Disgraced Anchor Dan Rather Criticizes Media's Coverage of 2016 Race

Matthew Balan | June 15, 2016
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

On the 15 June 2016 edition of CNBC's Squawk Box, Dan Rather somehow thought it was wise to offer criticism of the way the media has covered the 2016 presidential campaign so far. The former CBS anchor, whose career was crippled after the MemoGate scandal during the 2004 presidential race, asserted that there's "too much on the horse race, not enough on the substance of the race...Donald Trump lifts the credentials for Washington Post reporter — compared to some of the things that he's proposing for the country — dramatic changes in economic policy, foreign policy...they all get under-covered."

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