{"id":108405,"date":"2020-12-16T18:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108405"},"modified":"2020-12-16T18:54:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T23:54:16","slug":"university-of-texas-honors-disgraced-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108405","title":{"rendered":"University of Texas Honors Disgraced Journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In what seems like a bad joke, the University of Texas-Austin\u2019s Moody College of Communications has named a journalism award after disgraced news anchor Dan Rather.<\/p>\n

Rather, if you recall, was snookered by false documents that reflected badly on President G. W. Bush during his time in the Air National Guard.<\/p>\n

Despite obvious inconsistencies Rather presented the documents as authentic, and defended them. Thus the phrase \u201cfake but accurate\u201d was coined.<\/p>\n

University of Texas ripped as ‘Orwellian’ for naming journalism award after Dan Rather<\/h3>\n

‘Irony is dead, buried, and cremated’, remarked one social media critic<\/em>
\nBy David Rutz<\/strong><\/p>\n

The University of Texas was ridiculed Wednesday after its communications school announced a series of journalism awards named after disgraced former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather.<\/p>\n

UT’s Moody College of Communication tweeted Wednesday that it was introducing “the Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts to recognize collegiate and professional journalists who overcome obstacles like stonewalling and harassment to speak truth to power.”<\/p>\n

“Dan Rather is not only a legend — he\u2019s the namesake of new awards honoring his career and the work of today\u2019s journalists,” Moody College of Communication Dean Jay Bernhardt tweeted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hey, that’s great and all. Except for the “caught like an idiot, standing by the lie and getting shitcanned for it” part. Read the rest of the article here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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