Rathers eats humble pie

So CBS and Dan Rather finally owned up to the fact (albeit begrudingly) that they cannot prove the authenticity of the documents shown on 60 Minutes. Now all the conspiracy theorists are out alleging collusion between the Kerry campaign and CBS. It does appear that someone in CBS (either Rather or a producer Rather trusted too much) desperately wanted to believe this story and did nothing to crosscheck the facts. There is room therefore to question the persons motives. It also plays into the often heard remark these days that the elite media has a liberal bias. I switched on Fox News this morning and their caption referred to this as "CBS Docu-drama". Rather must be seething everytime he sees that caption on the screen.