Posted on 02/17/2005 7:22:15 PM PST by Arnold Zephel
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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."
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great one!
#81 - Scary great!
oh boy... I dont want him dead, I just want him to retire :D
fair and balanced...LOL!!!
Did he do the investigation of himself for the show?
Sayonara, Dan.
Enuf said.
New anchor: Martin Sheen, a.k.a. "President Josiah Bartlet" of "The West Wing".
CBS would then become LIBERAL BROADCASTING SERVICE - WOO-HOO!
This is a joke, right?
I'd watch the FOX News coverage of the Freepers at work outside CBS during that broadcast!
---Good idea -- after all, that is how MSNBC covered the Republican Convention... With Chris Matthews and his buddies out in the middle of Times Squares where they could cover the protesters.
LOL!Dan Blather:
50 years of Liberal Bias, BS and Lies .....
Media Research Center:
Dan Rather on Bill Clinton:
"I think hes an honest man."OReilly: "I want to ask you flat out, do you think President Clintons an honest man?"
Rather: "Yes, I think hes an honest man."
OReilly: "Do you, really?"
Rather: "I do."
OReilly: "Even though he lied to Jim Lehrers face about the Lewinsky case?"
Rather: "Who among us has not lied about something?"
OReilly: "Well, I didnt lie to anybodys face on national television. I dont think you have, have you?"
Rather: "I dont think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look, its one thing-"
OReilly, jumping in: "How can you say hes an honest guy then?"
Rather: "Well, because I think he is. I think at core hes an honest person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."
OReilly: "Really?!?"
Rather: "Yeah, I do."
OReilly: "See, I cant. I want my government to be honest across-the-board. I dont want people lying."
And on March 9, at 10:00 a.m. EST, Dan will begin anchoring from atop a case of Bud.
I'm dropping everything just to make time to watch this hysterical event.
This has the makings of a classic Live Thread" The Dan Rather Roast!
I think they need to show a dark screen for several minutes to remind everyone of the famous incident in Miami.
I was very surprised that Rooter's allowed this paragraph to stand.
FRegards,
LOL..!!!
Ain't it the truth......
Regards, Ivan
Thanks for the heads-up Arnold. I'll be sure NOT to watch it!
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