Accuracy in Media

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather appeared on the Today show on Tuesday to discuss his new book “What Unites Us” and the state of the media. Savannah Guthrie asked Rather about a recent poll that showed that nearly half of Americans think the media makes up stories. “The media itself is under fire. […]

Dan Rather is somehow relevant today? The former CBS newsman criticized President Donald Trump for his use of bombs in Syria and Afghanistan to deal with terrorists. Rather said that dropping bombs “doesn’t make one presidential.” CNN’s article did not mention Rather’s past, where his report on George W. Bush and his time in the National […]

Episode 59.  Topics discussed include Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn’s resignation as National Security Adviser, illegal immigrants upset at increased immigration enforcement actions. the Grammys and the political left, why the congressional town halls shouldn’t be compared to the Tea Party movement and more. Please SUBSCRIBE on iTunes SoundCloud audio is below: A short clip from […]

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather has launched a new Facebook page to ferret out real news from what he considers to be the fake news that has proliferated since the election: Please join me on an exciting new endeavor. I love news. I always have and can confidently say I always will. Journalism, […]

In an interview with Texas Monthly, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said that he wasn’t surprised that Donald Trump won the election because the media and the Clinton campaign were tone “tone deaf” when it came to gauging Trump’s appeal to voters: “I said right from the beginning, when Trump got in the race, […]

Dan Rather, the disgraced former anchor of CBS Evening News, took to Facebook to express his displeasure with Donald Trump’s behavior towards Hillary Clinton during Sunday evening’s debate. He compared the GOP nominee with a despot, tyrant or monarch for saying that she would “be in jail” if he was president: “As Donald Trump paced […]

Dan Rather, the disgraced former CBS Evening News anchor, took to Facebook in an epic rant after Donald Trump remarked at a campaign rally in North Carolina yesterday that maybe “the Second Amendment People” could stop Hillary Clinton from appointing anti-gun judges if she becomes president: “No trying-to-be objective and fair journalist, no citizen who […]

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, whose career at the network came to an end after he erroneously reported on President George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard, stood firm in an interview with CNN’s Reliable Sources host Brian Stelter on Sunday in his claim that he was correct: We reported the […]

Hollywood Attempt to Rehab Rather FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Spencer Irvine (202) 364-4401 ext. 103 spencer.irvine@aim.org Washington, D.C. — Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, who has spent much of the past 10 years trying to restore his reputation after leaving the network in disgrace, is getting a big boost from Hollywood with the […]

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, who has spent much of the last 10 years trying to restore his reputation after leaving the network in disgrace, is getting a big boost from Hollywood with the upcoming release of “Truth,” a film based on Rather’s former producer Mary Mapes’ book, Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, […]