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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Saturday, September 11, 2004 ::

Rather in Denial

PoliPundit has a nice assesment of the Rather document scandal. Here's an excerpt:

...Dan Rather believes he can bluff and bully his way through the questions and investigation. Like Tereza, Rather does not believe the public has the right to know the truth, or to get a picture he hasn't filtered first. As this scandal deepens (and it will), Rather will go through denial and feigned outrage (how dare the peasants revolt!) , and when it is time to face the reality, Rather will arrange for a minor staffer to get the axe, and like corporations settling out of court, wil deny all knowledge or participation of any wrongdoing.

Ironically, his ratings will probably spike for awhile as people tune in out of curiosity--just to watch the aging anchor fumble around trying to defend the indefensible circumstance in which he finds himself; it'll be like watching a train-wreck in slow motion--we won't be able to avert our eyes.

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