Dan Rather has a publicly stated bias against the treatment of ADHD (attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder) through Food and Drug Administration-approved
medications. In the July 15, 2001, edition of
The Houston Chronicle,
Rather wrote an
op-ed in which he characterized
ADHD medication as "parenting with pills." He wrote that the
use of ADHD and anti-depression medications is a "reflection of middle-class
achievement anxiety." I have acquired solid evidence – in the public
domain – that Rathers reporting team either knew and deliberately withheld,
or should have uncovered during the course of even the most minimal level
of reporting.