Dan Rather

How Would Watergate Be Reported Today?

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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Art Brodsky

Until people regain trust in what they read, the long, slow decline will continue regardless of the medium through which information is conveyed.

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Dan Rather on The View: "One Of The Nicest Guys In This Business," And Also, A Sex God

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

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Barbara Walters and her sisters at The View welcomed Dan Rather to their couch today, with an especially warm welcome from Walters, who called Rather ...

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Dan Rather Barred From "48 Hours" Anniversary Party

NY Magazine | Lloyd Grove | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media

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Everybody who is anybody in television news -- with one glaring omission -- showed up for last week's twentieth-anniversary blowout for 48 Hours, whic...

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Rather: CBS Hiding The Truth

New York Daily News | Jose Martinez | Posted 02.27.2008 | Media

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Dan Rather slammed CBS Tuesday for trying to keep his court fight with the network out of the public eye. The newsman - who has filed a $70 million l...

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McCain's Non-Denial Denial of an Intervention

Matt Browner Hamlin | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

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Matt Browner Hamlin

It is clear that at least two people very high up in the McCain universe have confirmed to both the Times and Post that they had a direct intervention with McCain over Iseman.

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Judge May Let Rather's $70M Lawsuit Go To Trial

AP | Samuel Maull | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media

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A judge said Wednesday that he was leaning toward allowing Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit over his being fired by CBS to proceed. "I concluded ther...

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Dan Rather's Emmy Fetches $2,500 On eBay

New York Post | Posted 12.28.2007 | Media

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Someone has paid more than $2,500 on eBay for one of Dan Rather's Emmy awards. The statue that Rather took home for his 1972 "Coverage of the Shootin...

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Rather To Testify On Media Consolidation

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 12.11.2007 | Media

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The House Judiciary Committee scheduled a hearing Wednesday (Dec. 12) at 2 p.m. on media consolidation and former CBS anchor Dan Rather is leading the...

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Rather Speaks On Rathergate: What Pure, Unadulterated Bullshit This Whole Thing Is

New York Magazine | Joe Hagan | Posted 11.26.2007 | Media

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If he weren't famous, he'd be mistaken for a veteran of a long-ago war: khaki safari shirt on his back, scuffed combat boots on his feet, that wiry cr...

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Nice Try, CBS, But Rather's Lawsuit Has Merit

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.16.2007 | Media

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There may be plenty of contested stuff in Dan Rather's complaint, but he more than makes a sufficient prima facie case to warrant proceeding with the lawsuit.

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CBS Files To Dismiss Rather's "Bizarre Allegations"

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media

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Today, in New York Supreme Court, in response to Dan Rather's civil lawsuit, CBS filed a lengthy 30-page motion to dismiss the case. CBS executives a...

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Dan Rather Talks To College Coed About Female Reporters "Sleeping Their Way To The Top"

Romenesko | Jim Romenesko | Posted 10.30.2007 | Media

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Caroline Page sat next to Dan Rather on an Austin-to-New York flight and, after thirty minutes, got up the nerve to begin a conversation. "He was cand...

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Handicapping The Election: Crystal Balls, Ouija Boards and the Three Long, Long Months 'Til February 5th

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.29.2007 | Media

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Halperin said that with "three titan candidates" in Hillary, Barack Obama and John Edwards, "I don't think Al Gore thinks he can come in -- and the polls don't suggest he can come in -- and shake this race up."

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Live From The AMC! MagaBrands, Octopi and Eating Off Dan Rather's Plate

Huffingonton Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.29.2007 | Media

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So far we've had one exciting afternoon and evening, and it's been eventful, first with the kickoff keynote featuring Tony Snow, using the words "White House" and "intellectual vigor" in a sentence.

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Petra Nemcova, Tony Snow and Dan Rather Walk Into A Bar...At The AMC, It Just Might Happen

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.26.2007 | Media

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The American Magazine Conference kicks off in Boca Raton this weekend, and between the wandering EICs, columnists, biz dev types, CEOs, anchormen and supermodels, there should be plenty to glean from all perspectives.

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Such is Life

Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.12.2007 | Media

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Leslie Griffith

Motivated by an understanding of the stink of corporate cronyism and dirty tricks, I read so many op-ed pieces about Dan Rather and was stunned by how quickly and judgmentally Americans now discard their heroes.

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Ringside At The Reality Show: New Kurtz Book Goes Behind The Scenes In The Anchor Wars

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.08.2007 | Media

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The book itself still remains under wraps, but from the amount we've surveyed it looks to be a thoroughly engrossing, engaging and more than occasionally juicy read.

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Our Cold Civil War...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 10.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Cold Civil War, Freedom of the Press, MoveOn.Org, Dan Rather, Corporate Confederacy, George W. Bush, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

It took me sometime to process the whole MoveOn.org controversy and I finally realized that something truly monumental has happened in our nation. Whi...

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Thank You Dan Rather

Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.04.2007 | Media

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Leslie Griffith

As an investigative journalist, I can only say what happened to you nationally was also happening locally. You were told to conform to a Republican agenda or shut up.

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Video: Dan Rather's Wooden Cameo On "Dirty Sexy Money"

Huffington Post | Posted 09.27.2007 | Media

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Dan Rather appeared as himself on the series premiere of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" on Wednesday 9/26. In a party scene, billionaire scion Patrick Darli...

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Rather Hints He May Call Bush As Witness In CBS Lawsuit

Examiner | Patrick Gavin, Jeff Dufour | Posted 09.27.2007 | Media

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Former CBS "Evening News" anchor Dan Rather choked back tears on several occasions today when discussing his decision to file a lawsuit against CBS an...

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Dan Rather Isn't Above "Dirty Sexy Money"

TV Newser | Posted 09.27.2007 | Media

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Ah, TVNewser contributors never sleep. As I checked out ABC's Dirty Sexy Money tonight, who should appear on the show in a cameo role? Dan Rather. Pla...

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Rather Gives "The Impression He Will He Will Call The President As A Witness"

DC Examiner | Posted 09.26.2007 | Politics

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Former "Evening News" Dan Rather choked back tears on several occasions today when discussing his decision to file a lawsuit against CBS and he left m...

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Trump: "Dan Rather's A Loser"

CNN | Martina Stewart | Posted 09.26.2007 | Media

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Outspoken real estate mogul Donald Trump set his sights on long-time journalist Dan Rather in the second part of his interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer...

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There Are Some Things You Can't Cover Up with Lipstick and Powder

Eric Alterman | Posted 09.25.2007 | Media

Read More: Scott Pelley, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, George W. Bush, Media News
Eric Alterman

I'm with Mr. Unpronounceable.... There is literally nothing at all admirable about George W. Bush and Scott Pelley's stupid questions and they are und...

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