That quote - “Rather has stood by the story” - is a great justification for why Dan Rather was fired. He failed at his job of being a honest, reliable journalist and didn’t even apologize or retract the story after smearing the US president with apparently forged documents in the run up to an election. His credibility was in tatters.

> Moreover, the question was "When was the last time that a CEO got canceled" by the right. I think I've demonstrated and documented that that particular practice is in fact very well established.

By listing random non-CEOs who were fired or resigned for reasons like sexual harassment or anti-gay comments? I don’t get how you say that establishes anything related to the quoted question.