Where were they when we needed them?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/28/dan-rather-cbs-lawsuit-bush

This is an interesting piece about Dan Rather and his lawsuit against CBS and their firing of him post 2004 election. Good for him. Although he was the king of hyperbole, he is a decent guy who got severely shafted. As he points out, no one has disputed the facts of the Dauphin and his weaseling out of service in Viet Nam, and what is to me, the most significant point, is how supine the press has been during the Bush administration. The list of people that they proposed to "investigate" the 60 Minutes story was riddled with right wing ideologues. Ann Coulter? please. This is a woman who thought it was a terrific idea to send white powder to the NYT as a joke. The press has never really talked about their abject failure to examine the so called evidence leading up to the war in Iraq. As David Gregory said, it wouldn't have been polite. No doubt, now that a Democrat is in the White House, they will find their so called spines.