[MindBender26]

>I'm going to keep an eye out for Wally Cronkite to come out defending Dan Blather.

Walter HATES Rather. In Dallas, Nov 22, 1963. Rather in CBS man on scene when Kennedy is shot.

Rather tells the Desk in NY that Kennedy is dead. Cronkite announces prez is dead.

White House calls, screaming, says he is not dead. Cronkite has to go on air and retract Rather's prez dead story.

35 minutes later, Cronkite has to go on air again and say prez REALLY dead.

Cronkite looked like idiot and hated Rather for it.

[Erasmus]

The irony in all that, was that Dan was right.

[KamperKen]

"Walter HATES Rather. In Dallas, Nov 22, 1963. Rather in CBS man on scene when Kennedy is shot. Rather tells the Desk in NY that Kennedy is dead. Cronkite announces prez is dead. White House calls, screaming, says he is not dead. Cronkite has to go on air and retract Rather's prez dead story. 35 minutes later, Cronkite has to go on air again and say prez REALLY dead. Cronkite looked like idiot and hated Rather for it."

I believe Dan Rather also invented the story that continued to make the rounds for years that children in a school in an upscale neighborhood cheered and celebrated when they heard Kennedy was shot. The story was completely untrue and completely spun from whole cloth.