There‘s a new movie out about the supposed heroics of Dan Rather called ‚Truth.‘ Unfortunately, the title is a lie, there‘s little truth to be found in Rather‘s story.

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Just three months before the 2004 election, Dan Rather had a story that might have changed the outcome of that razor-close race. Despite his self-glorifying fantasy in his film Truth, the fact is that Dan cut a back-room deal to shut his mouth, grab his ankles, and let his network retract a story he knew to be absolutely true.