Time for another lesson on journalistic ethics from Dan Rather

Veteran newsman Dan Rather said Edward R. Murrow would be “appalled” at today’s American press, where journalists too often are lapdogs to power, rather than watchdogs and corporate-owned news outlets are pouring resources into celebrity and sensationalism instead of investigative work.

“Part of what journalists need now is a spine transplant,” the former CBS news anchor said Tuesday night in Thousand Oaks as part of the Distinguished Speakers Series at the Civic Arts Plaza.