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  • 2017-01-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Dan Rather Ends Retirement to 'Topple' Donald Trump? (en)
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  • In late January 2017, blogs began publishing celebratory posts that made it sound like legendary Watergate newsman Dan Rather was returning to the field to defeat President Donald Trump in a David and Goliath-like show-down. One headline reads, BREAKING: Dan Rather Ends Retirement, Announces Historic Project to Topple Trump: Rather did launch the Facebook page (called News and Guts) in early 2017, but his description of the newly-formed group's mission was not to topple Trump or anyone else so much as to counter misinformation that he says ratcheted up along with Trump's election. He also said that he wished to take a stand against Trump's combative tone toward journalists: News and Guts appears to so far be a curation of news stories from credible sources, paired with commentary and tips on how citizens can actively participate in government. The web site also serves as a central hub for Rather's work. To be sure, many of the posts are critical of President Trump, but the now-85-year-old Rather became famous as a reporter by taking on the Executive Branch directly. Rather has not retired; he has continued his journalism work since leaving CBS News in 2004: Rather made his name as a young reporter covering the Vietnam War from the battlefields and for going toe-to-toe with powerful politicians, and has been accused by right wing publications of having a liberal bias. In 2004, Rather left his post at CBS amid accusations that an explosive report on 60 Minutes about then-President George W. Bush's National Guard record was not accurate (Texas Monthly published a lengthy investigation into the affair that concluded, broadly speaking, questions remain about the 43rd president's service at the end of the Vietnam War but interest on it waned after Bush's last election to public office). (en)
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