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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.
1st Lieutenant George W. Bush in uniform. Investigations into his military service led to the Killian documents controversy. The memos, allegedly written in 1972 and 1973, were obtained by CBS News producer Mary Mapes and freelance journalist Michael Smith, from Lieutenant Colonel Bill Burkett, a former US Army National Guard officer. [18]
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 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 ...
Rather (right) with president Ronald Reagan in 1982. Cronkite was replaced as anchor of the program the Monday after his retirement, March 9, 1981, by 49-year-old Dan Rather, [14] who had been with CBS News as a correspondent since the early 1960s and later became a correspondent for the network's newsmagazine 60 Minutes.
Dan Rather returned to the CBS News airwaves for the first ... The Netflix documentary traces his career from coverage of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the Vietnam War and Watergate ...