This might really shock you, but disgraced former CBS Nightly News anchor Dan Rather has taken a job with a progressive outlet:
Scoop: Motivated in part by Trump's attacks on the press & political norms, Dan Rather is launching a show on The Young Turks Network https://t.co/osl5KI6ktU
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 21, 2018
Dan Rather: "I feel strongly that when you have a president who is continually, relentlessly damning the press … listen, this has to be resisted" https://t.co/osl5KI6ktU pic.twitter.com/lbD1uM4htX
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 21, 2018
Rather is ready to let America know that he’s got a particular political leaning:
I asked Dan Rather about jumping to a progressive news outlet with clear ideological bent: "At this age and stage in my life, my attitude is, 'What the hell'" https://t.co/osl5KI6ktU
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 21, 2018
LOL!
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/955457222926102530
Right!?
When a progressive liberal Boomer journalist YOLOs https://t.co/pPmB5FxAbR
— Diddley Squat (@Diddley_Squat) January 22, 2018
Hey Dan, your left-leaning bias is NOT exactly breaking news!
When was he not working for a news outlet with a clear ideological bent? https://t.co/BMx4k5pzeM
— Jack in the East (@talkradio200) January 21, 2018
Why hide what everyone already knew? You're a leftist hack. https://t.co/Gc81j97IkQ
— Nathanael Yowell (@ndgc12dx) January 22, 2018
Rather seems to think this is all something new.
Nobody was fooled. https://t.co/9RAzrpaKIm
— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) January 22, 2018
He proved he’s a far left dishonest hack in 2004 with the fake GWB memo, he’ll fit right in. https://t.co/x5OQeVPOrL
— Joe (@JoeC1776) January 22, 2018
“I’ve destroyed any ounce of credibility I thought I might have had once, so hey, why not.” https://t.co/MmzKluMjVE
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 22, 2018
Which was also his attitude ages ago … https://t.co/WffuUakcLn
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) January 22, 2018
What he really said was, "Nothing's different." https://t.co/Sg9E4YydBb
— ❌Bill Bentgen ?? ? (@virginiayooper) January 22, 2018
And the mask of @CBSNews objectivity/fairness is finally taken off (we've already known for a long time)
cc: @KurtSchlichter @michellemalkin @HashtagGriswold @bdomenech @benshapiro @ElliottRHams @redsteeze @MonicaCrowley https://t.co/xAlBi1xHqb
— Michael (@Michael2014abc) January 22, 2018
Dan Rather comes out of the closet as a socialist. @Sam_Schulman https://t.co/oPRGEN2ZNl
— Old Whig (@aClassicLiberal) January 22, 2018
What the hell, dispense with the pretenses and fictions, embrace “the clear ideological bent” https://t.co/XYD3z4GIEI
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 22, 2018
His tagline is going to be, "And that's the way I wish it was." https://t.co/TryMwiVwz6
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) January 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/Sam_5thEstate/status/955449830326898693
Ouch! But yeah, pretty much.