(Backdated)March 9, 2005
Dan Rather signed off as the CBS News anchor tonight. I just realized that it will be difficult to see this celebrity in about 10 years since nobody will be airing 're-runs' of the network news on the various television networks as they do for sitcoms.
Dan Rather seemed to be a polarizing figure, but I always thought of him as the best reporter. He did his job, and if more reporters did their job like him, perhaps the state of the world would be very different. He brought a sense of accountability to his subjects, which seemingly nobody does these days. In a way it is good that this whole controversy about the National Guard Service took place. Maybe somewhere, someplace, another person discovers what a magnificent reporter Dan Rather is, and will be inspired to be like him in the jounalism profession.
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