I’m running out of adjectives to describe the monumental arrogance of CBS News—who have just announced that, despite his use of fraudulent documents to smear President Bush and his subsequent stonewalling and dissembling, Dan Rather will host CBS News’s election night coverage. Free Will has the press release.

Dan Rather, who has covered every major election since 1964, will anchor CBS News’ comprehensive coverage of Election Night 2004 and will be joined by a group of some of the most experienced political reporters in broadcast journalism, as well as correspondents and reporters in key battleground states. Reporting live on Election Night ‘04, Tuesday, Nov. 2 (7:00 PM-2:00 AM, ET), will be Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Lesley Stahl, John Roberts, Bill Plante, Jim Axelrod, Byron Pitts and Mika Brzezinski, among others. CBS News coverage will continue beyond that time if events warrant.