The Media Drop

The Quad City Times publishes an opinion item about the apology that Dan Rather and CBS News made earlier this week, and says that they’re sorry, too - because journalism has taken another hit on its collective credibility. The piece points out the one glaring item I think lands right on the mark - that Rather, producer Mary Mapes, and CBS News “seemed willing to relax ethics and accounting practices to accommodate what they perceived as a big story.”