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     • Dan Rather began his journalism career while attending Sam Houston State Teachers College. He worked his way up the ladder at CBS News in the 1960s and '70s, eventually replacing the iconic Walter Cronkite as anchor of CBS Evening News in 1981.
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   How did rather become a news anchor?

   • Rather was promoted to the anchor spot on the Evening News. He was competing with Roger Mudd, a more senior correspondent and a frequent substitute anchor for Walter Cronkite on Evening News. Mudd had also anchored the Sunday evening broadcast, but Rather traveled through Afghanistan when news led there.

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   How long has Dan Rather been at CBS News?

   • It's been almost 20 years since Dan Rather signed off from the anchor desk here at CBS News. Of the so-called "Big Three" TV anchormen back in the day, watched by some 50 million people a night, Rather was there the longest, almost a quarter-century.

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   When did rather leave CBS?

   • Rather signed off as anchor for the last time on March 9, 2005, and exited the network when his contract ended 15 months later. With continued enmity between him and since-deposed CBS chief Leslie Moonves, Rather essentially became a nonperson at the news division he dominated for decades.

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   Who was the longest TV anchor?

   • Of the so-called "Big Three" TV anchormen back in the day, watched by some 50 million people a night, Rather was there the longest, almost a quarter-century. In his 44 years with CBS, Rather held every post a network reporter could: bureau chief, war correspondent, foreign correspondent, White House correspondent.

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   When did Dan Rather replace Walter Cronkite?

   • In 1981, he replaced Walter Cronkite as the anchor of the most successful and highly regarded evening news in America. Dan Rather was the anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News for twenty-four years, the longest tenure in television history.

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   Who is Dan Rather?

   • In the 2006–07 graphic novel Shooting War, which is set in the year 2011, an 80-year-old Dan Rather is shown to be one of the last journalists still reporting from Iraq. He had a cameo in the premiere of the Fall 2007 drama Dirty Sexy Money on ABC television. He guest-starred as himself in The Simpsons episode, "E Pluribus Wiggum".

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3. www.cbsnews.com › news › dan-rather-at-92-on-a-lifeDan Rather, at 92, on a life in news - CBS News

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   Apr 28, 2024 · It's been almost 20 years since Dan Rather signed off at the network where he spent 44 years covering wars, politics, and the assassination of JFK. But he has not retired from the life of a...

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   In 1981, Rather was promoted to news anchor for the CBS Evening News, a role he occupied for 24 years. Along with Peter Jennings at ABC News and Tom Brokaw at NBC News, he was one of the "Big Three" nightly news anchors in the U.S. from the 1980s through the early 2000s.

5. apnews.com › article › dan-rather-cbs-news-18-yearDan Rather returns to CBS News after a bitter departure 18 ...

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   Apr 28, 2024 · After 44 years at the network, 24 as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” Rather left under a cloud following a botched investigation into then-President George W. Bush’s military record. Rather signed off as anchor for the last time on March 9, 2005, and exited the network when his contract ended 15 months later.

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Rather apologized on air, but the damage was done; he stepped down as anchor of CBS Evening News on March 9, 2005, 24 years to the day after he took over for Cronkite.

8. www.danratherjournalist.org › about-dan › biographyBiography | Dan Rather

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   When he moved on to become a correspondent for CBS Reports and 60 Minutes, and later as the anchor of the CBS Evening News, Rather continued to report about political matters and he is, to this day, a valued commentator.

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   Apr 28, 2024 · After 44 years at the network, 24 as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” Rather left under a cloud following a botched investigation into then-President George W. Bush’s military record.

10. www.texasmonthly.com › arts-entertainment › how-danHow Dan Rather Helped Turn “TV Journalism” Into an Oxymoron

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    May 2, 2024 · Dan Rather was perhaps the most famous journalist in America back when being a news anchor at one of the big three network television channels—ABC, CBS, and NBC—mattered.