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Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts
I see that the University of Texas has inaugurated a journalism award named after Dan Rather. For those too young to remember, Dan Rather is infamous for attempting — unsuccessfully — to sway the 2004 Presidential race in favor of Democratic candidate John Kerry by launching a smear attack against Republican candidate President George W. Bush based on an obviously fraudulent document allegedly produced in the 1970s but in fact created using Microsoft Word.
In a similar spirit, I’d like to suggest a few more honors the learned folk at UT might like to bestow.
Jeffrey Epstein Award for Service to Minors
O.J. Simpson Exceptional Husband Award
Harvey Weinstein Award for Excellence in Relationships
Jussie Smollett Recognition for Accuracy in Crime Reporting
BLM/Antifa Award for Urban Small Business Support
Leo DiCaprio Megayacht Award for Environmental Sensitivity
Twitter/Facebook Prize for Support of Free Speech
Published in General
The Anderson Cooper Garter for Sassiness
As you know, keeping parody ahead of reality is hard.
Washington Examiner, December 10.
Per The Federalist, Cuomo tweeted,
As a newspaper columnist (perhaps James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal) used to say,
Here’s a young Anderson Cooper on the TV game show “To Tell The Truth.” He’s one of the impostors … Note the ease with which he tells lies on national television:
The Max Boot Fedora for consistency of stated belief.
The ¡Jebbie! Awarded for answering questions nobody asked, or cared about.
Don’t forget the Baghdad Bob award for journalistic integrity. Of course, we couldn’t possibly narrow it down to a single winner this year.
Brian Williams award for bravery in field reporting.
I thought it perfectly appropriate. If Mary Jo had lived she’d be old enough now to die in a New York nursing home.
The Cooper – awarded for Journalistic Understatement.
…in Spanish!
Who cares?
Another good example.
Shouldn’t that be Elizabeth Warren?
I like the one about Cooper saying that Trump told everyone to eat grass.
He told better whoppers.
I meant Elizabeth Warren instead of Rachel Dolezal. In a tepee.
Ewwwww.
I can’t remember. 3%?
They could have gone this guy, who studied journalism at UT.
There are so many other role models to choose from: Jayson Blair, Janet Cooke, Steven Glass, Walter Duranty…
3% + or – Gary.
The Jeffrey Toobin Award for Wrist Fitness.
The Dr. Jill Biden Award for her fight against status insecurity.
The Stad Award for Beer Recycling . . .
The Lincoln project award for “conservative purity”
The Walter Duranty award for Foreign correspondence
The Ted Kennedy Driving award
The Rod Blagojevich Medal for Integrity in Public Service.
Of course it would be affectionately known as The Blago.
John “Maverick” McCain Savings and Loan Steele Dossier Award for Pettiness
The Tom Cruise Award for Stoicism in the Face of Adversity.