Dan Rather Covers Nixon's Burrito

Yes, the state of journalism in America is bad. As The Daily Show illustrates in the below clip from last night, we're right on the cusp of round-the-clock on-air speculation about the color and texture of Barack Obama's bowel movements. But, were the so-called glory days really so glorious, or was it just the same vapid shit with uglier clothes? For the answer, click past the jump for a long lost Dan Rather segment from 1973.

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