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
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Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore officially introduced his history-making running mate today, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut....In their first joint appearance they gave a preview of the Gore-Lieberman fight-back, comeback strategy. Their message: They represent the future, not the past, and they are the ticket of high moral standards most in tune with real mainstream America.
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
And for whatever reason I've loved the news since I can remember. I loved it when I was in elementary school.
Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.
Journalists should denounce government by public opinion polls.
The Michigan Republican primary apparently is tighter than Willie Nelson's headband.
They say California's the big burrito; Texas is a big taco right now. We want to follow that through. Florida is a big tamale.
I think it's important for the public to know, great reporting starts with a publisher who has guts and an editor who has guts.
From the streets of Cairo and the Arab Spring, to Occupy Wall Street, from the busy political calendar to the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, social media was not only sharing the news but driving it.
As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.