Well, everybody is getting all mushy regarding the retirement of Dan Rather from CBS news. To be honest, I never considered Rather anchor material. He always seemed to be on the edge of flaking out. Not someone who engendered a lot of trust.
He may be a good reporter but he was simply promoted into the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News. Not unlike Brian Williams at NBC. Rather needs to go to someplace where they do real in-depth, investigative reporting -- like NPR.