The father of fake news, former CBS journalist Dan Rather, bemoaned the fact that Americans don't trust the media - ignoring his own seismic scandal at CBS News that forced him to resign.
Speaking on NBC's
Today on Tuesday, Rather fielded a question from host Savannah Guthrie about Americans' growing mistrust in the media.
"There's a recent poll that said nearly half of people think the media make up stories. The media itself is under fire," Guthrie said. "What do you think the media needs to do better to enhance its own credibility?"
"We need to do a better job, we need to do our job," Rather responded. "Our job is to bear witness, to be honest brokers of information, to be as accurate and fair as we possibly can."
Rather, who had a strong reputation for his liberal bias while at CBS News, used people's distrust of the media to attack President Donald Trump.
"I think most of the public understands that we're under attack by very powerful people, including the president, for their own partisan, political, and ideological reasons," Rather continued.
Comment: At least there are some in the US military who have some sense of what is right and fair. Sadly, actions such as this conviction show the military is punishing conscience and therefore negatively selecting for others without a sense of what is right and moral to rise to the positions of influence.