Meaning there was a was a time if you google say Dan Rather you could get a bio years ago and during the Rather flap all you could get was a resume!
To me Bio’s start with your childhood on up and resume sort of one’s Ed, hobbies and work history!
Now you can get a sanitized version but in the past it there was nothing, I could not find out if he had children or was married etc it just wasn’t there.
Over the years he must have gotten into spats and nothing showed of his disputes with those he annoyed