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Dan Rather Chris Raine J-503 May 5, 2007

Dan Rather “A Pioneer and a Lightning Rod”

Early Career Began career as AP reporter in Huntsville, TX Became news director for KHOU-TV in Houston Reported live from Galveston seawall during Hurricane Carla Hired by CBS as a news correspondent Became CBS White House Correspondent Punched by security “thugs” at Democratic convention in Chicago

Rather succeeds Cronkite March 9, 1981

CBS Evening News

Falling Ratings In 1980’s CBS Evening News was the top rated news program in America In 1989, CBS falls to second place By 1995, CBS is third in the ratings All the networks’ ratings are falling as cable news and the internet offer more choices

Enter Connie Chung Connie Chung becomes co- anchor June 1st, 1993 Rather and Chung have shaky relationship Chung does more fluff interviews and pop journalism Pairing doesn’t help ratings Chung removed as anchor after insensitive Oklahoma City bombing questions

Interview with a Tyrant Rather interviews Saddam Hussein shortly after Iraq invades Kuwait

“Rather” Biased Rather is a constant target of conservatives, who accuse him of reporting with a strong liberal bias Former CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg levels charges of “heavy liberal bias” at CBS and Rather Accusations stretch from Nixon years to Iran-Contra coverage to 2004 election

“RatherGate” In 2004, Rather reported that he had documents proving that President Bush did not fulfill his military duties “Killian Documents” are alleged to be fakes by bloggers and other news organizations Rather stands by his reporting Leads to his retirement as anchor of CBS Evening News, March 9, 2005

Dan Rather’s Legacy Anchored CBS Evening News for 24 years Longest tenure as network news anchor in history Dominated the news ratings for nearly a decade before decline Widely respected, widely hated In America’s living rooms for over 40 years, covering presidents from JFK to George W. Bush

Citations Wikipedia entry: Dan Rather. Retrieved on May 5,