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Is Dan Rather a founding father of fake news?
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:12 pm
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Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:13 pm to Strannix
Fake news was far more rampant in the past when most people had no way to fact check what they read.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:15 pm to Strannix
What IS the frequency, Kenneth?
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:17 pm to Strannix
He also talked about his service as a Marine. He wasn't a Marine. He flunked out of basic.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:19 pm to Strannix
I think of him as one of the Founding Fathers of Fake News. An early trendsetter and champion of Fake News for the benefit of The People.
Plus he'd mix it in with homespun Texan lingo worthy of his highly-coveted spot on the Manhattan Tea Pary Tour. How they'd swoon on 5th Avenue when Ol' Dan would say things like "sure as an armadillo up a pine tree" while discussing how George Bush raped those nuns.
He was truly before his time.
Plus he'd mix it in with homespun Texan lingo worthy of his highly-coveted spot on the Manhattan Tea Pary Tour. How they'd swoon on 5th Avenue when Ol' Dan would say things like "sure as an armadillo up a pine tree" while discussing how George Bush raped those nuns.
He was truly before his time.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:21 pm to Lsupimp
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they'd swoon on 5th Avenue when Ol' Dan would say things like "sure as an armadillo up a pine tree" while discussing how George Bush raped those nuns.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:25 pm to Strannix
Oops we got caught
I think Dateline NBC is in contention with their story on exploding GM pickup trucks.
I think Dateline NBC is in contention with their story on exploding GM pickup trucks.
This post was edited on 12/18/16 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 12/18/16 at 1:40 pm to Strannix
quote:No. Fake news goes back centuries.
Is Dan Rather a founding father of fake news?
Article from Politico
Posted on 12/18/16 at 3:34 pm to Strannix
Old Walter Cronkite was pretty boss with his fake news about Vietnam.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 3:41 pm to Strannix
quote:Nah! He was just the first one to get called out on it.
Is Dan Rather a founding father of fake news?
Posted on 12/18/16 at 4:15 pm to Strannix
Rather was bought and paid for. But we haven't had free press in a while. We only got the reporter's side of the story. With the introduction of the internet, came the possibility of the other side, right or wrong.
But think about this. When papers get bought out by studios, which get bought out by corporations, which get bought out by... All the tentacles of the octopus lead to one body. How objective can one tentacle be?
But think about this. When papers get bought out by studios, which get bought out by corporations, which get bought out by... All the tentacles of the octopus lead to one body. How objective can one tentacle be?
This post was edited on 12/18/16 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 12/18/16 at 4:17 pm to Strannix
CNN had his old arse on not long ago and they were talking to him like he was a God. 
This was before the election when they all thought it was fixed for the wicked Queen.
This was before the election when they all thought it was fixed for the wicked Queen.
This post was edited on 12/18/16 at 4:22 pm
Posted on 12/18/16 at 4:21 pm to Strannix
Many of the founding fathers of fake news in America are actually founding fathers of this country. The Sons of Liberty were master propagandists. People seem to forget (or are just never taught in the first place) that the movement towards independence from England wasn't exactly started off by a massive groundswell of support by the masses against the crown. It was only after the war started that the groups like the SoL were able to wing public opinion in favor of independence through both a terror campaign towards loyalists and propaganda about trumped up British atrocities.
Hell, we even went to war with Spain over fake news created by newspapers that were trying to outsell each other. We knew almost right away that the Maine wasn't blown up via sabotage but that didn't stop the major papers of the day from saying otherwise or the gov't from happily following the anger it created to have an excuse for some more territorial expansion.
Hell, we even went to war with Spain over fake news created by newspapers that were trying to outsell each other. We knew almost right away that the Maine wasn't blown up via sabotage but that didn't stop the major papers of the day from saying otherwise or the gov't from happily following the anger it created to have an excuse for some more territorial expansion.
This post was edited on 12/18/16 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 12/18/16 at 4:51 pm to Strannix
quote:Or is he a victim of fake news?
Is Dan Rather a founding father of fake news?
Did anyone see "Truth?"
Posted on 12/18/16 at 5:07 pm to TX Tiger
Fake News: The war between the states was initiated because of Slavery. The original Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves.
We entered W W I because a U-Boat sank the Lusitania. The Lusitania was carrying arms which of a violation of international law.
There were a lot of shenanigans prior to W W II as well.
We entered W W I because a U-Boat sank the Lusitania. The Lusitania was carrying arms which of a violation of international law.
There were a lot of shenanigans prior to W W II as well.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 5:12 pm to Strannix
He is a despicable human being. My favorite Dan Rather story is by Bernie Goldberg who asked Rather when they worked together in his honest opinion where he thought the NY Times was on the political spectrum. Rather replied "Middle of the road"... Goldberg was understandably floored. I wish he would just shut up & go away.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 5:20 pm to Strannix
In American politics I would say Thomas Jefferson gets the nod.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 5:22 pm to Strannix
I'm pretty sure this guy is the father of fake news.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 5:29 pm to Zach
quote:Per Wikipedia he had rheumatic fever as a child. This disqualified him from service once it was discovered.
He flunked out of basic.
Take it for what it is worth.
Posted on 12/18/16 at 6:37 pm to Strannix
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I mean he did make up a completely false story using forged documents about the president.
And then his peers gave him an award after he lost his job
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