Cashing in

For all their disdain for capitalism, Mike Walker points out that "Every journalist is 'cashing in' whenever they write about anything." He's right. you can't call yourself a professional if you don't do it for a living, as people from the MSM keep reminding us.

The entire interview is well worth reading.

Rather has said: "I hope it will be said: 'He never sold out.'" What does that mean? He was being paid $5,000,000 a year, if I recall correctly. He was driven by ambition and claimed to be a "big game hunter" meaning he wanted credit for bringing down major political figures. Is that really what reporting the news is all about? Excuse me, but I thought it was getting the facts right and reporting them with as much objectivity as you can.

A lot of the retrospectives I've seen mention the press conference where he spouted off to President Nixon. That is my number one memory of Dan Rather: arrogant, pushy, and wanting to be the story, not just to report it.