to have lost respect and status as a journalist by failing to validate information that turns out to be false, especially when the failure appears to be the result of bias
He really rathered himself with that piece on the president. The letter he cited was totally bogus.
Ra the sungod. He is the real God. From him many other gods were derived. Ra was the center of the egyptian Suncult which propably went into the Aton-cult. Aton, also a Sungod in Egypt, is thought to be the first Monotheistic God ever and propably the inspiration for Jahwe, which means that Ra is still being praised by Christians to this day.