Dan Rather took a sledgehammer to the press’ credibility in 2004 with his fraudulent “scoop” alleging evidence that then-President George W. Bush, who was running for re-election at the time, received preferential treatment when serving in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.

The Killian documents controversy, as it came to be called, stands today as the greatest media fiasco of the 21st century.

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