ON DAN RATHER: I start by asking this question; would David Brinkley, Chet Huntley, or Walter Cronkite been fired over one bungled story? I don't think so. You look at a guy's total work, not one mistake. Rather and CBS news had been twisting stories for several years. They had been proven wrong again and again, as has the New York Times. His management of the News Department had resulted in a ratings slide of monumental proportions. Not enough people believed CBS News. The phony documents were just the final straw. His career has been in decline for at least five years. It is possible that he became too old at the age of 65; he lost his judgement and it got worse and worse every year. Bottom line: he's an old man who hasn't been able to cut it for years. Too bad, he was good at one time. Yoot will be served.