"If tv news ignores his criticism, they do so at their own peril."
It's about more than Dan Rather too, although he was a big problem. The rest of the MSM and corporate ownership might like Dan to draw all the fire away from the larger story and let him be the fall guy.
The liberals have a point about how news is so corporate now. However, they are wrong that it leads to a conservative bias.
Fenton is right that it leads to lazy reporting, however. Why? Because if you are responsible to the corporate boss and not your news director, you will naturally do what he wants...which tends to be less grounded in real news and more in sensationalism in an attempt to get ratings.