Dan Rather Reports News Today

In 2004 Dan Rather tarnished his career forever with a much-criticized report on George W. Bush’s National Guard service. Eight years later, the story behind the story can finally be told: what CBS’s top-ranking newsman did, what the president of the United States didn’t do, and how some feuding Texas pols got the whole ball rolling.

Dan Rather, the award-winning journalist whose career has spanned six decades, has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award.  Dolly Parton presented Rather with the honor this morning via video. Rather, who has interviewed every president since Eisenhower, was the CBS national evening news anchor from 1981-2006.

He exposed endemic corruption in the DC cesspool. Wed Feb 10, 2021 Candidate Donald Trump promised that if he was elected President he would “Drain the swamp.” (The term “Swamp” to describe the pervasively corrupt District of Columbia should be replaced by “Cesspool.”  Swamps are natural elements of our planet’s ecosystem and are home to many forms of plant and animal life and are, therefore essential to our environment.  Cesspools however, are entirely artificia...

Access tv, dan rather reports. never would have thought in a million years i would be sitting across from you. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you, thank you very much. lets talk about the two big huge stories. hacking in cuba. what is your opinion, whats the bigger story here? >> in my newspaper headline, or my evening news broadcast, it is a twin lead. and by the way, what a terrific news day. what a news day. the story in russia hasnt gotten much play because of what happened with the cy...

>> governor wallace is now walking away from the door, apparent recapitulating now in his battle against the united states government to prevent two negro students from entering the previously all-white university of alabama. >> i spoke earlier with dan rather in new york city. dan rather, welcome to "reliable sources." >> glad to be here. thank you for having me. >> now, of course youre known as the former anchor of the "cbs evening news" and now the current anchor of "dan rather reports" on ax...

Some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on xiaxs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly ambitious lined up for tomorrow nights show here. i have details coming up. my mantra? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testostero...

Ground. >> james fallos writing had a similar take saying you know what, we live in an era of extreme inequality, and one of the consequences is newspapers are seen as charity for civic-minded zillionaires. >> mark cuban you mentioned before, and hes been tremendous to work for because hes invested in our news product but i never hear from him except when were under attack and he comes to our defense. >> strange times. its hard to trust in a system like this but it has never been more clear this...

Dont just assume that theyre going to make the right decisions. and to get to older people, look, when somebody calls you and talks about you winning money or a chance to win money, hang up. >> it sounds too good to be true, its a fascinating investigation. dan rather reports next tuesday, march the 12th, at 8:00 eastern on access tv. stay here, dan. well talk about, after the break, about this revolution that nascar is a sponsor of the nra. tobacco companies cant sponsor the races, but gun comp...

Dont just assume that theyre going to make the right decisions. and to get to older people, look, when somebody calls you and talks about you winning money or a chance to win money, hang up. >> it sounds too good to be true, its a fascinating investigation. dan rather reports next tuesday, march the 12th, at 8:00 eastern on access tv. stay here, dan. well talk about, after the break, about this revolution that nascar is a sponsor of the nra. tobacco companies cant sponsor the races, but gun comp...

And talks about you winning money or a chance to win money, hang up. >> it sounds too good to be true, its a fascinating investigation. dan rather reports next tuesday, march the 12th, at 8:00 eastern on access tv. stay here, dan. well talk about, after the break, about this revolution that nascar is a sponsor of the nra. tobacco companies cant sponsor the races, but gun companies can. çtoooowl