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Another Dan Rather Scandal
Accuracy in Media ^ | 04/06/2017 | Cliff Kincaid

Posted on 04/21/2017 5:33:18 PM PDT by Fedora

Ever since his forced resignation in disgrace, Dan Rather has continued on a downward spiral. His career, such as it is, has been kept alive by appearances on the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC, where he takes potshots at his former employer and President Donald Trump. It is a sad spectacle.

Rather has now suffered another major embarrassment. The former anchorman of the CBS Evening News has been accused by a website devoted to exposing military corruption of falsely claiming to have been a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.

The editor-in-chief of the website www.MilitaryCorruption.com, retired U.S. Army Major Glenn MacDonald, says he stumbled across a published photo of Rather in a dress blue Marine Corps uniform in his book Rather Outspoken and decided to investigate the claim. The photo caption, “as a young Marine,” clearly indicates Rather had been a member in good standing of the Marine Corps.

But the truth, MacDonald says, is that Rather left the Marines before completing boot camp and the photo was obtained under questionable circumstances. . .

“In our exclusive story, we interviewed a senior retired Marine noncommissioned officer who was in around the same time as Rather claimed to have been in the Marines,” MacDonald said. “He told us the photo in question probably was the result of a policy the Corps had then of putting a blue blouse (from dress uniform) and ‘white cover’ (the saucer cap) on each ‘boot’ several weeks into their training to make sure the Marines had head shots of members of each training cycle to use for the Marine yearbook each successful Jarhead received at completion of USMC boot camp.”. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at aim.org ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: danrather; media; msm; oldnews; rathergate; reachingforstraws; stolenvalor; whocares
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1 posted on 04/21/2017 5:33:18 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

Fake Marine News...


2 posted on 04/21/2017 5:35:36 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Fedora

I heard somewhere he wet the bed to get out of boot camp.


3 posted on 04/21/2017 5:35:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Fedora

All Dan had to do was read the Evening News and bank the millions ,D’oh


4 posted on 04/21/2017 5:35:59 PM PDT by butlerweave
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5 posted on 04/21/2017 5:36:39 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I heard somewhere he wet the bed to get out of boot camp.

I did the same thing during BCT but they refused to discharge me.I guess back then the Army was more "hard core" than the Marines! ;-)

6 posted on 04/21/2017 5:45:01 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: butlerweave

Dano had to wear the trench coat and multi-pocket vest while clinging to the Palm Tree in heavy winds.


7 posted on 04/21/2017 5:46:51 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Gay State Conservative

Dan still puts on his Marine uniform late at night.


8 posted on 04/21/2017 5:48:51 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Fedora

9 posted on 04/21/2017 5:56:11 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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To: Fedora

Courage, Dan!

10 posted on 04/21/2017 5:57:06 PM PDT by TigersEye (Make up my mind, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC. What are the "facts" today?)
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To: shibumi; 50mm

Stolen Valor ping


11 posted on 04/21/2017 5:58:27 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: Fedora

Funny stuff. Rather made up false reports to disparage Bush¨s
service but never served himself. Probably got a dew Purple Hearts from John Kerry.


12 posted on 04/21/2017 5:58:53 PM PDT by DrDude (To the Victor go the spoils! Kick A$$ Trump.)
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To: Fedora

He’s consistent.


13 posted on 04/21/2017 6:00:20 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Dan Rather, a 60 Minutes Investigative Reporter for CBS, invented "Fake News"-fake but accurate.)
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To: Fedora
This whole thing's as strange a low flying ice cloud hanging over a west Texas prairie dog village on Easter morning.

Oh yeah, and what's the frequency Kenneth?

14 posted on 04/21/2017 6:12:36 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: RetiredTexasVet

Typical liberal.

I am weary of them.


15 posted on 04/21/2017 6:14:11 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (A time for peace and a time for war)
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To: Fedora

“”Another Dan Rather Scandal””

Oh, scandal! I read suicidal.

“”Another Dan Rather Suicidal””


16 posted on 04/21/2017 6:23:55 PM PDT by jr3000
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Dan Rather pulls an Aaron Hernandez.


17 posted on 04/21/2017 6:25:08 PM PDT by jr3000
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To: Fedora

I hope this story turns out to be TRUE, as it’s long past time to finally put lying Dan Rather out to pasture.


18 posted on 04/21/2017 6:35:07 PM PDT by Old Grumpy
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My son barely made it through boot camp at Parris Island. He was actually in the running for “Honor Graduate” of his platoon, but fell out during the final test - The Crucible. Extremely hot weather and low blood sodium landed him in the hospital. He wrote home saying he might not make it, but it didn’t matter. He could find other ways to serve. Said he didn’t need a badge on his shoulder to have honor, he had that before he went.

He fell back into a later class and repeated the exercise a week or two later. Success. Not bad for a 125 pound kid humping a load far too heavy for his frame. He then became a Marine because he earned it.

He always seemed to be a cut above some of the other Marines I’ve encountered. It wasn’t just a job for him. Sadly, he didn’t make it more than a few months in Iraq. He was, is, and will always be a real Marine. Not like these fakers.


19 posted on 04/21/2017 6:37:29 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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I almost lost my son in Iraq during the first few days of the 2003 invasion. Other episodes were less threatening to some degree but it was still a nightmare here. Sometimes I have felt as if I almost know what it is like to lose a son but of course I cannot really know.

I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank You for sharing and God bless You.

20 posted on 04/21/2017 6:47:47 PM PDT by Radix (Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
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