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Is Dan Rather going to make it? No, we're not talking about CBS anchor Dan Rather's physical health; we're talking about the sickening state of his career as a result of the CBS ratings hit he's taking. After Rather presented questionable documents regarding Dubya's National Guard service on the evening news, viewership abruptly dropped:

"The audience appears to [be] polarized," a top CBS source said from LOS ANGELES on Thursday. "Rightly or wrongly, we're being perceived as 'anti-Bush,' which I do not think is fair to Dan, who is a fine journalist... of course we do not like to see the ratings coming back the way they are this week."

Make no mistake: the entire staff of Fox News has been masturbating over this all day. Damn those Republican Nielsen homes.
CBS Concern Over Viewership Plunge [Drudge]