Posted on 11/08/2017 7:08:28 AM PST by Zakeet
Dan Rather, who famously lost his job after he was caught spreading a made-up story about former President George W. Bush, is making the rounds again to discuss accuracy in media and the proper role of the press in our republic.
Because this is real life and the producers of NBC's "Today" show lack any sense of self-awareness.
"[A] recent poll that said nearly half of people think the media make up stories!" co-host Savannah Guthrie said as she kicked off the morning segment.
Referring to a Politico survey released in October, she then turned to Rather and said, "The media itself is under fire. And what do you think the media needs to do better to enhance its own credibility? And what do people need to understand about the value of the press?"
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Naturally, because this is the "Today" show, and they have no interest in doing hard news reporting, Rather managed to sneak out of the studio without anyone asking him a single question about the thing that led to his downfall. But they certainly had questions about why people should trust the press! So there’s that.
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Who better than Dan Rather?
Fake news is his specialty
Ha! That’s like asking Bill Clinton how to score with bimbos :)
When you need an ‘expert’ to discuss phony news, nobody has more expertise in the production of phony news than Dan Rather does, except for maybe Katie Couric and that news program back in the day where they made Ford trucks explode by planting devices on them to ensure that they would actually explode.
Stolen valor, just when you can’t think lower of a pos.
Call Don Shipley.
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