Peggy Noonan Sums Up Dan Rather's Career

I've admired Peggy Noonan ever since her days as a speechwriter for President Reagan. I did not know she worked previously for CBS News and Dan Rather. In an excellent piece, she sums up his career; seen through her eyes as a microcosm of how media is changing. All for the better.

OpinionJournal - Peggy Noonan: "People are complicated, careers are complicated, motives are complicated. Dan Rather did some great work on stories that demanded physical courage. He loved the news, and often made it look like the most noble of enterprises. He had guts and fortitude. Those stories he covered that touched on politics were unfortunately and consistently marred by liberal political bias, and in this he was like too many in his profession. But this is changing. The old hegemony has given way. The old dominance is over. Good thing.Greatthing.Onward."