Dan Rather is still not sorry that he tried to influence the 2004 presidential election with fake news.
Yet, despite his refusal to apologize for the lies that cost him his job at CBS News, the press today treats Rather as something of an elder statesman of media, a kindly, revered veteran who is here to impart timeless wisdom on younger generations of journalists.
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