What's really going on?

The media is all in a uproar about Dan Rather's recent litigation against CBS and whether he is justified in his actions. Many media professionals and others are at a mental tug of war about Rather's intentions with the law suit since he was handsomely compensated at the time of his termination. Should he be opening old wounds by dragging CBS through this, or should he go after the network that unfairly let him go after apologizing for an honest mistake that was made.

In a recent post on Contactmusic.com, Josh Howard, executive producer of 60 Minutes, the show that aired the story that ultimately put Rather in hot water with CBS, was upset about the comments Rather made about his involvement in the Rathergate issue. Howard said that Rather made it seem like he had a minimal role in the scandal and down played the things he actually did to make the story work, by making himself out to be, as Howard calls it "just a narrator". Some of these things include Rather working with all the sources, doing every interview and working closely with document experts.

In all honesty, Rather has every right to be upset at the chain of events that has lead up to the point of this recent law suit. He has lost his coveted job and much of his creditability, and is losing more and more each day with the media coverage of the lawsuit. It looks like a bunch of finger pointing and careful playing of the blame game, of which Rather should be in the championships. But does it just come down to someone taking responsibility for what was done, either on Rather's end for messing up with a false story, or on CBS's end, for cutting a man loose who didn't deserve to be treated as such.

I'm wondering, when will it end? Will Rather ever get his "good name" back from the media that he served for so long? This is one of those things where we just have to wait and see, because we can rest assured that coverage of this event will clog the news feeds for a while...