Blumenthal defends Rather

Earlier this week, Sidney Blumenthal wrote a long piece for Salon headlined "Dan Rather stands by his story," based on the false premise that it's somehow necessary to rehabilitate Rather in order to believe George W. Bush did not fulfill his National Guard service in the early 1970s.

Several Media Nation readers are using Blumenthal's piece to attack my Guardian column on Rather. I have posted a response here.