The "Grandrather of #FakeNews"? :-)
I think you can make a good case that Rather is "The Godfather of Fake News" - seeing as how there has never been before, or since, October 2004 such a spectacular failure in the "October Surprise" department as his incredible, self-immolating, fiasco turned out to be.
True, he put a metaphorical horse’s head in his own bed.