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Mar. 10, 2005 Judging by the standing "O" Dan Rather got when he got up and left the news desk after his last broadcast you would think everyone there was glad to see him go. I was. I've had my problems with Dandy Dan. Most of that concerns the way he handled reporting the 2000 election. He let his personal opinion get in the way of the news. You never, never, let your personal agenda leak into your reporting. Rule one, Journalism 101. It's like continuing to run toward the goal after you've been run out of bounds. Ain't gonna go, no way no how.I'm sure Dan knew better.He, after all, is not dumb. Of course he's not leaving altogether. He still has a hook in the makeup room and his star on the dressing room at CBS is still semifirmly there. He'll be around a little while. Uncle Wally went gracefully, but then he could afford to. I mean, of course, Walter Cronkite. I'm glad for Dan Rather he's not gonna be behind the news desk any more. At least not like every night. I, and others,(David Letterman comes to mind)were beginning to worry his eyes were going to explode. At the very least I was sometimes worried his face would freeze like that and he would go through life scaring babies and small children. I mean the mans' face(it's not man's which I've learned is wrong. Man's would be short for man is, or man has)would turn dangerous shades of red and purple and his eyes would bug out and his brows would wrinkle up like a Chow-Chow. I don't hate Dan Rather. I have respect for the man.He has survived in a cut throat business for longer then I've been around and that is just a little short of half a century. The man did his first new coverage during the election of "60"(I believe he gave it to Stephen Douglas and then had to go back the next morning and say Lincoln won). Lincoln, thereafter never invited him to White House press conferences during the war. I think, though he tried to make peace by giving the President and Mrs. Lincoln tickets to Fords Theater. Well, Dan, in the words of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans: "Happy Trails to you, till we meet again." Or, maybe not. I don't watch CBS on Wednesday nights. I watch Smallville. Something about a young man who grows up to be a reporter for a great metropolitan daily and figher for truth, justice and the American way. ------------ About the author: Lee Zelhart is a proud graduate of McKendree College and the author of The Ghost of the Cavalier due out May 2nd. He is the father of two children, one of which tells him he will be a grandpa next September. Both first issues are greatly anticipated and more details to be released later. Email: graphicsdoctor1@sbcglobal.net Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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