I was hoping you would weigh in on this since I value your opinion on this as much as anyone I know! CBS is going to wish they had fired Rather and not continued to go down this path IMHO unless like you said admitting a little is actually worse.
Now I have to wonder how much on-air reporting that Rather has done over the years is based on lies and falsehoods as he projected what the news "should" be according to Rather and ignored facts all along his career path.
Rush used to speak of putting a sign up on the bottom of your TV when Clinton was on TV as a friendly reminder of his trouble with the truth. Perhaps we all now need to put a sign on our TV's when the CBS news is on that says "Possible work of fiction."
'Tator. I said much the same on another thread.
We really need you here. This is important. We can make history, or this could just die.