Too late for that now, at least as far as Rather is concerned. There is no scenario in which Rather survives at CBS. Even if we assume CBS can successfully set up Burkett as a lone gunman patsy, he was, then, Rather's "unimpeachable" source. No way a man like Rather receives even the minimum level of trust needed to anchor a major news organization if he is going to personally run a story based on such an obviously flimsy source and contniue to label it "unimpeachable" in the face of a maelstrom of criticism based on patently phony documents.
This is a dangerous game CBS is playing, and this will likely end up being a journalism school case study of what happens when a news bureau becomes beholden to one man.
"This is a dangerous game CBS is playing, and this will likely end up being a journalism school case study of what happens when a news bureau becomes beholden to one man."
Astute observation Zebra! Mrs PD