Ironic doesn’t even begin to describe this one, folks…

Dan Rather: “You know, she tried to change networks, which is always difficult and change the programs at the same time. They’ve done all of the usual things. They changed the set. They changed the executive producers. They changed the graphics person, lately, forced out a guy who had been there, Ned Steinberg, for many, many years. They make all those kind of the superficial changes. I do want to say that, I think, under Rick Kaplan, that they have tried to harden up the broadcast in recent days, but that is a relative phrase, harden it up. That , you know, the trend line continues, as I say, dumbing it down, tarting it up, going to celebrity coverage rather than war coverage.”

While Dan Blather^tm may have a point, the idea that he should be telling anyone about the damage they did to network news is not only hypocritical, it’s hollow and meaningless. I’ve said before that Ms. Couric couldn’t possibly be more useless in any position (aside from maybe veterinary technician) but it’s not like Dan Blather^tm was Mr. Integrity either.

via Newsbusters

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