LOL: Is THIS who the media hopes will help 'fight back against the accusations of fake news'?

You can't make this stuff up. https://t.co/eWgXjlCCiU

— Mark Teister (@MTeister) April 26, 2017

The election of Donald Trump as president created an “all hands on deck” situation in the mainstream media, and fortunately many journos who focus on the White House are well rested after a hiatus of several years. There’s one reporter in particular who has renewed vigor, and Politico has heralded his return:

With millions of Facebook fans and the freedom to speak his mind, Dan Rather is back in the arena https://t.co/Y4fCwcFpLd via @POLITICOMag pic.twitter.com/6fw5ywjrVr

— POLITICO (@politico) April 26, 2017

Dan Rather's second coming https://t.co/H9K9TH4bUi via @MichaelKruse in @POLITICOMag pic.twitter.com/9RQqRo1P3i

— POLITICO (@politico) April 26, 2017

They’ve GOT to be kidding!

https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/857190636902113280
https://twitter.com/iptuttle/status/857215041564749826

If the journalism thing doesn’t work out, there’s always comedy.

Self-parody as an institutional art form. https://t.co/lqbqejm0Gx

— Charles Bayless (@CharlesBayless) April 26, 2017

Warm up the copying machines at CBS.

— Tim Sumner (@SgtTim911) April 26, 2017

? Dan Rather, the father of #FakeNews

— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) April 26, 2017

The last time people were paying this much attention to Rather, he was at the center of his own blowup over fake news.

— MsC (@msclaudettes) April 26, 2017

https://twitter.com/HMulligan40/status/857218729180098563

Is Brian Williams too busy ducking sniper fire to do this? https://t.co/kE2h3rQ6V9

— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) April 26, 2017

He also invented the tactic of spreading fabricated news to alter the outcome of a general election https://t.co/EZBkxPxg5Q

— Michael Watson (@MichaelWatsonDC) April 26, 2017

https://twitter.com/MikeCiandella/status/857225202727563264

Unreal!