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
Lest anyone have any doubt, I have read the report, I take it seriously, and I shall keep its lessons well in mind,
I voted against the story before I voted for it.
I don't want to be argumentative, Mr. Vice President.
I am convinced we can do so again. That must be our focus and priority.
It still comes as something of a shock to say that word 'we' in the absence brought by Peter's passing.
a necessary process to deal with a difficult issue, at the end of which four good people have lost their jobs.
There never has been a hurricane I didn't want to cover. You don't get to cover them all. ... a lot.
Television sometimes has difficulty with depth and breadth, context and perspective, but what it does best is take you there. And this coverage took everybody there, up close and personal. You can see people hurting, you can see the response has been too slow. You almost don't need words.
With stories of disasters, it's hard to break through the glass and bring it home, but I think this is getting through the glass. I think this has been one of television's finest hours.
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.
There certainly were days when I felt I was rode hard and put to bed wet.
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.
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
We saw a lot of these in the early '90s. These are the type of weapons that have been missing for the last five to seven years. But we are starting to see them again.