Dan Rather's name is MUD among the NY elites now... :)
Even Dan Rather's friends are bad-mouthing him02/28/2005
THE VULTURES CIRCLE: Even Dan Rather’s friends at CBS News are bad-mouthing him. The new issue of The New Yorker features a piece in which the anchorman’s colleagues get downright nasty. Samples:
Old buddy Mike Wallace calls Rather “uptight and occasionally contrived.”
Dear friend Andy Rooney says Rather takes his act on the road so often because he’s ashamed of anchoring — “a dumb job.”
Treasured buddy Walter Cronkite says he long ago switched his television to NBC to escape from Rather’s “showboating.”
Personal pal Don Hewitt prefers ABC to Rather’s show these days. He says, “If you’re in a three-network race and you come in third, the public is against you.”