Tough Reporter

Dan Rather certainly was a tough reporter, but the bias claim is a successful negative PR campaign by the wing-nut elite. The propensity for powerful Republicans to cut secret deals like in Iran/Contra for Bush 41 and then refuse to talk about when questioned is an affirmation of guilt. And of course Nixon, the role model.

That's no fault of the reporter no matter who it is. The guilt lies squarely on the shoulders of the stonewalling politician. No one dodges serious questions by attacking the questioner better than a Bush. They have to. The biased reporter model is a myth concocted by those who don't want to be exposed.