they were trying to give sustenance to that line of attack by the dnc and the kerry campaign. sean: although the connect wasn t fully revealed until after the elect the credibility of the network was tarnished. the face of the segment in question stood by his reporting. after the story aired, dan rather dug in his heels and went on television and he assured the american people that these documents were genuine. they just couldn t step back from it. having thrown all their cards in, they had to lay it out until the end. do you feel like you were duped? i m very grad to see you. you feel like you were duped? it is a sign of how absolutely blind to his own prejudices and to the facts that rather is, he would continue to say those things. sean: the story ended dan rather s 44 year tenure at cbs. i want to say personally