For Mr Rather himself, the dispute is another acrimonious brush with power in a career studded with them. For the moment, he is adopting what might be called the 'Gilligan defence', pioneered by the BBC journalist in the corporation's 2003 row with the Government over the 'sexed-up' Iraq weapons dossier.
In both cases, the accused party claims that, whatever the doubts about the supporting evidence, the basic story was true.
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