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- Full Name: Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
- Born: October 31, 1931
- Birth Place: Wharton, Texas
- Began his career in 1950 working for the Associated Press
- Host: CBS Evening News (1981-2005)
- Rather is suing CBS and Viacom for $70 million for breaking the terms of their contract
- Alumni: Sam Houston State University
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Dan Rather is a prominent news broadcaster and former anchor for the CBS Evening News. He currently hosts a television news magazine called Dan Rather Reports on HDNet.
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Background
Born in Wharton, Texas, his family moved to Houston, Texas. He graduated in 1949 from John H. Reagan High School in Houston. In 1953, he received a B.A. in journalism from Sam Houston State University where he was editor of the school newspaper, The Houstonian.In 1950, Rather began his career as an Associated Press reporter in Huntsville, Texas. Later, he was a reporter for UPI and the Houston Chronicle. In 1959, became a reporter for KTRK-TV in Houston. Rather was promoted to the director of news for KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston.
In early September 1961, Rather reported live from the Galveston Seawall as Hurricane Carla threatened the Texas coastline. This action impressed the network executives at CBS, and they hired him as a CBS News correspondent in 1962. At CBS, Rather covered many prominent news stories including the Kennedy Assassination and Watergate. In 1981, he succeeded Walter Cronkite as the head anchor of CBS Evening News, a position he held until a controversy surrounding his report on President Bush's military record in 2005 forced him out.
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Dan Rather Questions
Would you rather be deaf or blind? 13 AnswersI have a cousin that is deaf. She is able to function almost normally, reads lips as well as I hear (she can communicate better in a loud room than I can!), an... read more
If you had the choice, where would you rather be right now, right this minute? 9 AnswersThat's funny Bestpay... I've been everywhere on your list except Holland and Haiti. There are plenty of places I could pick right now. Just thinking back to h... read more
Is OpenOffice equivalent to Microsoft Works rather than Word? 1 AnswerOpenOffice is more powerful than Microsoft Works. It is meant to be open source version and alternative version of Microsoft Office. I have OpenOffice 2.3 insta... read more
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November 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy is killed in Dallas. This was Dan Rather's contribution on that day... (shocking!) http://bit.ly/4nIl58
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Check out Dan Rather Reports on the Hardwick food/ag community! http://vimeo.com/7729181
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Dan Rather victimization detected: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" - http://go.evri.com/RkA
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@spezzy And I don't mean just the Dan Rather thing, but all the lyrics.
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@eachus Its a reference to an assault on Dan Rather, right? His attacker kept repeating that.
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