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Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (/ ˈ r æ ð ər /; 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.
During his iconic career at CBS News, Dan Rather was on the ground in Dallas moments after President Kennedy is assassinated; covered the Civil Rights moment and the Vietnam War; and was the only ...
Humphrey and Muskie together at the Democratic National Convention. The convention was among the most tense and confrontational political conventions ever in American history, marked by fierce debate and protest over the Vietnam peace talks and controversy over the heavy-handed police tactics of the convention's host, Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968, and drew an estimated 7,000 to ...
For 24 years, Dan Rather served as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," but in the new documentary "Rather," he seems more comfortable as an investigative or foreign reporter.
Dan Rather isn’t often rendered speechless. The TV news icon is always quick with a quip or a turn of phrase. There’s even a word for them: “Ratherisms.” Anyone who ever watched the anchor ...
Dan Rather Reports is a weekly news television show hosted by former CBS news anchor Dan Rather and airing on AXS TV from 2006 until 2013. [1] The show premiered on November 14, 2006, when Rather was 75 years old. As host, correspondent, and narrator, [2] Rather had been given full creative and editorial control over the new program. [3]
Dan Rather returned to the CBS News airwaves for the first time since his bitter exit 18 years ago, appearing in a reflective interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” days before the debut of a ...