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Rather to Host His Own Farewell Tribute on CBS
Reuters ^ | Thu Feb 17, 2005 08:31 PM ET | Steve Gorman

Posted on 02/17/2005 7:22:15 PM PST by Arnold Zephel

Reuters

 

 
Rather to Host His Own Farewell Tribute on CBS

Thu Feb 17, 2005 08:31 PM ET

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No sooner will Dan Rather bid viewers a final good night as anchor of the CBS Evening News than he will be back on the air to lead viewers through a retrospective of his 50 years in broadcast journalism.

CBS News said on Thursday that an hourlong special, "Dan Rather: A Reporter Remembers," will be telecast on March 9, at 8 p.m. EST, within an hour of his stepping down as host and managing editor of the "Evening News."

The broadcasts come exactly 24 years after Rather assumed the anchor chair from legendary newsman Walter Cronkite.

The prime-time special is billed as a "candid memoir of Rather's extraordinary career, told in his own words." CBS said it will span the past five decades of his life and include never-before-seen archival footage.

A network spokeswoman said Rather would address the controversy surrounding his now-discredited "60 Minutes" report last September questioning the military service of President Bush.

The program will undoubtedly highlight the more celebrated points of Rather's career, including his coverage of the Kennedy assassination in 1963, the tumultuous Democratic National Convention of 1968 and the Watergate scandal during the 1970s, not to mention testy on-air exchanges with President Nixon and then-Vice President George H. W. Bush.

It remained to be seen how CBS would handle Rather's less flattering moments, such as walking off the set in 1987 after a tennis match pre-empted the start of a newscast, or the jokes he endured after being assaulted on the streets of Manhattan by a man who asked him: "Kenneth, what's the frequency?"

While TV retrospectives have become ubiquitous on prime time, paying homage to figures ranging from Johnny Carson to "Laverne & Shirley," a self-hosted special paying tribute to a living broadcast journalist on the day of his retirement is rare.

"I don't remember them doing one like this for Walter Cronkite, but you could bet they would if Walter Cronkite were retiring today," said Robert Thompson, director of Syracuse University's Center for the Study of Popular Television.

On the other hand, Thompson said, "He (Rather) has got a lot of good clips."




TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; bs; cbs; cbsnews; cya; farewell; forgedmemos; killthemsm; lyingsackochit; msm; rather; rathergate; rathernot; seebsnews; toast; tribute
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To: Arnold Zephel

Is he going to host Saturday Night LIVE?

Maybe teaming up as co-hosts with Ward Churchill, Michael Moore, and the Baader-Meinhof Gang...

101 posted on 02/18/2005 6:41:55 AM PST by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; bitt; PhilDragoo; Grampa Dave; Happy2BMe; devolve; Smartass; Boazo; yall
LOL! Wow. What a pic! Good one EMB!

102 posted on 02/18/2005 6:50:50 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: bitt
Thanks.

103 posted on 02/18/2005 6:51:32 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Arnold Zephel

There is still one absolutely critical question that Mr. Rather has never answered: What's the frequency, Kenneth?


104 posted on 02/18/2005 7:02:08 AM PST by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: mrobison

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?"

His wife must be very discreet - or very disappointed.


105 posted on 02/18/2005 7:06:19 AM PST by Socratic (Ignorant and free? It's not to be. - T. Jefferson (paraphrase))
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To: Arnold Zephel
Dan Rather will be "busier than a cat burying a turd on a marble floor" trying to solicit an audience for this non-event.
106 posted on 02/18/2005 7:08:44 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: Lancey Howard

107 posted on 02/18/2005 7:16:11 AM PST by add925 (The Left = Xenophobes in Denial)
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To: add925

WHOA....! Excellent!!!
I have beem wanting to see somebody do that since the day the Rathergate story broke.


108 posted on 02/18/2005 7:39:11 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Arnold Zephel
While TV retrospectives have become ubiquitous on prime time, paying homage to figures ranging from Johnny Carson to "Laverne & Shirley," a self-hosted special paying tribute to a living broadcast journalist on the day of his retirement is rare.

He got the idea from his friend Fidel Castro who is in the habit of talking about his wonderful self for hours on end to the assembled breathless masses herded together to sit in rapt attention, hanging on his every word.

109 posted on 02/18/2005 7:43:38 AM PST by N. Theknow (Which way did he go? He's got lon gears and a fluffy tail and....Dah, Hey! you're a bunny rabbit!)
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To: add925

Excellent A+


110 posted on 02/18/2005 7:44:57 AM PST by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: add925

Excellent A+


111 posted on 02/18/2005 7:45:54 AM PST by mrobison (We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.)
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To: YaYa123

Bill Clinton is an entirely different story....he makes Dan Rather look like an amateur.

He once said "it is ok to kill people who hurt you".


112 posted on 02/18/2005 8:09:52 AM PST by Stellar Dendrite (Douche-ocrats.)
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To: MeekOneGOP
LOL, hilarious pic!!!!
113 posted on 02/18/2005 8:11:39 AM PST by Stellar Dendrite (Douche-ocrats.)
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To: Boazo; bitt; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; PhilDragoo; Smartass; Happy2BMe; Fierce Allegiance; Liz; ...

114 posted on 02/18/2005 8:17:45 AM PST by The Spirit Of Allegiance (ATTN. MARXIST RED MSM: I RESENT your "RED STATE" switcheroo using our ELECTORAL MAP as PROPAGANDA!)
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To: Stellar Dendrite; Conspiracy Guy
Thank you! :^D

CG and I double-teamed that pic.


115 posted on 02/18/2005 8:19:24 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: north_georgia_republican

Good Lord just go away Dan! What an arrogant little jerk!


116 posted on 02/18/2005 8:20:48 AM PST by LYSandra
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To: north_georgia_republican

Good Lord just go away Dan! What an arrogant little jerk!


117 posted on 02/18/2005 8:21:06 AM PST by LYSandra
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To: Arnold Zephel

Oh, goodie! A liar expostulating on the lies that made him what he is now -- a self-agrandizing liar! ))))BARF((((


118 posted on 02/18/2005 8:25:45 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: MeekOneGOP
The creativity exhibited by posters here is unparalleled. You might enjoy this one (I did not do it, I'm just reposting it)

119 posted on 02/18/2005 8:25:53 AM PST by Stellar Dendrite (Douche-ocrats.)
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To: Blurblogger
hahaaaa!

120 posted on 02/18/2005 8:26:18 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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