That last little scandal didn't do him proud, but it was overblown by the blowhards on the right. My issue is why should such a person as Rather be paid so exorbitantly merely because his were the lips with the microphone in front of them? There are many many people living up to and attempting to perform to the standards of journalism. An anchor may or may not have journalistic expertise, but is mostly the figurehead of a cooperative body of many workers.

I didn't watch Rather as a rule and didn't watch him last night. We were ABC news watchers and that's how it went down.