Dearest Catherine,

Yes, your “Rather as Diva” point is well taken. But if the Diva walks, the opera company soldiers on.

Dan Rather was created by CBS, he didn’t just appear. I think the “story” about the National Guard documents would have been flogged by CBS News regardless of whether Rather was there to do it.

So I still think CBS News and in particular its shadowy executives are still the issue. Who is their Roger Ailes? Why aren’t we focusing the spotlight on him?

(Many thanks, Roger, for hosting this coffee klatsch!)