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babylonsister

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Fri Apr 26, 2024, 07:50 AM Apr 26

Dan Rather to Make CBS News Return 18 Years After Controversial Exit [View all]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-rather-to-make-cbs-news-return-18-years-after-controversial-exit?ref=home

Dan Rather to Make CBS News Return 18 Years After Controversial Exit
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Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter
Published Apr. 26, 2024 12:12AM EDT


The former CBS News anchor Dan Rather will make a brief return to the network Sunday, appearing in a live interview 18 years after his controversial exit. Rather, 92, is slated to be profiled on CBS News Sunday Morning through an interview with correspondent Lee Cowan, the network announced. The segment will, in part, promote the soon-to-be released documentary Rather, which chronicles the legendary newsman’s “rise to prominence, his sudden and dramatic public downfall, and his redemption and re-emergence as a voice of reason to a new generation,” the doc’s producers wrote in a statement. Rather’s falling out with CBS began with his 2004 60 Minutes II report about George W. Bush’s National Guard record that relied on documents CBS failed to authenticate—something the then-president skewered the network for. The incident shattered Rather’s reputation, despite the documents never being proven to be forgeries. The controversy, which was dubbed “Rathergate,” was dramatized in the 2015 film Truth. Rather’s return to CBS will air at 9 a.m. EST on Sunday.
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