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Dan Rather, the former CBS Evening News host forced out in 2005
following one of the most infamous journalistic failures this century,
is nevertheless a frequent guest on the CNN media show Reliable
Sources.

With host Brian Stelter often introducing him as "legendary," Rather
has had a consistent platform to peddle folksy, platitudinous takes on
the news and journalism.

"It's becoming increasingly apparent that truth is closing in. Truth
does matter," Rather recently told Stelter about impeachment
proceedings against President Donald Trump.

Stelter often invokes the importance of truth and facts in his run-up
to bringing on Rather, whose reputation was shattered for ignoring
those things in the defining episode of his career.

Rather reported on documents in 2004 purporting to show George W. Bush
had been derelict in his duties and gone absent without leave from the
Texas Air National Guard in the 1970s. The documents were almost
immediately revealed to be forgeries. CBS and Rather initially stood by
the report, but Rather was eventually forced to apologize, and the 60
Minutes producers of the segment were fired. Rather was forced out of
the anchor chair in 2005.

However, Rather has long insisted his team was correct and reported the
truth about Bush avoiding Vietnam service and shirking his
responsibilities with the National Guard. He's even gotten assistance
from Hollywood in what came to be known as "Rathergate."

A 2015 movie based on producer Mary Mapes's memoir of the affair,
called Truth, starred Robert Redford as Rather, portraying him and
Mapes as flawed but heroic in their journalistic pursuits. It was a box
office flop and tepidly received by critics, some of whom panned it as didactic, simplistic, and one-sided. The Atlantic called it a
"terrible, terrible movie about journalism."

Along with launching a show in 2018 on the far-left Young Turks YouTube channel, Rather is now known for his Resistance tweets, such as this
one that's been "liked" more than 68,000 times.

Dan Rather
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
The truth.

https://youtu.be/2ypfSl0utks

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Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.

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