Dan Rather in fact got away with it back in the 1980s with an hour long CBS special called "The Wall Within" where he interviewed supposed combat Vets retelling tales of how they committed horrible atrocities in Vietnam. Rather never once checked these guy's DD 214s and only years later when Jug Burkett actually looked up these guys records (easily done) and found that every story they told Rather was a damn lie. Ace reporter Dan Rather and his high priced producers never even attempted to fact check the stories and when finally shown proof of the lies stonewalled and refused to retract the story. The point is, they did not give a damn what the truth was. That is modern journalism.
I agree with you --- with the Internet and talk radio, they can't get away with that crap today --- but they will keep trying anyway. The left only knows one way and that is to lie.
Excellent post. Thanks for the reply.