[w1andsodidwe]

Is the number too low Dan?

No I did not read the article.

[Da Coyote]

Not only does Dan not know the frequency, he cannot even spell it.

[MeganC]

I lament the fact that 50% of Americans believe whatever the hell the media tells them.

[MeganC]

Ping since the article indirectly mentions you

[Fido969]

Fake but accurate!

[Trillian]

He’s making this up. It’s a lot more than that.

[Hyman Roth]

Maybe there is a reason for the mistrust Gunga Dan.

[JenB987]

Dan Rather would know a thing or two about making shit up.

[OttawaFreeper]

Well, at least the National Enquirer admits to making up material from time to time. But they covered John Edwards’ indiscretions long before Dan’s colleagues could be bothered to do so.

[Army Air Corps]

Well, Dan, when you consistently lie to people, they tend to distrust you. Fly-by-night used car salesmen have more credibility than you and your cohorts.

[SkyDancer]

And you’re the reason for the other 50% not believing.

[Gil4]

And the other half of people KNOW the media make up stories.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Dude! You’re one of the ‘stalwarts’ that started it!

[Yosemitest]

Let us NEVER FORGET Dan Rather's actions !
Dan Rather is one of the MAIN REASONS more and more people KNOW that the LIBERAL STREAM MEDIA can NOT be trusted to tell the truth any longer ! :

" ... Dan Rather’s CBS fraudulent memos are the maliciously contrived myths embedded in those fraudulent memos.
The hoax exposé (below) demostrates that the content of Dan Rather’s memos was fraudulent.
Left-Wing Media (LWM) treachery, deception and distortion laid a solid foundation for Dan Rather’s CBS 60 Minutes fabricated story and fraudulent memos.
Prior to Election 2004, communications generated by “credentialed media” misled the American people about GWB’s ANG record.
As you read the hoaxes perpetrated by LWM against the American people, appreciate that these hoaxes were contrived from interwoven myths forged via repetition (by LWM, Democrat National Committee [Terry McAuliffe], Kerry’s Campaign, Left-Wing 527s and finally, Dan Rather’s 60 Minutes).
The purpose of these hoaxes was to defeat President Bush in Election 2004 and restore the Democrat Party to power. ... "

[ifinnegan]

Ha.

Rather did it. And he got caught (by buck head here) and fired (which I thought wouldn’t happen).

And just now in Japan they’ve doctored recordings of Trump feeding fish and talking about the Japanese car industry to present overtly false narratives.

[Gargantua]

Don't they mean, "Disgraced former newsman, Dan Rather..."?

[Tenacious 1]

So the media seeks to recognize it’s credibility and reputation by relying on Dan Rather as a source?

Do they not see the irony? They are exactly demonstrating why their credibility is kapoot.

[Sacajaweau]

I’m rather font of Dan.

[LostPassword]

* Dan LITERALLY made up a story
* Most of the media LITERALLY admitted he made up the story
* Most of the media reported the store that they LITERALLY admitted was made up
* Rather doesn't understand why 50% of the country thinks the media makes up stories?
* I can't understand how 50% of the country could think the media DOESN'T make up stories. THEY ADMITTED THEY DO IT.

We aren't talking about some campaign rhetoric Trump used at a rally (fake news). It's not about the meaning of the word "is". The media said "We know Dan's documents are fake. But it's important he went public with them because NOW WE CAN REPORT THEM." And ever since, that has been the bar for media personalities (journalism not longer required and "journalist" no longer accurate) to report a story as true.

He/they try to take a weasel way out. He said "the media make up stories". Their "defense" is that they "accurately report" stories that others tell them. They claim what they report is true (Mr so-and-so said ...) and it doesn't matter if what "Mr so-and-so" said is true. Their "credibility" shouldn't depend on whether what he said is true, but whether or not he said it. And it would be editorializing to question the accuracy so they just report what was said exactly as it was said (unless Mr so-and-so is a conservative)

[loveliberty2]

The mainstream press, as they are called, along with Progressive politicians, may have passed the point described by Thomas Jefferson in the following words:

"Nothing is so mistaken as the supposition, that a person is to extricate himself from a difficulty, by intrigue, by chicanery, by dissimulation, by trimming, by an untruth, by an injustice. This increases the difficulties ten fold; and those who pursue these methods, get themselves so involved at length, that they can turn no way but their infamy becomes more exposed. It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions." - See "Letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785," in Thomas Jefferson: Writings (New York: The Library of America, 1984), pp. 814-815.

". . . he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him." - Jefferson