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
I made a mistake, ... I didn't dig hard enough, long enough, didn't ask enough of the right questions.
If Peter was in the area code, I didn't sleep,
Again, general, congratulations on a job wonderfully done!
That's a question you'd have to ask them. But I've moved on from it. And I've done my best to put it behind me. I've taken my licks, taken my shot.
If Mark Felt had not provided information to the Washington Post, I think they would have got away with it.
I gave it everything I had, I didn't hold anything back. I did the best newscast we were capable of doing.
I never tried to kid anybody that I'm some internationalist or something. And when my country is at war, I want my country to win, whatever the definition of 'win' may be. Now, I can't and don't argue that that is coverage without a prejudice. About that I am prejudiced.
Artie Bloom was the most accomplished director of television news programs in history. The record shows he was the best.
a necessary process to deal with a difficult issue, at the end of which four good people have lost their jobs.
It's that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions,
They were willing to speak truth to power.
It still comes as something of a shock to say that word 'we' in the absence brought by Peter's passing.
This is a catastrophe, ... 60 Minutes II.
It's been one of television news' finest moments.