“Across the media universe the questions pour out: Why is Dan Rather doing this to himself? Why does he drag this out? Why won't he just come clean? Why would he let this happen in the first place? Why is CBS standing by him? Why... why... why? There is only one plausible answer: Ours is a just and decent God.”

— Jonah Goldberg

October 11, 2004 http://web.archive.org/web/20040421/www.nationalreview.com/issue/toc200409241302.asp
2000s, 2004

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