Or in Rather's case is blood thicker than water?
Barnes and Rather's daughter might have teemed up for it:
Oh, and I love this - as if there isn't enough reason to wonder about the bias of Dan Rather and company: Ben Barnes, the Democratic lobbyist and former lieutenant governor of Texas who was featured prominently in the 60 Minutes report that triggered the Memogate controversy, was the co-sponsor of a fund-raiser for a liberal district attorney in Texas along with Dan Rather's daughter, Robin, an Austin-based environmental activist. According to the web site of Ronnie Earle, district attorney for Travis County, Texas, Ben Barnes and Robin Rather were among a the small group of sponsors for an October 3, 2000 fund-raising event for Earle's reelection campaign. In 2001, Dan Rather was the keynote speaker at a Travis County Democratic Party event. He spoke there at the behest of his daughter. Given the closeness of the Travis County, it's very likely that Ben Barnes was at the event. So why hasn't Dan come out and said that his family has close ties with Ben Barnes? I believe a little disclosure is in order Mr. Rather...