Posted on 12/18/2020 9:36:40 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Do a good job and report the truth, and you're probably going to catch hell. The challenge is being willing to do it anyway.
— Dan Rather
The Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts honor the process of journalism as much as the end product. They will be awarded to professional and collegiate journalists who go the extra yard — overcoming obstacles like stonewalling and harassment — to get the story that tells truth to power.
The Medals are named for Dan Rather, the legendary reporter and anchor who went far afield from his Texan roots but never forgot his humble beginnings. He has been an ardent supporter of the School of Journalism and Media, inspiring and advocating for our majors. He is a permanent member of the Moody College of Communication’s Advisory Council, where he has been instrumental in its extraordinary development. The School and the College sponsor the Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts to further his goal of supporting and defending bravery and excellence in journalism in the face of overwhelming odds. While journalism and journalists have long been under constant fire from the powerful, recognizing those who show “News and Guts” has never been more important than it is today.
As Rather once said, "News organizations and teams within those organizations have to have the guts and the backbone to dig into stories that people in power don’t want the public to know.” These medals in his name, to be presented to professional and college journalists, honor that effort.
Yes. But some how many have learned to hold the frauds in contempt.
The ratings of the networks like CNN and MSNBC are abysmal, because of their 24/7 propaganda for the agenda.
As I recall, Rather was boinking another man’s wife. The code they used to meet up was ‘What’s the frequency, Kenneth?’. The ones that performed the public service beat down said it during the beat down so dumb as a rock Rather knew WHY his azz was being kicked.
How would they differentiate, since they are ALL "nuts and sluts"??
Other great awards:
Yoko Ono vocalist of the year award.
Karen Carpenter successful dieter award.
Jeffrey Epstein suicide prevention award.
etc.
Another example (89 yrs old) of how leftys with Platinum healthcare seem to go on forever..(Carter, Soros, etc)
“ Do a good job and report the truth...”
What would he know about such things?
He would know nothing about the truth, at any time.
Just like the #ComDem’s, they both lie 24/7 and it is all about the agenda.
Sheesh! His camera/sound crew should have fragged him for that. If they had picked the right time and place over there no one would have ever suspected they did it.
I didn’t see his name mentioned in the article.
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