{"id":1173871,"date":"2021-12-30T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T02:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173871"},"modified":"2021-12-30T21:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T02:34:36","slug":"dan-rather-blasted-after-using-truth-to-mock-lets-go-brandon-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dan-rather-blasted-after-using-truth-to-mock-lets-go-brandon-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Rather Blasted After Using &#039;Truth&#039; to Mock &#039;Let&#039;s Go, Brandon&#039; Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdan-rather-blasted-after-using-truth-to-mock-lets-go-brandon-meme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173871&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Nielson-Barnard_Getty-Images-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather was reminded of his past Wednesday night, receiving an onslaught of criticism after citing \u201ctruth\u201d when mocking the popular phrase,&nbsp;\u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rather, who was fired from his post as the anchorman in the early 2000s after&nbsp;infamously running a hit piece on former President George W. Bush which was later revealed to contain forged documents \u2014 received backlash on social media when he tweeted,&nbsp;\u201c#LetsGoBrandonReallyMeans \u2018You can\u2019t handle the truth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/03\/watch-nbc-reporter-covers-biden-claims-fck-joe-biden-chant-lets-go-brandon\/\">reported<\/a> phrase&nbsp;\u201cLet\u2019s go, Brandon,\u201d went viral across the country in October after an&nbsp;NBC Sports reporter falsely claimed during a live television interview that a crowd of NASCAR fans was chanting&nbsp;\u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon\u201d to support the winning driver,&nbsp;Brandon Brown. However, the crowd was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sn00pdad\/status\/1444458392614019072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1444458392614019072%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fsports%2F2021%2F12%2F30%2Fbusiness-very-very-good-lets-go-brandon-stores-ready-expand%2F\">clearly<\/a> chanting&nbsp;\u201cF*ck Joe Biden!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoBrandonReallyMeans?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsGoBrandonReallyMeans<\/a> \u201cYou can\u2019t handle the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Rather (@DanRather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanRather\/status\/1476399879979110400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Rather received criticism, one person reminded him, \u201caren\u2019t you the \u201cjournalist\u201d who presented unauthenticated documents in a news report on President George W. Bush\u2019s Vietnam War-era service in the National Guard, and was abruptly fired for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Speaking of not being able to handle the truth, aren&#8217;t you the &#8220;journalist&#8221; who presented unauthenticated documents in a news report on President George W. Bush&#8217;s Vietnam War\u2013era service in the National Guard, and was abruptly fired for it?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TruthHurts?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TruthHurts<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsGoBrandon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsGoBrandon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vnRoY2dNPx\">https:\/\/t.co\/vnRoY2dNPx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkolken\/status\/1476581056572792839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More critics on social media chimed in:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Imagine being Dan Rather.<\/p>\n<p>20 years ago, you were a 900-year-old boomer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vP7I1owIsN\">https:\/\/t.co\/vP7I1owIsN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ARLU3Iaztg\">pic.twitter.com\/ARLU3Iaztg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014    (@SisyphusGoals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SisyphusGoals\/status\/1476636874139648003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dan,<\/p>\n<p>Remember when you and your producer fabricated memos to derail Bush 43\u2019s presidency, but you were caught, fired, and shamed off air?<\/p>\n<p>Remember that truth? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSRLyD3Tly\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSRLyD3Tly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John \u2013 Naturally Immune \u2013 Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johncardillo\/status\/1476614074859466754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, Dan:<\/p>\n<p>Can you remind the internet why you&#8217;re not on TV anymore? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cFLQ2UJj9a\">https:\/\/t.co\/cFLQ2UJj9a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1476613481164062725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Godfather of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FakeNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FakeNews<\/a> is flappin&#8217; his Twitter lips again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lio9MMyZJN\">https:\/\/t.co\/Lio9MMyZJN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Toni Toombs (@ToombsToni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToombsToni\/status\/1476598497902153752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Didn\u2019t you get fired for lying on television?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1476546501870600199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The man knows nothing of the truth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d10xz4s2kl\">https:\/\/t.co\/d10xz4s2kl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Barclay (@MrJustinBarclay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrJustinBarclay\/status\/1476583689559621635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi Dan.<br \/>I\u2019m not sure you should lecture anyone about \u201cthe truth\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo document experts consulted by CBS later said they raised red flags that network officials apparently disregarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You went with the preferred narrative, not with facts.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wY938TFSh1\">https:\/\/t.co\/wY938TFSh1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UQKe64eZh8\">pic.twitter.com\/UQKe64eZh8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Socialist on the Wrecking Ball (@AboutAverage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutAverage\/status\/1476550183643058180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can\u2019t handle the font, Kenneth. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sBNnTpm72P\">pic.twitter.com\/sBNnTpm72P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Collier (@willcollier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willcollier\/status\/1476553253886341125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Media Research Center <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.mrc.org\/profiles\/rather\/crisis.asp\">summarized<\/a> the downfall of Rather and his resignation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On September 8, 2004, Dan Rather cited \u201cexclusive information, including documents\u201d to justify major <em>CBS Evening News<\/em> and <em>60 Minutes<\/em> stories alleging that George W. Bush shirked his duties when he was in the Texas Air National Guard in the 1960s and 1970s. Within a few hours of those documents being posted on CBS News\u2019 Web site, however, typography experts voiced skepticism that the documents had actually originated with their alleged author and Bush\u2019s former commanding officer, the late Lt. Colonel Jerry Killian.<\/p>\n<p>As the evidence mounted, Rather stubbornly clung to the idea that his story was bulletproof, and he derided critics as partisans and Internet rumormongers. When he \u201capologized\u201d on September 20, Rather would not concede that the documents were forgeries, only that he and CBS could \u201cno longer vouch for their authenticity.\u201d On November 23, 2004, CBS announced that Rather would soon be leaving his job as anchor of the <em>CBS Evening News<\/em>. An investigative report released on January 10, 2005 faulted CBS\u2019s rush to put the flawed story on the air and their \u201cstubborn\u201d defense in the days that followed, but oddly decided that they could not blame partisan bias.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July 2006, Rather <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.mrc.org\/profiles\/rather\/crisis.asp\">appeared<\/a> on CNN\u2019s&nbsp;<i>Larry King Live<\/i> to say he&nbsp;\u201cabsolutely\u201d believed in \u201cthe truth\u201d of his discredited story about Bush\u2019s&nbsp;National Guard record. He said, \u201cwe had a lot, a lot of corroboration, of what we broadcast about President Bush\u2019s military record. It wasn\u2019t just the documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather was reminded of his past Wednesday night, receiving an onslaught of criticism after citing \u201ctruth\u201d when mocking the popular phrase,\u00a0\u201cLet\u2019s Go, Brandon.\u201d Rather, who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}