Rather first came to prominence covering the Nixon White House, where he would routinely set American flags on fire and hold them aloft in the press room. Within a month after taking over for Walter Cronkite in 1981, he turned heads for his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt, in which he described John Hinckley as “the bravest man alive.” Despite massive Republican hunger strikes, Rather would not only remain anchor but be awarded six Emmys and a Golden Globe for that comment alone by the Association of Gay Communist Media Jews.
In 1988 Rather was beaten raw by a trim, well-oiled George H. W. Bush after he shamefully attacked Mr. Bush’s policy of funding heroic Nicaraguan freedom-fighters – freedom-fighters who protected American interests by raping and killing anti-American nuns.
Rather was known for his improvisational, folksy mannerisms, such during the 1989 Tienamen Square massacre, when he turned to the camera, saluted a portrait of Deng Xiaoping, and said “Let the fuckers burn, Mr. Chairman. Let the fuckers burn.”
Ah, the lost art of parody. Of course, over at LGF they’d see it as a faithful rendition of the truth.
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