" While this was not the detailed behind-the-scene memoir I was looking for, it was still an informative and enjoyable read. Think of this as more of a fire-side reminiscence. Dan Rather concentrates mainly on the reason he left CBS and his report on Bush II's military service...or lack of. He seems bitter often, which he should be. But there are also some nice insights in this book on Rather's early career and two chapters on his take on the presidents from Eisenhower to Obama and how they treated the press. However, what I appreciated the most was Rather's stance on how the network news organization went from being stand-alone organizations to very small cogs in a global corporate entity beholden to political interests. I consider Rather one of the last real TV newsman molded after Morrow and Cronkite and before corporations and political lobbyists took control of the news business. Nothing in the book swayed me from this opinion. "
— Marvin, 2/4/2014