Dan Rather
Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin "Dan" Rather, Jr.is an American journalist and the former news anchor for the CBS Evening News. He is now managing editor and anchor of the television news magazine Dan Rather Reports on the cable channel AXS TV. Rather was anchor of the CBS Evening News for 24 years, from March 9, 1981, to March 9, 2005. He also contributed to CBS's 60 Minutes. Rather became embroiled in controversy about a disputed news report involving President George W. Bush's...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNews Anchor
Date of Birth31 October 1931
CityWharton, TX
CountryUnited States of America
He had the looks of a leading man, ... He was a scholar and correspondent and he had the bravery of a knight.
I feel terrific. I had been cautioned by a lot of people that the transition was going to be extremely difficult. I haven't found it so.
I am convinced we can do so again. That must be our focus and priority.
This was great reporting. I think the public should know that great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts. And the role of the late Katherine Graham, who owned The Washington Post, is not to be underestimated.
At the core, the red, beating heart of reporting is something with intelligence, something with quality, something that aspires to excellence.
The public has lost interest. They'd much rather hear about the Robert Blake murder case or what is happening on Wall Street. A feeling is creeping back in that if you lead foreign, you die.
There certainly were days when I felt I was rode hard and put to bed wet.
I'm a believer in what your record is. I am what my record is - some of it good, some of it bad, some of it hard to tell.
To the pilot of a deep sea submersible, upon finding out what would happen if the craft sprung a leak while submerged. I'll trust you to make sure that doesn't happen.
Tonight, savagery in the streets of Iraq. Ten Americans die in a single day, four of them civilians murdered, mutilated and dragged through the streets....What drives American civilians to risk death in Iraq? In this economy it may be, for some, the only job they can find.
My cousin just died. He was only 19. He got stung by a bee - the natural enemy of a tightrope walker.
It's the old shell game.
These guys [the Catholic church] make Enron look like altar boys.
It's the American way: if you don't vote, you don't get to whine.