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====Dan Rather====
====Dan Rather====
[[Dan Rather]], the famous liberal CBS anchorman, became an ex-[[CBS]] employee soon after he presented a story on ''[[60 Minutes]] Wednesday'' on September 8, 2004; in it he presented "documents" dated in 1972, supposedly written by the commanding officer at a Texas Air National Guard base, which were critical of then-1st LT [[George W. Bush]], and hinting of his refusal to serve in [[Vietnam]]. Determined to have been poorly-concocted forgeries - which included a non-existent post office box and a type setting equal to a computer program which wasn't created until years later - the "Killian Documents" were dismissed as an [[October surprise]] meant to thwart the election of Bush that year; in fact producer Marla Mapes had in her possession evidence that contradicted the documents, but buried it instead in favor of Rather's "story". Failure to maintain basic journalistic investigation procedures resulted in the firing of Rather, Mapes, and a number of other individuals; the tendering of resignations of senior CBS staffers; as well as bestowing a name on the whole episode in Rather's honor: [[Rathergate]].
[[Dan Rather]], the famous liberal CBS anchorman, became an ex-[[CBS]] employee soon after he presented a story on ''[[60 Minutes]] Wednesday'' on September 8, 2004; in it he presented "documents" dated in 1972, supposedly written by the commanding officer at a Texas Air National Guard base, which were critical of then-1st LT [[George W. Bush]], and hinting of his refusal to serve in [[Vietnam]]. Determined to have been poorly-concocted forgeries - which included a non-existent post office box and a type setting equal to a computer program which wasn't created until years later - the "Killian Documents" were dismissed as an [[October surprise]] meant to thwart the election of Bush that year; in fact producer Marla Mapes had in her possession evidence that contradicted the documents, but buried it instead in favor of Rather's "story". Failure to maintain basic journalistic investigation procedures resulted in the firing of Rather, Mapes, and a number of other individuals; the tendering of resignations of senior CBS staffers; as well as bestowing a name on the whole episode in Rather's honor: [[Rathergate]].
====Brian Williams====
[[NBC News]] anchor [[Brian Williams]] in a conversation with ''[[New York Times]]'' writer Mara Gay about the [[2020 Democrat primaries]] claimed that “[[Michael Bloomberg]] spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over.”<ref>https://nationalpost.com/opinion/msnbc-brian-williams-new-york-times-mara-gay-michael-bloomberg-1-million-each</ref> According to Politifact, if Michael Bloomberg gave $500 million to 327 million Americans, each American would receive only $1.53.<ref>https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/06/msnbc/bad-math-msnbc-bloombergs-ad-spending-wasnt-enough/</ref>
==Hollywood stars==
==Hollywood stars==