Is there no limit to Leftist derangement? 

Apparently not.

In the real world, Dan Rather is a fraud, and as Newsbusters puts it, a "disgraced news fabricator." In the alternate reality inhabited by the Left, however, and in particular members of the liberal blog Raw Story, Rather is a "legendary" and "respected news icon." In what's being hailed by the delusional Left as an epic takedown of Donald Trump, Rather shared a few words of "wisdom" on Facebook. His screed is confined mainly to how the honorable media, in the trenches daily, faces abuse at the hands of the GOP nominee.  As you can imagine, it's wrought with typical liberal revisionism and self-aggrandizement: 

I felt a shudder down my spine yesterday watching Donald Trump's fusillade against the press. This is not a moment to be trifled with. It wasn't his first tirade and it won't be his last....

This is a dirty, nasty election. And it is only going to get worse. The reporters in the trenches need no lecture from me. They are walking through daily minefields, bracing themselves against winds of discontent whose effects no one can predict.

I know what it is like to sit in those seats and feel the scorn and even wrath of politicians of all political persuasions. Attacking the press for unfair coverage has long been a bipartisan pursuit. Sometimes it works. I am happy to say that more often it doesn't. But Trump's brand of vituperation is particularly personal and vicious. It carries with it the drumbeats of threatening violence. It cannot be left unanswered.

Good journalism--the kind that matters--requires reporters who won't back up, back down, back away or turn around when faced with efforts to intimidate them. It also requires owners and other bosses with guts, who stand by and for their reporters when the heat is on.

I still believe the pen is mightier than the sword. And in these conflicted and troubled times, we should reward the bravery of the men and women not afraid to ask the hard questions of everyone in power. Our nation's future depends on it.

"Bravery." So that's what media-bias and bald-faced lies are being called nowadays. 

In fairness though, Rather is quite a melodramatic story-teller. Perhaps his skills are better suited for the theater.