I sure hope this bastard gets what’s coming to him!
My Dad was a PIO in Nam in ‘69. He would bring stories to Rather that covered the National Guard and Reserve troops helping out the local villagers with photos. Rather, sitting on his ass in Siagon, threw them back in Dad’s face, physically. Told him he wanted stories of American commanders screwing up, and photos of bodies hanging on barbed wire.
My Dad accused him of being a Commie. Rather replied that maybe he was, but “...as long as I am here, America is going to see this war the way i want them to see it!”
My Dad was in the Navy in WWII and Korea and got a journalism degree on the GI Bill in the late 40’s, because he thought that “journalism was the most honorable of all professions”. Rather and Nam destroyed that belief. Journalist were nothing but whores.
Great story, thanks for sharing.