"The mistake was to try to bring the 'Today' show ethos to the evening news and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience," Rather said.
In Dan Rather's defense, what he meant to say, was "Dumb it down and fart it up." Couric is farting up a storm, and her ratings are in the toilet. Beano, Couric. Beano.