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Legendary CBS News anchor Dan Rather trashed his ex-employer for not allowing moderators, Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell, to fact-check during the vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz on Tuesday.
“If there’s one thing Vance has learned from Trump, it’s that lying to get ahead is OK. If you get caught, just double down and lie some more,” he wrote in a Substack article. “Who’s going to fact check you? Well, apparently not CBS News.”
Rather, 91, who worked for the network for 45 years, said he was “always reluctant to criticize” CBS News, but called their decision “pathetic.”
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