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Dec 29, 2015 · Dan Rather still stands by the CBS News report that got him fired, nearly a decade and one feature film later. The former anchor's reputation was tarnished after the accuracy of his 2004...
Dan Rather. Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. ( / ˈræðər /; born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor. He began his career in Texas, becoming a national name after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in September 1961.
Jun 21, 2021 · After the false 2004 report about then-President George W. Bush's Texas Air National Guard service, CBS News anchor Dan Rather experienced a storm of right-wing criticism, according to People.
During a 60 Minutes Wednesday report, Dan said that the incumbent Republican president went AWOL from the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, per The Hollywood Reporter. Dan says...
Oct 22, 2015 · NEW YORK—Rushing to meet a deadline proved to be the downfall of Dan Rather and his CBS News team when their story questioning former president George W. Bush’s military record collapsed in...
Dec 29, 2015 · Dan Rather still stands by the CBS News report that got him fired, nearly a decade and one feature film later. The former anchor's reputation was tarnished after the accuracy of his 2004...
Jun 20, 2006 · CBS News announced today that an agreement had been reached for Dan Rather to leave the network, ending his 44-year career there. He stepped down from the principal anchor position last year...
Apr 16, 2012 · CBS fired Mapes and asked the three others to resign. All three threatened to sue and were subsequently paid settlements to stay quiet about the story. Rather was spared (a humiliating forensic...
Jun 7, 2023 · Dan Rather Says He’s Never Been Angry About His CBS Firing. But a New Documentary Restores Some Justice to His Lengthy Career
Mar 10, 2005 · Twenty-four years to the day after he inherited the anchor chair of the CBS Evening News from Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather delivered his final newscast Wednesday night. Reviving a farewell he used briefly in the mid-1980s, Rather solemnly—and perhaps somewhat defiantly, given the ridicule he received when he first adopted it—signed off with ...