was utter nonsense.

But what, in the end, did that matter?