it diminishes our ability to influence events in the rest of the world, and particularly when it s something unforeseen or something down the road. let s remember, iran is still out there trying to build a nuclear weapon. north korea is still belligerent. all these problems exist. so something could explode at any moment. i do think it makes us a little less powerful, a little less with an ability to influence others because they look at us and say listen, you can t even get your own house in order. don t be telling what s to do. dan rather, anchor and editor of dan rather reports on axs on tuesday. thanks, rachel. i said something that was impolitic. i acknowledge it, but i meant it. i said antonin scalia behaved like an internet troll this week over the remarks at the supreme court. do you want to know why i said that? hold on.
another right-wing blog. in both cases the claims had absolutely no merit. yet pushing these stories helped the right-wing media and republican lawmakers further their agenda. smear hagel and undermine ultimately president obama. the new yorker weighed in on this troubling development earlier and they wrote, at its best reporting is like science. you form a hypothesis and you try to prove it. but more importantly, you shoot it full of holes to see if any of the wounds are fatal. this unfortunately is a lesson that a certain part of the conservative media doesn t seem to have learned yet. i m joined tonight by the famous dan rather, anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. i m honored. thank you for being here. thank you very much. it s good to be here. what are we seeing evolve in the information age in america when it comes to reporting and sourcing?
non-existent group concerning. and earlier this week senator lindsey graham of south carolina demanded that hagel respond to a rumor about him published by another right-wing blog. in both cases the claims had absolutely no merit. yet pushing these stories helped the right-wing media and republican lawmakers further their agenda. smear hagel and undermine ultimately president obama. the new yorker weighed in on this troubling development earlier and they wrote, at its best reporting is like science. you form a hypothesis and you try to prove it. but more importantly, you shoot it full of holes to see if any of the wounds are fatal. this unfortunately is a lesson that a certain part of the conservative media doesn t seem to have learned yet. i m joined tonight by the famous dan rather, anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. i m honored. thank you for being here. thank you very much. it s good to be here. what are we seeing evolve in the information age in
worse yet, instead of throwing water on these baseless stories, elected officials are fueling the fire by responding to them. senator rand paul said he found hagel s possible tied to a non-existent group concerning. and earlier this week senator lindsey graham of south carolina demanded that hagel respond to a rumor about him published by another right-wing blog. in both cases the claims had absolutely no merit. yet pushing these stories helped the right-wing media and republican lawmakers further their agenda. smear hagel and undermine ultimately president obama. the new yorker weighed in on this troubling development earlier and they wrote, at its best reporting is like science. you form a hypothesis and you try to prove it. but more importantly, you shoot it full of holes to see if any of the wounds are fatal. this unfortunately is a lesson that a certain part of the conservative media doesn t seem to have learned yet. i m joined tonight by the famous dan rather, anchor and mana
brightest lights from the two successful campaigns of this president into a political operation that will operate throughout president obama s second term. nobody has any idea what that is going to be like or how that is going to work, because nobody has ever done this before in american politics. joining us now to talk about the inauguration and this development in our politics is dan rather, the anchor and managing editor of dan rather reports on axs tv. happy inauguration day. thank you for joining us. happy inauguration day to you, and what a job you have done, rachel, and what a day for the country. one can be blase about a lot. but we can t be blase about a day like this where a reelected person of color becomes president of the united states for another four years. listen, i don t care whether you re republican, democrat, mugwamp, whatever, it s a day where you have to say what a country. dan, i have said that there is no precedent for exactly the way the president is planni