Journalistic vs. Presidential Integrity

All of the conservatives who are calling for Dan Rather's head on a platter are holding Rather--a member of the so-called "liberal media"--to a higher standard of integrity than Bush himself, as deftly outlined by Christian Grantham:

Dan Rather, CBS News Anchor
+ given documents he thought were true
+ failed to thoroughly investigate the facts
+ reported documents to the American people as true to make his case
+ when confronted with the facts, apologized and launched an investigation
+ number of Americans dead: 0
+ should be fired as CBS News Anchor

George W. Bush, President of the United States
+ given documents he thought were true
+ failed to thoroughly investigate the facts
+ reported documents to the American people as true to make his case
+ when confronted with the facts, continued to report untruth and stonewalled an investigation
+ number of Americans dead: 1100
+ should be given four more years as President of the United States

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